William Maximoff

Born into the pages of The West Coast Avengers Annual #3 in 1988, William Maximoff is a Copper Age Marvel creation brought to life by Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom, and Gerry Talaoc — a character whose very name carries unmistakable weight in the Marvel Universe. With only a handful of catalog appearances spanning an impressive 24 years, he's a rare, sought-after figure whose presence in issues alongside titans like Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, the Thing, and Logan speaks to the high-stakes company he keeps. Collectors with a sharp eye for meaningful background characters and alternate-universe lore — his appearance in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 hints at a story bigger than his page count suggests — will find William Maximoff a genuinely intriguing piece of Marvel history worth tracking down.