Wiccan (Billy Maximoff/Kaplan)
- First Appearance:
- William “Billy” Maximoff – The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 (September 1986)
- Billy Kaplan – Young Avengers #1 (April 2005)
- Created By:
- William “Billy” Maximoff – Steve Englehart & Richard Howell
- Billy Kaplan – Allan Heinberg & Jim Cheung
Pretty much everything is the same for Billy except for his powers and part of his background. Like his twin brother Tommy, he initially debuts in the Scarlet Witch and Vision comic series from the 1980s. Billy also shows back up later on for the Young Avengers comic series. Billy’s powers are almost exact copies of what his mother can do. He too uses chaos magic and can warp reality. It took him less time to understand and use his powers properly compared to Wanda.
Wanda often struggled due to the lack of any direction or leadership. This was even more prominent in the MCU version of the character. When Billy becomes Wiccan, he has a lot of help to master his powers. Due to what he can do, he becomes a massive asset to multiple teams in Marvel over the years. On top of this, he is one of the most notable gay characters in Marvel Comics history. Due to the MCU’s need to push more representation out there, we’ll likely be seeing a ton of Billy once he returns to the MCU. The twins overall will be major Marvel Comics characters that will become huge pretty soon.