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Scarlet Witch (2024) (Single Issues)
Scarlet Witch (2024-2025) #9
THE BLACK CAT STRIKES! Felicia Hardy has set her sights on the treasure trove of magical items that Scarlet Witch keeps in the basement of her witchcraft shop. But has this crafty cat bitten off more than she can chew? And what will happen when Wanda's ambitious apprentice Amaranth is drawn to a magical item that she's not ready to handle yet?
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Published February 5, 2025
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February 7, 2025
The most engaging part of this story was Felicia. And, I enjoyed the fact her power actually found a way to threaten the now-constant omnipotence of Wanda. The writers alluded to the fact both their powers had --at least at some point-- been based on chaos. But, in the last couple decades, writers have been discarding the premise that Wanda's powers are about manipulating probability, and instead they have turned her into more of a conventional book-learning mage. Which doesn't fit with her history from the prior decades, doesn't fit with her new origin as having been genetically engineered by the High Evolutionary, and no one ever explained when she spent all this time book learning. But, here we are.
Scarlet Witch is a terrible character now, and Steve Orlando's many attempts to give her a book also usually go terribly. There is no threat that Wanda can't ultimately defeat, because she no longer has any limitations. Her personality is also just... whatever the writer wants it to be. She makes some nonsensical decisions (why did you accept this "student" character with almost no protest, and asking no questions?). This book is always just whatever Steve Orlando wants it to be.
The best thing about this iteration is that he had the good sense to bring in guest stars. So, Black Cat is the best part of this issue, just as Daredevil was the best part of the issue that included Daredevil. Maybe the writer is beginning to grasp that Wanda is a terrible character, so she needs a support cast to make any book with her 2-stars worthy instead of 1.
Scarlet Witch is a terrible character now, and Steve Orlando's many attempts to give her a book also usually go terribly. There is no threat that Wanda can't ultimately defeat, because she no longer has any limitations. Her personality is also just... whatever the writer wants it to be. She makes some nonsensical decisions (why did you accept this "student" character with almost no protest, and asking no questions?). This book is always just whatever Steve Orlando wants it to be.
The best thing about this iteration is that he had the good sense to bring in guest stars. So, Black Cat is the best part of this issue, just as Daredevil was the best part of the issue that included Daredevil. Maybe the writer is beginning to grasp that Wanda is a terrible character, so she needs a support cast to make any book with her 2-stars worthy instead of 1.
September 12, 2025
Love black cat in this issue! Can’t wait to see what troubles become Amaranth.
May 31, 2025
Wow! It just keeps getting better.
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