Ever because the ending of Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity unfolded the way in which it did again in 2022, it’s been unclear the place issues stand with Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff, a.ok.a. Scarlet Witch. Once we left off with Wanda within the twenty eighth of the Marvel motion pictures so as, she’d seemingly perished when Mount Wundagore fell round her as she was destroying all of the Marvel multiverse’s copies of the Darkhold. And but, there have been rumblings for years now that we haven’t seen the final of her, and it seems to be as if a Marvel comedian might have confirmed she is certainly alive, albeit incapacitated.
After getting their time to shine in Loki and Deadpool & Wolverine, the Time Variance Authority (TVA), which was launched to the comics in 1986, is now the topic of a five-issue restricted collection written by Katharyn Blair and illustrated by Pere Perez. The collection chronicles a phenomenon referred to as “The Insanity” that’s affecting your entire multiverse, and occasions from the aforementioned Disney+ subscription-exclusive TV present and 2024 film have each been referenced. Moreover, Mobius and Sylvie, each from Loki, have appeared, and it’s strongly implied that they’re the MCU variations fairly than ones
Right here’s the place issues get particularly fascinating. In TVA #3 (through ComicBookMovie), Gwen Stacy, a.ok.a. Ghost-Spider, is proven strolling by means of a mysterious space of the title group referred to as the “Division of Deferment.” There, she runs into what seems to be like Scarlet Witch, who’s being saved in some form of stasis tube. Extra importantly, this seems to be to be the MCU’s Scarlet Witch, as she’s carrying the identical costume from Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity and even has the blackened fingers from having dealt with the Darkhold.
The overall rule of thumb in the case of superhero media, significantly Marvel and DC tales, is that in case you don’t see a physique, then a personality isn’t useless. If the Scarlet Witch from TVA is the truth is the identical one we’ve been following within the MCU since 2014 (when she and Quicksilver cameoed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier), then evidently the TVA snatched her up earlier than she was crushed to demise and determined to maintain her sedated. That may clarify why nobody knew her whereabouts throughout Agatha All Alongside, in addition to properly tee up her return in Avengers: Doomsday.
Actually, even when the Scarlet Witch we see within the TVA comedian e-book collection isn’t Elizabeth Olsen’s model, it’s nonetheless most likely secure to imagine that the latter will likely be again within the upcoming Marvel film. Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios and chief artistic officer of Marvel Leisure, mentioned again in November that “we’re excited to seek out out when and the way Scarlet Witch can return.” That doesn’t sound like one thing one would say a few character who’s legitimately useless, and what higher time to carry her again than within the fifth Avengers film?
Hopefully the ultimate two problems with TVA will clear this Scarlet Witch matter up. In any other case, we’ll simply have to attend till Avengers: Doomsday’s launch on Could 1, 2026 to study if she’s again in play.