The Religious Affiliation of
Quicksilver
Pietro Maximoff

Religion: Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist

Name: Quicksilver

Alter Ego: Pietro Maximoff

Other Names: Pietro Frank; Gypsy Davy; Pietro Lehnsherr; Swift

Classification:  villain    hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964): "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"

Creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 944

   Comic Book Appearances: 913

   TV, Film Appearances: 31

Teams/Affiliations: Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers; The Ultimates; X-Factor

Birth Place: Wundagore, Transia, Europe

Race: white

Gender: male

This character is in the following 216 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Amazing X-Men

The Amazing X-Men #1 (Mar. 1995): "The Crossing Guards"
The Amazing X-Men #2 (Apr. 1995): "Sacrificial Lambs"
The Amazing X-Men #3 (May 1995): "Parents of the Atom"
The Amazing X-Men #4 (June 1995): "On Concencrated Ground"

Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (3-panel cameo)
The Avengers

The Avengers (vol. 1) #17 (June 1965): "Four Against the Minotaur!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #18 (July 1965): "When the Commissar Commands!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #19 (Aug. 1965): "The Coming of... The Swordsman!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #20 (Sep. 1965): "Vengeance Is Ours!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #21 (Oct. 1965): "The Bitter Taste of Defeat!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #22 (Nov. 1965): "The Road Back"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (Dec. 1965): "Once an Avenger..."
The Avengers (vol. 1) #24 (Jan. 1966): "From the Ashes of Defeat!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #25 (Feb. 1966): "Enter... Dr. Doom!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #28 (May 1966): "Among Us Walks... A Goliath!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #29 (June 1966): "This Power Unleashed!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #30 (July 1966): "Frenzy in a Far-Off Land!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #43 (Aug. 1967): "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #47 (Dec. 1967): "Magneto Walks the Earth!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #48 (Jan. 1968): "The Black Knight Lives Again!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #49 (Feb. 1968): "Mine is the Power!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #75 (Apr. 1970): "The Warlord and the Witch!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #77 (June 1970): "Heroes for Hire!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #86 (Mar. 1971): "Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #87 (Apr. 1971): "Look Homeward, Avenger!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #94 (Dec. 1971): "More Than Inhuman!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #100 (June 1972): "Whatever Gods There Be!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #101 (July 1972): "Five Dooms to Save Tomorrow!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #166 (Dec. 1977): "Day of the Godslayer!" (photo/picture/video)
The Avengers (vol. 1) #181 (Mar. 1979): "On the Matter of Heroes!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #188 (Oct. 1979): "Elementary, Dear Avengers!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #225 (Nov. 1982): "The Fall of Avalon"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #280 (June 1987): "Faithful Servant"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #300 (Feb. 1989): "Avengers Membership"
Avengers (vol. 1) #334 (July 1991): "First Encounter"
Avengers (vol. 1) #343 (Jan. 1992): "First Night"
Avengers (vol. 1) #344 (Feb. 1992): "Echoes of the Past"
Avengers (vol. 1) #350 (Early Aug. 1992): "Repercussions"
Avengers (vol. 1) #351 (Late Aug. 1992): "Retribution!"
Avengers (vol. 1) #377 (Aug. 1994): "Out of House and Home" (lead character)
Avengers (vol. 1) #378 (Sep. 1994): "Echoes of History"
Avengers (vol. 1) #402 (Sep. 1996): "End of the Line"
Avengers (vol. 1) #502 (Nov. 2004): "Chaos: Part Three of Four" (construct)
Avengers (vol. 1) #503 (Dec. 2004): "Chaos: Part Four of Four"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #1 (Feb. 1998): "Once an Avenger..."
The Avengers (vol. 3) #4 (May 1998): "Too Many Avengers!"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #38 (Mar. 2001): "Above and Beyond"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #43 (Aug. 2001): "Global Presence"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #47 (Dec. 2001): "In the Heart of Battle"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #50 (Mar. 2002): "Book of Revelations"
Avengers (vol. 5) #2 (Feb. 2013): "We Were Avengers" (name seen in illustration (or on screen))

Avengers Academy

Avengers Academy #1 (Aug. 2010): "Permanent Record"
Avengers Academy #38 (Dec. 2012): "Crosstown Rivals"

The Avengers Annual

The Avengers Annual #12 (1983): "Moonrise"
Avengers Annual #15 (Oct. 1986): "Betrayal!" (cameo)

Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
The Avengers Collector's Edition #1 (Sep. 1993): "Vibrant Alchemy!" (cameo)
Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005)
Avengers: The Initiative #26 (Sep. 2009): "Up Is Down" (mentioned)
Avengers: The Ultron Imperative #1 (Nov. 2001): "The Ultron Imperative"
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #252 (Dec. 1980): "The Life and Times of Captain America!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #314 (Feb. 1986): "Asylum" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #332 (Aug. 1987): "The Choice" (photo/picture/video)
Captain America (vol. 1) #346 (Oct. 1988): "Ambush!" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Captain America (vol. 1) #408 (Oct. 1992): "Joyride" (1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #427 (May 1994): "Enemy Fire"
Captain America (vol. 1) #431 (Sep. 1994): "The Next Generation" (1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #434 (Dec. 1994): "Snake Bites" (1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #444 (Oct. 1995): "Hope and Glory"
Captain America (vol. 3) #7 (July 1998): "Power and Glory, Chapter Three: Hoaxed"
Captain America (vol. 3) #50 (Feb. 2002): "Stars & Stripes Forever"
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Sentinel of Liberty" (1-panel cameo)

Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (cameo)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Contest of Champions II

Contest of Champions II #3 (Oct. 1999): "Culling the Hero" (cameo)
Contest of Champions II #5 (Nov. 1999): "Victory!" (cameo)

Dark Avengers

Dark Avengers #1 (Mar. 2009) (photo/picture/video)
Dark Avengers #2 (Apr. 2009) (mentioned)
Dark Avengers #5 (Aug. 2009) (3-panel cameo)
Dark Avengers #9 (Nov. 2009) (photo/video (2 panels))

Dark Reign Files #1 (Apr. 2009)
Dark Wolverine #75 (Aug. 2009): "The Prince: Part 1" (photo/picture/video)
DC/Marvel All Access #1 (Dec. 1996): "The Crossing!"
Exiles (vol. 1) #10 (Apr. 2002): "A World Apart: Part 3"
Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #400 (May 1995): "In Memoriam!"
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine!

Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #8 (Sep. 2001): "...To Aid the Avengers!"
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #11 (Dec. 2001): "Doom Triumphant!"

Giant-Size Avengers (vol. 2) #1 (Feb. 2008): "Memorial Day"
The Incredible Hulk Annual #20 (July 1994): "You're Invited!"
The Inhumans (vol. 1) #7 (Oct. 1976): "A Trip to the Doom!"
Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #120 (Sep. 1965): "With My Hammer in Hand...!"
Lunatik #1 (Dec. 1995)
Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)
Marvel Atlas #1 (Jan. 2008)
Marvel Double-Shot #2 (Feb. 2003): "The Roots of All Evil" (photo/picture/video)
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #14 (May 1984)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2 (July 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Two"
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982): "A Gathering of Heroes!"
Marvel Super-Heroes #380 (Dec. 1981): "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #9 (May 1973): "The Tomorrow War" (cameo)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #10 (June 1973): "Time Bomb!" (behind the scenes)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #11 (July 1973): "The Doomsday Gambit!"
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1 (Jan. 2005): "Golden Child: Part One" (only on cover)

Marvel Universe: Millennial Visions #1 (Feb. 2002): "Hammer Time"
Marvel Universe: The End

Marvel Universe: The End #1 (May 2003): "Predestination" (only on cover)
Marvel Universe: The End #6 (Aug. 2003): "The Cure"

Marvel: Heroes & Legends '97 (Oct. 1997): "Avembers Assemble!"
The Mighty Avengers

The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #22 (Apr. 2009)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (May 2009)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #27 (Sep. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 1"
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #28 (Oct. 2009): "The Unspoken, Part 2"
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #29 (Nov. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 3"
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #30 (Dec. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 4"

Mythos: Captain America #1 (Aug. 2008)
The New Avengers

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #54 (Aug. 2009) (photo/picture/video)
The New Avengers (vol. 2) #7 (Feb. 2011): "Avengers Assemble: The Oral History of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Chapter 14"

The New Avengers 100 Project (May 2011)
New X-Men (vol. 1) #132 (Nov. 2002): "Ambient Magnetic Fields"
The Order

The Order (vol. 1) #3 (June 2002): "Ultimatum: Avengers"
The Order (vol. 1) #5 (Aug. 2002): "Blinded by Science" (cameo)

Prime Versus the Incredible Hulk #0 (July 1995): "Monsters of Manhattan" (cameo)
Quicksilver

Quicksilver #1 (Nov. 1997): "The Beast in Me" (lead character)
Quicksilver #2 (Dec. 1997) (lead character)
Quicksilver #3 (Jan. 1998): "Chapter One: Killer Instinct" (lead character)
Quicksilver #4 (Feb. 1998): "The Inhuman Race" (lead character)
Quicksilver #5 (Mar. 1998): "Mad City" (lead character)
Quicksilver #6 (Apr. 1998): "Mists and Tempests" (lead character)
Quicksilver #7 (May 1998): "I Love You, Good-Bye" (lead character)
Quicksilver #8 (June 1998): "Rescue Mission(s)!" (lead character)
Quicksilver #9 (July 1998): "Escape from the Savage Land" (lead character)
Quicksilver #10 (Aug. 1998): "Live Kree or Die! Part 3: Blue Moon" (lead character)
Quicksilver #11 (Sep. 1998): "The Siege of Wundagore Part 2: Anon No More!" (lead character)
Quicksilver #12 (Oct. 1998): "The Siege of Wundagore Part 4: Heir of Magneto" (lead character)
Quicksilver #13 (Nov. 1998): "Endings & Beginnings" (lead character)

Secret Wars II #3 (Sep. 1985): "This World is Mine!" (cameo)
Son of M #1 (Feb. 2006): "One Day in the Life of Pietro Maximoff--Homo Sapiens" (lead character)
Spider-Boy Team-Up #1 (June 1997): "Too Many Heroes -- Too Little Time" (character based on)
Super-Villain Team-Up #1 (Aug. 1975): "Slayers from the Sea!" (cameo)
Thunderbolts

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #9 (Dec. 1997): "Life Lessons"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #11 (Feb. 1998): "The High Ground"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #12 (Mar. 2009): "Endgame"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #21 (Dec. 1998): "Decisions 2: Trust"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #57 (Dec. 2001): "Storm Clouds Gathering" (cameo)

Ultraforce / Avengers #1 (Fall 1995): "Becoming More Like God"
Ultraforce / Avengers Prelude #1 (July 1995): "The Swords Are Drawn..."
The Uncanny X-Men

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #125 (Sep. 1979): "There's Something Awful on Muir Island!" (mentioned)
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #138 (Oct. 1980): "Elegy" (3-panel cameo)
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #199 (Nov. 1985): "The Spiral Path" (mentioned)

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14 (Oct. 1996): "The Son of Magneto" (lead character)
What If...? (vol. 2) #96 (Apr. 1997): "They Grow Up So Quickly" (lead character)
X-Factor

X-Factor (vol. 1) #4 (May 1986): "Trials and Errors" (cameo)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #71 (Oct. 1991): "Cutting the Mustard"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #72 (Nov. 1991): "Multiple Homicide"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #73 (Dec. 1991): "Crowd Control"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #74 (Jan. 1992): "Politically Incorrect"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #75 (Feb. 1992): "The Nasty Boys"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #76 (Mar. 1992): "X-Communication"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #77 (Apr. 1992): "Great X-pectations"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #78 (May 1992): "Playing with Fire"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #79 (June 1992): "Rhapsody in Blue"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #80 (July 1992): "Belles & Whistles"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #81 (Aug. 1992): "Belles of the Ball"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #82 (Sep. 1992): "Sittin' by the Dock of the Bay"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #83 (Oct. 1992): "Painting the Town"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #84 (Nov. 1992): "Tough Love"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #85 (Dec. 1992): "Snikts and Bones"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #87 (Feb. 1993): "X-aminations"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #88 (Mar. 1993): "Time Out" (lead character)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #89 (Apr. 1993): "Cabin Fever" (lead character)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #90 (May 1993): "A Green and Tender Place"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #91 (June 1993): "Underpinnings"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #92 (July 1993): "The Man Who Wasn't There"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #93 (Aug. 1993): "The Longest Day"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #94 (Sep. 1993): "The Longest, Day Part 2: Eveningwhere"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #95 (Oct. 1993): "Fatal Repulsions"
X-Factor (vol. 1) #104 (July 1994): "Malicious Intent!" (cameo)
X-Factor Annual #2 (1987): "The Man in the Moon"
X-Factor Annual #7 (1992): "The Historians of Tales to Come (Shattershot Part 3)"
X-Factor Annual #8 (1993): "Charon"
X-Factor Annual #8 (1993): "What Have You Got to Hide?"

X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead #1 (July 2008): "The Quick and the Dead" (lead character)
The X-Men

The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964): "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #5 (May 1964): "Trapped: One X-Man!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #6 (July 1964): "Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #7 (Sep. 1964): "The Return of the Blob!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965): "The Triumph of Magneto!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #26 (Nov. 1966): "Holocaust!" (mentioned)
The X-Men (vol. 1) #27 (Dec. 1966): "Re-Enter: The Mimic!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1968): "The Torch Is Passed...!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #44 (May 1968): "Red Raven, Red Raven...!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #45 (June 1968): "When Mutants Clash!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #59 (Aug. 1969): "Do or Die, Baby!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #60 (Sep. 1969): "In the Shadow of... Sauron!" (cameo)
X-Men (vol. 1) #74 (Feb. 1972): "Holocaust!" (mentioned)
X-Men (vol. 1) #75 (Apr. 1972): "Re-Enter: The Mimic!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #91 (Dec. 1974): "The Torch Is Passed...!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #92 (Feb. 1975): "Red Raven, Red Raven...!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #93 (June 1975): "When Mutants Clash!"
X-Men (vol. 2) #14 (Nov. 1992): "Fingers on the Trigger"
X-Men (vol. 2) #15 (Dec. 1992): "The Camel's Back"
X-Men (vol. 2) #25 (Oct. 1993): "Fatal Attractions: Dreams Fade"
X-Men (vol. 2) #26 (Nov. 1993): "Civil Disobedience!"
X-Men (vol. 2) #30 (Mar. 1994): "The Ties That Bind"
X-Men (vol. 2) #55 (Aug. 1996): "Invasion"
X-Men (vol. 2) #57 (Oct. 1996): "Man"
X-Men (vol. 2) #86 (Mar. 1999): "Thanks for the Memories" (cameo)
X-Men (vol. 2) #89 (June 1999): "Yesterday's News" (someone disguised or dressed as)

X-Men: Alpha #1 (Feb. 1995): "Beginnings..."
X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 (June 2008): "Belong" (mentioned)
X-Men: Legacy (vol. 1) #209 (May 2008): "From Genesis to Revelations, Part 2" (cover & 4-panel cameo)
X-Men: Millennial Visions 2001 (Jan. 2002): "X-Men Revolution"
X-Treme X-Men

X-Treme X-Men #11 (May 2002): "Beachhead!" (cameo)
X-Treme X-Men Annual 2001 (2001): "Purity" (photo/picture/video)

Young Avengers

Young Avengers #10 (Mar. 2006): "Family Matters: Part 2" (cameo)
Young Avengers #11 (May 2006): "Family Matters: Part 3" (mentioned)

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Quicksilver.html
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001158/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0057818/
  - http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/issues/showquestion.asp?fldAuto=4774
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/qufqz.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/brot.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/lehlh.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/q.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/ageofapocalypse.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/x0xaxl.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/svsx.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/18295/