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Agatha Harkness: The Saga Of The Salem Witch
Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #94, #185-186 And #222-223; Avengers (1963) #128; And Midnight Suns #1-5.
The comic-book history of the breakout star of MARVEL STUDIOS' WANDAVISION! When Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four hire a new nanny for their son, Franklin, they get more than they bargained for in the form of Agatha Harkness - a powerful witch capable of holding her own against the Frightful Four! But Agatha's son, the warlock Nicholas Scratch, may prove to be one of the FF's deadliest foes! Agatha takes the Scarlet Witch under her mystical wing, but the sorceress hides a terrible secret. As a dark prophecy comes true and Earth is terrorized by apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers, an unlikely team of heroes will form to wage mystical Magik, Wolverine, Blade, Spirit Rider and Nico Minoru! And the saga of these Midnight Suns will transform Agatha in unexpected ways!
The comic-book history of the breakout star of MARVEL STUDIOS' WANDAVISION! When Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four hire a new nanny for their son, Franklin, they get more than they bargained for in the form of Agatha Harkness - a powerful witch capable of holding her own against the Frightful Four! But Agatha's son, the warlock Nicholas Scratch, may prove to be one of the FF's deadliest foes! Agatha takes the Scarlet Witch under her mystical wing, but the sorceress hides a terrible secret. As a dark prophecy comes true and Earth is terrorized by apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers, an unlikely team of heroes will form to wage mystical Magik, Wolverine, Blade, Spirit Rider and Nico Minoru! And the saga of these Midnight Suns will transform Agatha in unexpected ways!
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Published September 4, 2024
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Stan Lee
7,560 books2,347 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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October 2, 2025
2.5 - beautiful art, but VERY all over the place. I’m sure if I had more lore knowledge of Marvel comics as a whole it would be easier to follow, but I don’t.
November 10, 2024
This was fine. It was transparently a cash-grab anthology related to "Agatha All Along," despite having almost nothing to do with that version of the character.
The Fantastic Four stuff was fun but dated. The Midnight Suns stuff was better, but still clunky and a tad confusing.
I appreciate the character's roots a bit better now, but I was only mildly entertained.
The Fantastic Four stuff was fun but dated. The Midnight Suns stuff was better, but still clunky and a tad confusing.
I appreciate the character's roots a bit better now, but I was only mildly entertained.
November 12, 2024
It was just a collection of Agatha Harkness Comics, but they made no effort to connect them in any way.
The first half was all old Fantastic Four, which i hate. Their dialog is so dated and cheesy.
The second half was more recent content and not too bad.
The first half was all old Fantastic Four, which i hate. Their dialog is so dated and cheesy.
The second half was more recent content and not too bad.
January 26, 2026
The old Fantastic Four comics at the beginning were not to my taste, but the second half of the book with the more modern Midnight Suns comics were pretty good! Took me awhile to get through bc I’ve been busy with work and the beginning kinda put me off with the older comics, but enjoyed the newer stuff at the end
November 23, 2024
I usually am not the biggest fan of the early era of comics but I found the Fantastic Four comics included in this collection to be quite amusing, I would rate all of the comics included in this retro first half at around 3 stars. It was interesting to see Agatha's origins.
The second half I really enjoyed, as it is actually just the full run of Midnight Suns, a comic which I was intending to read anyway. This arc features more characters who I enjoy quite a bit (namely Magik and Nico Minoru) and the setting of Strange Academy. I thought some characters were a little stagnant (Nico is worried about making do without the Staff of One, Wolverine hates magic) but overall liked the art and storyline a lot, I would probably rate this arc 4-4.5 stars on its own.
I'm knocking my ranking of this TP as a whole down to 3 stars though as I do not love it as a collection meant to explain Agatha, particularly as a marketing tie-in to the show Agatha All Along. I understand the need for brevity - an omnibus of all of her appearances would be a much different undertaking than this project - but especially considering her current role in the MCU, it was bizarre to me to touch so little on her relationship with The Scarlet Witch. I would have preferred at the very least a written summary and names/numbers of the other issues she appears in between those comics included in this book (like how is done in the X-23 omnibus).
Overall enjoyable, definitely made me interested to watch Agatha All Along and play Marvel's Midnight Suns, so at the very least Marvel did succeed with their marketing ploy, even though I think it easily could have been improved.
The second half I really enjoyed, as it is actually just the full run of Midnight Suns, a comic which I was intending to read anyway. This arc features more characters who I enjoy quite a bit (namely Magik and Nico Minoru) and the setting of Strange Academy. I thought some characters were a little stagnant (Nico is worried about making do without the Staff of One, Wolverine hates magic) but overall liked the art and storyline a lot, I would probably rate this arc 4-4.5 stars on its own.
I'm knocking my ranking of this TP as a whole down to 3 stars though as I do not love it as a collection meant to explain Agatha, particularly as a marketing tie-in to the show Agatha All Along. I understand the need for brevity - an omnibus of all of her appearances would be a much different undertaking than this project - but especially considering her current role in the MCU, it was bizarre to me to touch so little on her relationship with The Scarlet Witch. I would have preferred at the very least a written summary and names/numbers of the other issues she appears in between those comics included in this book (like how is done in the X-23 omnibus).
Overall enjoyable, definitely made me interested to watch Agatha All Along and play Marvel's Midnight Suns, so at the very least Marvel did succeed with their marketing ploy, even though I think it easily could have been improved.
March 2, 2025
All over the place
April 2, 2025
Good, if jumbled, history of Agatha Harkness. This collection is mainly a way to catch up on the character for the show "Agatha All Along" (which is great, by the way) but I'm not sure it really clears much up.
Agatha is a much older woman in appearance in these stories, except one with flashbacks, and none of them have anything much to do with the show.
Agatha is a powerful witch, centuries old, with undefined powers. The collection includes some old Fantastic Four stories from the 1970s that I remember as a kid, especially the glorious villains the Salem Seven, who really ought to get more to do on their own.
Then there are much newer stories from a series called Midnight Suns that I missed the first time around, with an interesting combination of heroes from the X-Men, mainly, tied to Agatha and other magic folks.
The stories and styles are from very different eras, so it's an interesting look at how things changed from the 1970s to the early 2020s. And also how Wolverine is somehow everywhere, whether it makes any sense or not.
All in all, it's an entertaining read, and could be accused of being a cash grab for the show, but it's still well worth reading, and the stories are a fun look at very different eras of comics.
Agatha is a much older woman in appearance in these stories, except one with flashbacks, and none of them have anything much to do with the show.
Agatha is a powerful witch, centuries old, with undefined powers. The collection includes some old Fantastic Four stories from the 1970s that I remember as a kid, especially the glorious villains the Salem Seven, who really ought to get more to do on their own.
Then there are much newer stories from a series called Midnight Suns that I missed the first time around, with an interesting combination of heroes from the X-Men, mainly, tied to Agatha and other magic folks.
The stories and styles are from very different eras, so it's an interesting look at how things changed from the 1970s to the early 2020s. And also how Wolverine is somehow everywhere, whether it makes any sense or not.
All in all, it's an entertaining read, and could be accused of being a cash grab for the show, but it's still well worth reading, and the stories are a fun look at very different eras of comics.
November 9, 2025
3.5 stars
This collects a bunch of early appearances by Agatha Harkness from 1969 to 1980, as well as the Midnight Suns series from 2022. The transition can be a bit difficult due to how different the writing style is, and even though I enjoyed it, some readers may find either the classic or the modern run not to their taste.
The classic stories get 4 stars from me, because they do a pretty good job of showcasing Agatha's persona, and they're pretty fun too. What I liked: the way Agatha dispatches the Frightful Four in FF #94, what a badass. The New Salem depicted in FF #185-186. The Agatha-Nicholas Scratch dynamic from FF #186 and FF #223. What i didn't like: the way Sue is written in the possession storyline, too whiny and borderline incompetent. Too little Wanda & Agatha, I don't know what else is out there but I would have traded the third FF story for something else.
The Midnight Suns only gets 3 stars. It's an interesting story and team, but the writing felt a little imbalanced at times and the art isn't the most exciting. What I liked: the villains were cool (Valtorr and Korrosion); Magik and Blade were cool too (special shout out to the awesome new suits); the flashbacks to young Agatha and the story before the story. What I didn't like: the ending felt rushed, like there was this great looming threat for 4 issues and in the final one the big villain turned a bit cartoonish in behavior. Nico Minoru whining almost every issue about how she no longer has enough power due to something that had happened in another series.
This collects a bunch of early appearances by Agatha Harkness from 1969 to 1980, as well as the Midnight Suns series from 2022. The transition can be a bit difficult due to how different the writing style is, and even though I enjoyed it, some readers may find either the classic or the modern run not to their taste.
The classic stories get 4 stars from me, because they do a pretty good job of showcasing Agatha's persona, and they're pretty fun too. What I liked: the way Agatha dispatches the Frightful Four in FF #94, what a badass. The New Salem depicted in FF #185-186. The Agatha-Nicholas Scratch dynamic from FF #186 and FF #223. What i didn't like: the way Sue is written in the possession storyline, too whiny and borderline incompetent. Too little Wanda & Agatha, I don't know what else is out there but I would have traded the third FF story for something else.
The Midnight Suns only gets 3 stars. It's an interesting story and team, but the writing felt a little imbalanced at times and the art isn't the most exciting. What I liked: the villains were cool (Valtorr and Korrosion); Magik and Blade were cool too (special shout out to the awesome new suits); the flashbacks to young Agatha and the story before the story. What I didn't like: the ending felt rushed, like there was this great looming threat for 4 issues and in the final one the big villain turned a bit cartoonish in behavior. Nico Minoru whining almost every issue about how she no longer has enough power due to something that had happened in another series.
April 12, 2025
Clearly this was made to capitalize on Agatha All-Along getting released on Disney+. The comic book character is so different though. She's a really old lady. And then the issues contained are so different. You have her first appearance in Fantastic Four when she takes over raising Franklin Richards. Then when she goes to train the Scarlet Witch in Avengers. Then the stuff with Nicolas Scratch and the Salem Seven back in FF which all stinks. The latest of these was 1980. Then we jump to the Midnight Suns miniseries that came out in 2023 and also isn't very good. It's quasi-based on the terrible video game and just feels really slapped together.
October 27, 2025
Comics are weird, yo.
Despite my love of art and superhero stories, this is actually the first "comic book" I've ever read due to my odd difficulty with following graphic novels. Something in my ADHD brain just struggles with it. But, there was a reading challenge and I absolutely adore Agatha Harkness, so here we are.
The early comics with the Fantastic Four were especially weird and not at all what I was expecting, but I really enjoyed the Midnight Suns part. The artwork was terrific and I knew most of the characters well enough to follow it even without any backstory.
Despite my love of art and superhero stories, this is actually the first "comic book" I've ever read due to my odd difficulty with following graphic novels. Something in my ADHD brain just struggles with it. But, there was a reading challenge and I absolutely adore Agatha Harkness, so here we are.
The early comics with the Fantastic Four were especially weird and not at all what I was expecting, but I really enjoyed the Midnight Suns part. The artwork was terrific and I knew most of the characters well enough to follow it even without any backstory.
January 18, 2025
I really really hope Marvel puts out a new Agatha Harkness comic book soon to reboot the character based on her Agatha All Along tv show. The more retro comic books for the first half of this collection felt so weird and out of place. Even her personality in the Midnight Suns felt drastically different from the character that was in the show. I really just want more comic books with the badass witch and less of the sweet but powerful granny.
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November 8, 2024Ended up reading some of this in a separate trade but this is a good compilation of Agatha's early history with the F4. Comics from the 60s and 70s can be ROUGH to read, but it is interesting to see the origin of various aspects of comics we take for granted today.
November 30, 2024
After watching Agatha Harkness, I needed something to fill the void.
Dad was able to find this. It is absolutely amazing. But I now need to find all the comics that weren’t in here, but still have Agatha in them.
Dad was able to find this. It is absolutely amazing. But I now need to find all the comics that weren’t in here, but still have Agatha in them.
December 22, 2024
3.5 rounded down just because the first half and second half seemed so disjointed. I loved the Midnight Sons collection, but the Fantastic Four barely gave enough Agatha to feel like this was truly a collection only about her!
August 4, 2025
The fantastic four half felt so pointless, like she interacted with wanda once in an avengers comic and then she just went back to being a nanny for franklin but idk 🤷♀️ The midnight suns half was very fun tho 🙂↕️🤞
December 26, 2024
Classic storytelling about Marvel's most gloriously ruthless witch.
February 18, 2025
It's fine. Check it out if you're interested in what Agatha was like in the comics (VERY different from the MCU)
did-not-finish
June 12, 2025DNF: 14%
August 17, 2025
A great overview of some of Agatha's first & most important comic appearances in F4, plus all 5 issues of midnight suns!
September 14, 2025
I only started this to see if comics were for me, they’re not. I love Agatha Harkness as a show but I was fully confused since these comics don’t go in chronological order.
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