Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando Vol. 4: Queen Of Chaos

Scarlet Witch #4

by Steve Orlando, Jacopo Camagni (artist), Lorenzo Tammetta

Collects Scarlet Witch (2024) #1-5 and material from Crypt of Shadows (2023) #1.

Steve Orlando's spellbinding saga is full of surprises! The Scarlet Witch has carved out a haven for herself in upstate New York, but it's all about to go up in flames. Wanda's newfound peace has drawn the wrath of a primal force unlike anything she's ever faced before, and it won't stop until it razes Wanda's world. A clash of titans awaits as Wanda and her allies fight for all she holds dear! But what happens when an unstoppable force meets the end of all things? When pure chaos meets pure destruction? Wanda's about to find out - if she survives long enough! Trapped in the realm of the Queen of Nevers, the Scarlet Witch fights to reach the land of the living - and comes face to face with Lore, her necromantic multiversal counterpart! Plus: Wanda teams up with Daredevil to exorcise a murderous spirit from the subway tunnels of Hell's Kitchen!

Genres: Marvel, Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2025

Reviews

[Mattthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This continues to be a really great run by Orlando. Hope we continue to get more great Scarlet Witch stories from him.
Highly Recommend.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wanda is just unstoppable, what a woman. She never relents. And how is it that her and Daredevil have never teamed up? They work so well together. Really like seeing the children of Magneto finally get time together to flesh out their relationships.

[Khurram · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I think the artwork compliments the story perfectly. Especially when it comes to Lore. If I had one complaint, it is that I don't think the last story staring Daredevil was necessary (though the story was good). I would have prefered that the main story was extended.

Who or what wast the power behind the Wizard? How will Wanda, her friends, and family fare when all-powerful cosmic entity decides to take a personal hand in all their destruction. What do they fear from Wanda? Can Wanda face the sins of her past, variant, and future to face them?

An exciting fast paced book. That gives dome insight into Wanda's destiny to come to the queen of chaos or a pawn? There is no slowing down even to the last page. I can't wait for the next volume. The book finishes with a character design page and a varient covers gallery.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Enjoyed this...Steve Orlando has really built his own little corner of the Marvel Universe with this character.
Loved the small little details....Pietro wanting an eulogy (not a spoiler ) better than Hawkeye...
Right they never really got on in those early Avengers comics did they?
The "third " Sibling appears!
Even enjoying Wanda's rendition...slightly more mature by these combination of artists

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wanda faces off against the Griever At The End Of All Things as Steve Orlando pulls continuity from Scarlet Witch stories of old and new, as well as Al Ewing's New Avengers, Dan Slott's Silver Surfer and Fantastic Four, and his own previous series too to write an opening four issue arc that throws Wanda into Hell and has her fight her way out while Quicksilver, Polaris, and Darcy try to defend Lotkill in her absence. The dialogue is full of gravitas in the best ways, the concepts at play are great, and it all feels like an actual threat for Wanda, which is hard to write given how god damn powerful she is.

The final issue of the trade brings Wanda to Hell's Kitchen for a Daredevil team-up that feeds off of a short story in 2023's Crypt Of Shadows (also included here for completeness), which is a little more down to earth but no less fun if only for the banter between Wanda and Matt.

And the art's great as well. Jacopo Camagni handles issues 1-4, with some help from cover artist Russell Dauterman (!!) on the third issue, while Scarlet Witch mainstay Lorenzo Tammetta picks up the final issue.

Superb, honestly. My favourite volume thus far.

[Ellie Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting little arc here, builds on the existing lore around Nexus beings and the Witches' Road and has lots of great guest stars including our beloved Lady in Green, Lorna. Also has a pretty interesting set-up for a future arc at the end.

[Raul Reyes · Rating 3 out of 5]

The journey that Wanda goes through is something that we’ve already seen from this exact same run, so I wasn’t very impressed, and was quite bored. Loved the colorist tho!

[Alex Sarll]

I really enjoyed the opening scenes of Wanda and Darcy running their small-town magic shop, the gentle soap opera around them. Making it a pity that the town then got devastated by extradimensional horrors as the story again took a turn for the epic, Wanda and family going up against embodiments of cosmic forces and Marvel's knock-off Lovecraft pantheon. You certainly can't fault the ambition of a story which suggests that between them, Wanda and Pietro might one day overcome the Second Law of Thermodynamics – particularly when heat-death isn't even the Marvel Universe's destined fate. But if you're the sort of fan who craves stories where your favourite character is the biggest, baddest and best, this must be absolute catnip. And, especially when Russell Dauterman comes aboard for the return from the underworld, it does look great.

[Joey Nardinelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man, Scarlet Witch continues to miss the mark. I’m really struggling with connecting to these characters since they’re written SO broadly and the stakes just seem so wildly unclear to me. When you kill off a character I honestly don’t even remember from earlier in the run (was that character even there?), it doesn’t really raise stakes when you have Wanda also seemingly dispatched just to remain in her own parallel, stakes-less fight to return to the main plot.

Overall, I liked the art just fine, and the pacing wasn’t terrible, but nothing here felt…like it offered up anything satisfying at the level of character growth or shifts in the status quo. More like a monster of the week series with low thematic significance. High points are probably the art design around Bricklayer (though…does that character matter going forward? Just a one-and-done now?) and the epilogue of riggies with Pietro, Lorna, and Wanda. Definitely leaves me wondering where this fits into the Marvel universe that Lorna and Monet are just casually flitting about out there.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I keep expecting this Scarlet Witch series to be about fun, relatively minor escapades related to someone coming through the Big Red Door. But no, just a few pages in and we're caught in a battle between the cosmic forces of Order and Chaos.

When the Order villain laser-eye blasts Scarlet Witch into dust, Scarlet Witch is forced to "walk the Witch's Road," or whatever they're calling it in the book to avoid too much crossover with Agatha All Along. It's mostly dull cosmic battling, but the visuals are stunning.

Meanwhile, on Earth, Quicksilver and Darcy team up to keep the small town standing against Order's forces while Scarlet Witch is off the scene. Again, mostly dull battling. The status quo is eventually resumed, though I enjoyed the little dip into the head-spinning end of the Marvel universe.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big bold strokes...
She's kept Chthon in check along with the Darkhold. Looks like it's another 'Scarlet Witch Vs. Reality' moment for Wanda and company. She gets unmade and they have to pull the classic, 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' move. We have the usual players helping out too. Her brother Pietro and half sister Lorna help out where they can....running really fast...and throwing metal stuff.
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The art is strong, but this is almost a greatest hits arc. It just pulls from previous Scarlet Witch stories and things already established in the lore. Looks pretty, though...
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Bonus: I take it this is before Daredevil abandoned his secret ID as a pastor. Just whippin' out excorcisms...

[Myah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ i’m going to be honest, this arc really hadn’t been doing it for me. i was really ready for it to end. other than some gorgeous artwork, i would’ve said that this arc was overly complicated and distracted from any real character development. every time we had the chance to get deep, things would just move on. this issue was such a pleasant surprise, though! i liked that the characters actually had to work for it, we got a pretty decent fight scene out of it. and what a sweet ending. i’m excited to see where we go from here

[goblin_ghoulz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly needed more Darcy, she’s so fun. This run gets back to comic basics, new villain in every issue, Scarlet Witch gets to show off just how powerful she is and continue to redeem herself after everything. I’d like to say she is definitely being tested by some of these bad guys but it seems a little too easier for her. Again, I will always focus on art first and Camagni has depicted these characters so beautifully, I will be staring at these pages for a long time to come.

[Faith Healy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the family coming together, I love Wanda's struggle. I also love the twist ending that I didn't even think about! Such a cliff hanger. So excited for Volume 5! More Agatha! Yay! If you love Scarlet Witch in the MCU I think you will like this comic series.

[Hayley Hobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wanda's just forever going through it trying to keep everyone's immortal souls safe from the crazy.

[Velhala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely great - love this series!

[Guadalupe Sequeira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re picada Wanda pero esperaba más de la pelea.

[Fazun · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

perfectly fine supermagic comics, with fun twists and turns and great artwork.

[Jennifer Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was a bit of a slodge for me to get through, I didn't like the stories as well as the previous volumes. I hope the next is a bit more engaging for me.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A journey through the underworld to save the world from the end. Anything's possible.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good family ties on the page.

[María Alonso · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probablemente mi cómic favorito de Wanda hasta el momento junto a The Last Door.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story didn't feel like it had weight because the restoration of things is so effortless for the Scarlet Witch against a villain that was elsewhere given such status.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it but then again I am a huge Scarlet Witch fan.

[Mohan Vemulapalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Scarlet Witch: Queen of Chaos" is a strong fourth volume for this fast paced series that more than makes up for the slump in the last volume. In the beginning pages of the book, while defending Lotkill from certain annihilation, Wanda is cast into an otherworldly realm. Most of the rest of the book then focuses on Wanda's journey as she passes through multiple paranormal realms in an attempt to return to the human realm while her siblings and Darcy battle sinister forces intent on destroying the world. Expect earthshaking battles, a bunch of supernatural hotties with strong opinions about Wanda and her intended journey, Darcy - armed, snarky and dangerous, Pietro and Lorna taking on an exceptionally nasty big bad and a less than stellar tacked on story with Daredevil and a bunch of possessed bricks.

[Hanneleele · Rating 4 out of 5]

These (Scarlet Witch 2023, 2024) have been a very solid run of comics: not super innovative in terms of where they take the characters but good. A lot of the ones I've read lately (tbf I've only read a few) are about the characters trying to find their place in the world outside of superhero shenanigans. Like middle-aged ladies opening a small-town shop (Scarlet Witch), starting dating again (She-Hulk), fixing their relationship with family while consdering the bad stuff that has gone down (Scarlet Witch)(considering this is comics the bad stuff is having killed each other several times). Idk I think it's one of those I imagine dudebros would hate not because it makes women be superheroes without being super sexy (everyone is still sexy just more tastefully) but like we don't want your fantasies of being independent small-town businessowners in our fantasies of punching stuff real strong? It's still kinda stereotypical but in a different way yk.