What occurred to Scarlet Witch? The ending of Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity left that ambiguous. As a result of though Wanda Maximoff was proven contained in the collapsing Mount Wundagore as she was destroying all copies of the Darkhold within the multiverse, a typical rule trope in superhero storytelling is that if a physique isn’t seen, they’re not useless. In actual fact, a Marvel comedian e book launched in February seemingly indicated that Elizabeth Olsen’s character was nonetheless alive. Nonetheless, that not seems to be the case, leaving me questioning what this implies for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, two of the highly-anticipated upcoming Marvel motion pictures.
In case you missed it, TVA #3 noticed Gwen Stacy, a.okay.a. Ghost-Spider, discovering an space of the Time Variance Authority known as the Division of Deferment. In there, she got here throughout a static tube containing what appears just like the MCU’s Scarlet Witch, versus the model of Wanda from the principle Marvel Comics continuity. Effectively, apparently that’s solely kind of true, as a result of in response to TVA #5 (by way of ScreenRant), the Wanda in that tube isn’t the identical one we noticed within the Physician Unusual sequel, however slightly a variant of her.
After liberating this Scarlet Witch from her confinement, Gwen learns from the Concern Lord often known as Nightmare that the TVA discovered a timeline the place Wanda didn’t die in Mount Wundagore and took her captive. That one line of dialogue signifies that that Wanda we adopted alongside in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity perished when she worn out the Darkhold throughout all realities. In any other case, why wouldn’t Nightmare have simply snatched her up? Additionally, Nightmare’s data about what occurred at Wundagore means he can go to the MCU, so perhaps that’s how we may see him participate in Physician Unusual 3, if that risk is on the desk.
On first look, this reveal from the TVA miniseries could seem to place the kibosh on Elizabeth Olsen ever reprising Wanda Maximoff once more, however let’s not get hasty. For one factor, perhaps one other Scarlet Witch variant may very well be chosen to take her place within the story that can unfold in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Or, and I’m hoping that is what occurs, Wanda may merely be resurrected throughout Doomsday, both by Robert Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom or another power.
I simply discover it exhausting to imagine that we’d by no means see Elizabeth Olsen play Wanda once more. Bear in mind, final November, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated that “we’re excited to seek out out when and the way Scarlet Witch can return.” That’s not one thing one would say a couple of character who’s been shelved and had her closing destiny clarified in a comic book e book. And sure, Olsen has additionally stated she’s not within the subsequent two Avengers motion pictures, however fairly frankly, I don’t imagine her.
Be at liberty to buy TVA #5 digitally or at your native comedian e book retailer to be taught what else occurs within the problem. In any other case, hold visiting CinemaBlend for extra information regarding Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, which respectively open on Could 1, 2026 and Could 7, 2027.