8 Ways The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Ruined Marvel Comics

3. Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch, Mutants No More

Pretty much all of the changes featured here were unnecessary, but the rest in many ways pale in comparison to Marvel's decision to remove Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch's mutant heritage. The son and daughter of Magneto, these former members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants rejecting his ways to become Avengers has always been a defining part of their story, but that all changed when Avengers: Age of Ultron hit. With Marvel Studios unable to acknowledge the fact that these two are mutants due to Fox owning the movie rights to the X-Men, that movie found an inventive new way of giving them powers. Unfortunately, the comics didn't. After confirming that Magneto wasn't their father, the Uncanny Avengers series offered the disappointing explanation that these two are in reality failed experiments of the High Evolutionary. This robs both Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch of a huge piece of their history, and makes the House of M storyline which featured Wanda using her powers to wipe out a huge chunk of the mutant race worthless. Seeing as Marvel have put mutants in the back seat in order to focus on Inhumans, it's no real surprise that these two ended up being casualties. To rob them of their origin story is a massive insult to their legacy.