Magda Eisenhardt

Magda Eisenhardt is the wife of the man who would become Magneto and the mother of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff (the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver). A survivor of immense personal tragedy, she gave birth to her twins on Wundagore Mountain before disappearing.

Introduced in the pages of The Avengers #186 in 1979 by the creative team of David Michelinie, Mark Gruenwald, and John Byrne, Magda Eisenhardt is a Bronze Age Marvel figure whose story resonates far beyond her modest page count. She surfaces most memorably in X-Men: Magneto Testament and Avengers: Nights of Wundagore, placing her at the heart of some of Marvel's most emotionally weighty storytelling. Her world is populated by figures like Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, and Hank McCoy — a constellation of characters that speaks to just how consequential her corner of the Marvel universe truly is. Across 45 years of publication history, Magda remains one of those rare characters whose significance vastly outstrips her appearance count, a quiet but essential thread in the tapestry of Marvel continuity.