‘Scarlet Witch’ #1 First Look Reveals Off Wanda’s New Costume & Enlists Darcy Lewis

Wanda Maximoff is getting a recent begin.

In Steve Orlando and Sara Pichelli‘s SCARLET WITCH (2022) #1, Wanda will shed the darkness of her previous and discover redemption by utilizing her powers as she all the time supposed: as a Tremendous Hero. The brand new sequence will see the Scarlet Witch embrace her calling to assist others whereas working out of a mysterious witchcraft store that solely seems to those that want it most. Her new journey begins when a girl involves her with the story of a city gone mad – and he or she’ll want all her wits and chaos magic to reckon with this insidious risk.

Past her calling to assist others, Wanda will discover herself dealing not solely together with her household (organic and in any other case), but additionally new characters, like Darcy Lewis. If that identify sounds acquainted, that is as a result of the character initially debuted in Marvel Studios’ Thor, as performed by actor Kat Dennings. Nevertheless, this is not the identical character who appeared within the Marvel Cinematic Universe; this one is rooted firmly in Earth-616, the primary Marvel Comics universe.

“That is the 616 model of this character, who brings the identical sort of perceptions to the e-book, but additionally suits proper into what’s happening with Scarlet Witch, with the magic aspect of the Marvel Universe,” Orlando defined in a current interview with Polygon. “Darcy’s there to calmly chide the absurdities we love of comedian books, particularly in a personality like Thor. Wanda speaks casually a couple of life that’s absurd and unusual, and it’s regular for her. However for those who take a look at her household tree and the issues she does, it will probably appear fairly esoteric. Darcy primarily offers a voice to the viewers in the identical manner that Kat Dennings’ character does.”

“[Wanda] has one buddy [Quicksilver], who’s a science experiment like her,” he added. “She has an adopted sister [Polaris] who’s a mutant. Her ex-husband [Vision] is a robotic with a late spouse that was produced from Wanda’s mind patterns, and her ex’s late son and dwelling daughter are form of hers and form of not. In a conventional sense, they’re not, however they had been produced from somebody who is predicated on Wanda. There’s a strangeness to Wanda’s day-to-day life that’s one thing we’re actually excited to discover with these she surrounds herself with and rejoice.”

What’s extra, Wanda will don a brand new costume created by artist Russell Dauterman, who drew inspiration from the character’s previous to forge her new future. “I wished to combine the perfect bits of previous Scarlet Witch seems with new components to make one thing recent, magical, and superheroic,” he instructed Polygon. “I wished a dressing up Wanda might put on going ahead that hopefully represents this new flip in her life, whereas recalling her iconic seems and nonetheless feeling like Wanda.”

“There are components in there from her traditional design, the MCU, the Kevin Wada design, and her Force Works costumes,” he identified. “The rings had been impressed by the jewellery she wore in her George Pérez look. The moon motif is impressed by her ’90s-era costume, a few of her current storylines, and a line from the VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH miniseries. A pregnant Wanda says if she’s having a woman, she needs to call the newborn Diana — after the goddess of witchcraft and the moon.”

Take a look at Wanda’s new costume, in addition to her chat with Quicksilver and Darcy, in a particular first take a look at SCARLET WITCH #1 under!