Queen Wanda Maximoff is a former member of the Avengers and a superhuman with powerful magical abilities, making her a Scarlet Witch. However, Maximoff was among Earth's inhabitants who were infected by the Quantum Virus and turned into flesh eating zombies. Despite Vision's many attempts to cure her, Maximoff's powers resisted the treatment; the only course of action was for Vision to contain her and her hunger. However, she was let out and became the Red Queen. Later, she was summoned to another world by Strange Supreme to help confront Ultron; the AI destroyed the planet she was on, but Maximoff survived and was captured by Strange along with other heroes and villains in his attempt to sacrifice them to the Forge and restore his universe. The prisoners were freed by Captain Carter; Maximoff fought Carter and Kahhori before being transported back to her home universe.
Wanda Maximoff became a member of the Avengers, helping them on many occasions. During her time with the team, Wanda met and entered a relationship with fellow hero Vision.[5]
Zombified[]
Prisoner at Camp Lehigh[]
"Her powers are too strong. They've resisted the treatment. The only course of action is to contain her and her hunger." "Why not eliminate her?" "I... I couldn't."
In 2018, Wanda Maximoff became infected with the Quantum Virus and transformed into a zombie. Vision, unable to cure her and opposed to killing her, decided to keep her contained in a holding cell in Camp Lehigh, New Jersey. He then led survivors to there so she could be fed.
A group of survivors consisting of Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Bucky Barnes, Okoye, and Kurt Goreshter arrived at the camp after deducing a message's hexacode. Barnes explored the base to find a transport and instead found a zombified Maximoff and a crippled T'Challa. Having been disturbed by the survivors' presence and hungry for food, Maximoff broke out of her cell and killed Goreshter.
Barnes, Parker, and Okoye fought against Maximoff, as Banner persuaded Vision to let them go. Vision created an opening for them to escape and as they were escaping, Maximoff captured and infected Okoye. Vision then sunk the base, causing it to fall on Maximoff. When Maximoff erupted from the debris, she saw that Vision had become deactivated and kneeled by his corpse in distress. Upset by Vision, she ignored the fact that Parker, Scott Lang, and T'Challa were escaping in a Quadjet, and tossed Barnes aside after he confronted her. However, she did try to bite Banner, but he turned into Hulk in time, and engaged her in a fight.[5]
Maximoff, along with several zombies, were transported via portal by Strange Supreme to distract Ultron in an uninhabited planet in another universe. She was able to withstand Ultron's destruction of the zombie horde and used her powers to fight him. However, he used the Infinity Stones to absorb her energy blast, much to her surprise. Realizing too late that she would be killed by a being wearing her lover's face, Maximoff was unable to do anything but see how Ultron used the Stones' power to obliterate the planet,[6] although Maximoff survived.[4]
Maximoff was captured by Strange Supreme and imprisoned in the Sanctum Infinitum to be sacrificed into the Forge. When Captain Carter caused a riot to prevent Strange's plans, Maximoff was freed. Maximoff encountered Carter and Kahhori, and as Carter fought off a horde of Zombies, Maximoff battled against Kahhori, with both of them levitating in the air. Maximoff attempted to infect Kahhori, but she was instead teleported away to her universe.[4]
After being sent back to her own universe by Kahhori, she regained consciousness and began building a zombie army to seize the energy of the six Infinity Stones.
Personality[]
After being turned into a zombie, Wanda Maximoff initially acted animalistic, and could be somewhat contained by receiving the human flesh she craves. But when angered, she would become a reckless monster. Even as a zombie, she seemed to have a deep connection with Vision, going up to check on his corpse after he took the Mind Stone out of his forehead, looking slightly affected by that. When pulled by Strange Supreme to face Infinity Ultron, Maximoff seemed to recognize him as her brother's killer; given her murderous rage and lack of desire to bite him. She even had enough lucidity for a brief moment of surprise upon seeing her blast couldn't kill Ultron.
Five years after the start of the Apocalypse, Maximoff managed to fully regain her consciousness and control over her reality warping powers and set herself with the goal to absorb the Infinity Power contained by Infinity Hulk and use it to reshape reality to her image by enthralling almost every zombie in the planet to confront him and sway Ms. Marvel to her side in order to use powers as another conduit, as she could not fully absorb the Infinity Power without assistance. She had no problem killing and infecting anyone in the pursuit of her goals, having zombified the Asgardians by disguising zombie flesh into food and progressively psychologically torturing Ms. Marvel through her dreams in order to convince her to join her.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Zombie Physiology: Maximoff was infected with an encephalopathic virus that overloaded her brain's limbic system, turning her into a zombie.
Infection: Like any zombies, Maximoff is capable of spreading the encephalopathic virus to others by biting or scratching which would turn them into zombies.
Magic: Maximoff was born with latent magical abilities that were later unlocked and amplified through her exposure to the Mind Stone.
Psionics:
Maximoff generating psionic energy
As a result of exposure to the cosmic energy from the Scepter, which contained the Mind Stone, Maximoff unlocked an array of psionic powers related to her magic. These powers manifest as a luminescent vapor or mist of red hue emanating from her hands and body.
Psychic Energy Manipulation: Maximoff can project energy blasts, streams, waves and bolts of her own psionic and telekinetic energy, allowing her to hit, push/pull or blow away her targets, potentially exerting enough force to destroy them. Maximoff was able to send a wave to free herself from Spider-Man's webs, and project powerful streams of psionic energy at Ultron, Captain Carter and Kahhori. She also was able to conjure two binding energy ropes around Kahhori to restrain her.
Telekinesis:
Maximoff stopping the bullets
Maximoff has the ability to move, levitate and otherwise manipulate objects using her psionic energy in a remote manner without the need for her energy to first be projected from her hands. Maximoff used this ability to break the glass that contained her, blast open metal doors, pick up a metal door to block gunfire from Bucky Barnes then throw it at him, pick up Kurt Goreshter and Okoye then pull them to her, lift countless large rocks from the crater and cause them to explode, make rocks levitate around her, stop bullets Barnes fired at her and send them back, pick up Bucky Barnes and send him flying, and to move aside two zombies in her way. During her fight with Kahhori and Carter, Maximoff used her telekinesis to stop several debris thrown at her by Kahhori.
Force-Field Generation: Maximoff is able to create highly durable barriers of red energy that she can shape and manipulate as needed. Maximoff used force fields to block blows from Hulk during their fight.
Levitation:
Maximoff levitating in the air
Maximoff is able to effortlessly levitate herself through the air. Maximoff was able to fly into the room to engage in a fight with the last survivors, she was able to fly out of the crater Vision made, fly towards Bruce Banner in an attempt to infect him, and when she flew towards the Hulk in their fight. Maximoff was also able to fly around while fighting Kahhori.
Mental Manipulation: While in the Sanctum Infinitum, Maximoff was able to use her mental manipulation abilities to control a whole army of zombified humans and then make them attack Captain Carter and Kahhori. After fully regaining her mental faculties, Wanda used her mental manipulation to assemble an army composed of virtually every zombie on the planet to confront Infinity Hulk.
Telepathy: Maximoff possesses telepathy, having used this power on Ms. Marvel by showing her a vision of Infinity Hulk.
Psionic Self-Regulation: While infected with the Quantum Virus, Maximoff demonstrated a unique ability to consciously suppress the virus’s effects on her mind by using her psionic discipline and magical connection to the Mind Stone. Originally, she retained most cognition and a slight control of her powers, unlike most zombies who immediately lost all rational thought after infectiom, but through training, she managed to fully regain her consciousness and control of her powers 5 years after her initial infection.
Illusion Manipulation: Maximoff can consciously alter her appearance and the perception of reality, enabling her to disguise herself or objects. This includes changing her zombie form to a normal appearance and making ordinary objects appear as something else, as seen when she disguised zombie body parts as normal food to infect the Asgardians.
Energy Absorption: Maximoff can absorb and withstand energy blasts, as seen during her fight with Thor.
Shapeshifting: Wanda can use her illusion powers to shift her appearance back to her previous human self, which she used to deceive the Asgardians into believing she was still human in order to infect them and to manipulate Kamala Khan into helping her reshape reality.
Physical Augmentation: Maximoff can use her magic to enhance her physical abilities to superhuman levels, allowing her to withstand falls from great heights and physical and energy attacks from superhuman opponents. Thor's lightning bolts were only able to hold her back momentary and Kamala's hard light constructs were inaffective againts her.
Matter Manipulation: Wanda can reshape and reconstruct physical objects using her psionic and magical energy, as seen when she reforged Stormbreaker for the zombified Thor to wield against Infinity Hulk.
Nigh-Omnipotence: After absorbing the energy from all six Infinity Stones alongside Kamala Khan, Maximoff gained near unfathomable and omnipotent levels of powers.
Reality Warping: With the power of the stones, Maximoff was able to remake the universe to her own image and will.
Maximoff was originally a poor fighter, having no combat skills or formal training. However, with years of experience, she developed a fighting style in which she would infuse her psionic energy into her hands to greatly enhance her hand-to-hand combat skills and allow her to parry attacks from attacks or bladed weapons without suffering any harm due to her psionic energy protecting her hands from getting damage.
Equipment[]
Avengers Uniform: Not long after joining the Avengers, Maximoff would receive her own uniform. This suit contained a black leather suit with a red corset, and an open red leather coat over it instead. The uniform also included red leather fingerless gloves and flare-heeled boots.
Facilities[]
Camp Lehigh: Vision kept Maximoff in a cell in the camp. Due to his Mind Stone repelling zombies away, it often got visited by survivors, only for them to be fed to Maximoff by Vision.
Prisons[]
Sanctum Infinitum: After being trapped by Strange Supreme in a pocket dimension, Maximoff was taken to the Sanctum Infinitum and placed in a display case alongside other heroes and villains also imprisoned by Strange, as he planned to sacrifice them to the Forge and restore his universe. However, Maximoff and the other prisoners were freed by Captain Carter. Maximoff took control of the zombie zone of the Sanctum and fought Carter and Kahhori when the latter two tried to escape. During the battle, Maximoff was transported to her home universe by Kahhori.
