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Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #1-4
Avengers Vision and the Scarlet Witch
The unlikely romance between the Vision and the Scarlet Witch was one of the Avengers' most famous storylines. Now, witness what happens when the two heroes finally get hitched and settle down in the suburbs! But if you think they're going to live the quiet life, think again! See how a match made in heaven led to a wedding in Limbo, and how a Halloween horror proves that there's still magic in their marriage! Plus: a golden age mystery with ties to the Witch's past is solved! The Vision bonds with his brothers in all but blood...but who is the Scarlet Witch's father? Marvel's oddest couple shows that home is where the heroes are! Guest-starring the Avengers and the Inhumans, versus Dormammu, the Grim Reaper and more! COLLECTING: Giant-Size Avengers (1974) 4, Vision and Scarlet Witch (1982) 1-4
125 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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Steve Englehart
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Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
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January 24, 2021
I really enjoyed this limited series and what it did for the characters of Vision and the Scarlet Witch.
The first issue was more about the couple (as I expected the whole series to be) however, as the story flowed and developed, each character was given their own story and individual focus.
Most of what happened expanded one way or the other on a plot that was introduced earlier in other comics.
I liked the different style of the third issue; how it felt like it was meant to be a little bit scarier.
Plus how can we forget the history changing fourth ish where Magneto was revealed to be the father of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch!
Overall, this collection of comics didn’t have the focus on Wanda and Vish as a couple, out on their own in the world as I though it would.
Although, I really liked how much this series expanded on their respective characters.
The first issue was more about the couple (as I expected the whole series to be) however, as the story flowed and developed, each character was given their own story and individual focus.
Most of what happened expanded one way or the other on a plot that was introduced earlier in other comics.
I liked the different style of the third issue; how it felt like it was meant to be a little bit scarier.
Plus how can we forget the history changing fourth ish where Magneto was revealed to be the father of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch!
Overall, this collection of comics didn’t have the focus on Wanda and Vish as a couple, out on their own in the world as I though it would.
Although, I really liked how much this series expanded on their respective characters.
June 1, 2021
This edition is a compilation of:
Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #4
+ Vision and Scarlet Witch (1982) #1-4.
I didn't care for the Giant-Size Avenger #4 comic, but in it we see the Scarlet Witch and the Vision unite into marriage.
Favorite Edition:
Night of the Living Druid! #1
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 stars
Halloween Horror! I loved seeing Green Goblin, Ghost, and Pumpkin, come alive! I noticed much inspiration from the TV series WandaVision was drawn from this particular edition!
Faith of Our Fathers #2
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 stars
Was intense! Think bubble boy ramped up x1,000!
Blood Brothers! #3
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 stars
This one dives into why and how (in certain comic runs), Vision acquires Wonder Man's consciousness, making them brothers.
Revelations #4
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
In this comic, we find out who was once known as the White Pilgrim, and what the purpose of his appearance in Attilan is. This one ended a little too easily for me.
I borrowed this e-comic from the Amazon Prime Reading Program. I was under no obligation to write a review, my honest opinion is given voluntarily.
Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #4
+ Vision and Scarlet Witch (1982) #1-4.
I didn't care for the Giant-Size Avenger #4 comic, but in it we see the Scarlet Witch and the Vision unite into marriage.
Favorite Edition:
Night of the Living Druid! #1
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 stars
Halloween Horror! I loved seeing Green Goblin, Ghost, and Pumpkin, come alive! I noticed much inspiration from the TV series WandaVision was drawn from this particular edition!
Faith of Our Fathers #2
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 stars
Was intense! Think bubble boy ramped up x1,000!
Blood Brothers! #3
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 stars
This one dives into why and how (in certain comic runs), Vision acquires Wonder Man's consciousness, making them brothers.
Revelations #4
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
In this comic, we find out who was once known as the White Pilgrim, and what the purpose of his appearance in Attilan is. This one ended a little too easily for me.
I borrowed this e-comic from the Amazon Prime Reading Program. I was under no obligation to write a review, my honest opinion is given voluntarily.
May 30, 2024
I should probably start by saying that I didn’t re-read the issue of Giant-Size Avengers that opens this book, as I’d read it recently in another Avengers collection, so this ‘review’ is just for the four-issue Vision & The Scarlet Witch miniseries that comprises the rest of the book.
I’ve wanted to read this miniseries for donkey’s years. I could never find a set in decent condition back when my eyes were still good enough to read paper copies and didn’t notice it had become available digitally until very recently.
The reason I wanted to read this book so much was because (a) I love the Vision and Wanda, especially as a couple, (b) this book contains some very significant developments in both characters’ lives and (c) I love Rick Leonardi’s artwork.
To tackle the artwork first, I really liked it, but I don’t think the two inkers working over Leonardi’s pencils were the best choice. That, combined with the fact that this is probably one of the last books he did before he truly developed his signature style, made the artwork a four star experience rather than the five star job I had hoped for.
Story-wise, this is pretty good stuff. Significant, as I said, and containing some great guest-stars. My only complaints are these: 1. Bill Mantlo’s prose is a little on the purple side a lot of the time and 2. apart from in the final issue, which is very Wanda-centric, the Scarlet Witch very much takes a backseat to her synthezoid husband, which I found disappointing.
On the writing front, I’d give issues 1 and 3 three stars, issue 4 four stars and issue 2, which was a real highlight, the full five stars.
Overall, I’d give this collection just under four stars overall, so I’m rounding up.
I’ve wanted to read this miniseries for donkey’s years. I could never find a set in decent condition back when my eyes were still good enough to read paper copies and didn’t notice it had become available digitally until very recently.
The reason I wanted to read this book so much was because (a) I love the Vision and Wanda, especially as a couple, (b) this book contains some very significant developments in both characters’ lives and (c) I love Rick Leonardi’s artwork.
To tackle the artwork first, I really liked it, but I don’t think the two inkers working over Leonardi’s pencils were the best choice. That, combined with the fact that this is probably one of the last books he did before he truly developed his signature style, made the artwork a four star experience rather than the five star job I had hoped for.
Story-wise, this is pretty good stuff. Significant, as I said, and containing some great guest-stars. My only complaints are these: 1. Bill Mantlo’s prose is a little on the purple side a lot of the time and 2. apart from in the final issue, which is very Wanda-centric, the Scarlet Witch very much takes a backseat to her synthezoid husband, which I found disappointing.
On the writing front, I’d give issues 1 and 3 three stars, issue 4 four stars and issue 2, which was a real highlight, the full five stars.
Overall, I’d give this collection just under four stars overall, so I’m rounding up.
January 24, 2021
Because this is an old timey comic book, the writing is an impenetrable wall of turgidity. I made that word up because man this was a slog. But I do love how much Wanda and Vision care for each other. They don’t even see each other’s differences, just their love.
The big problem with older books is that they really don’t know how to write women. Wanda is on page so little, and her thought processes barely exist. When they do, they’re always tied to Vision.
Coming off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is so Wanda forward, it is weird to see her being shunted aside and every story being about Vision.
I really only liked the last chapter in this book, it brought in Wanda’s side of the family.
The rest were a chore, especially the first one and its incessant asides about Kang, Mantis and Moondragon. That part was an awful read, ugh! Why did they have Mantis marry and become a tree? Like what?
Sometimes, old timey stuff should just not be...
The big problem with older books is that they really don’t know how to write women. Wanda is on page so little, and her thought processes barely exist. When they do, they’re always tied to Vision.
Coming off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is so Wanda forward, it is weird to see her being shunted aside and every story being about Vision.
I really only liked the last chapter in this book, it brought in Wanda’s side of the family.
The rest were a chore, especially the first one and its incessant asides about Kang, Mantis and Moondragon. That part was an awful read, ugh! Why did they have Mantis marry and become a tree? Like what?
Sometimes, old timey stuff should just not be...
March 14, 2021
Тут під час гайпу навколо серіалу «ВандаВізій» вирішив почитати якісь комікси про Ванду, щоб познайомитися більше із нею. Ну і звісно, вам тепер то все дивитися, читати і страждати. Або навспак, буде цікаво.
Звісно, коли ми говоримо про Багряну Відьму а-ля Ванда та зв’язок із серіалом, то вартує прочитати #4 випуск «Giant-Size Avengers». Сам випуск є нудним, олдскульним і важко читається. Але це все тільки заради того, що тут після розбірок Месників одружуються Ванда та Візій.
Далі взявся читати лімітку «The Vision and the Scarlet Witch» (1982), де розповідається про те, як закохані Багряна Відьма та Візій придбали собі будинок на окраїні Нью-Джерсі у спробі пожити буденним життям, як у смертних. Але, бляха, хто заселяється в будинок на Гелловін? Звісно, що замість «цукерки або смерть» буде щось набагато гірше. У лімітці знайдеться намагання створити молоду сім’ю, зло від сусідів, гелловінські монстри, космічні пригоди, рятунок брата П‘єтро... Не сидиться їм удома 😅
Досить незвично, але цікаво. Особливо приваблювали ці вишукані діалоги пояснення, що відбувається у кадрі. Або ось «ось у кадрі з’явився отой то». Все виглядає так награно, що думаєш, як воно таке можливо. Але це звісно старі комікси, тому цьому дивуватися, то дивно. Воно навпаки створює цю шикарну атмсоферу 80-х. Якщо говорити про сюжет, то тут були досить непогані історії, хоча я на це не очікував. Тому я задоволений.
Звісно, коли ми говоримо про Багряну Відьму а-ля Ванда та зв’язок із серіалом, то вартує прочитати #4 випуск «Giant-Size Avengers». Сам випуск є нудним, олдскульним і важко читається. Але це все тільки заради того, що тут після розбірок Месників одружуються Ванда та Візій.
Далі взявся читати лімітку «The Vision and the Scarlet Witch» (1982), де розповідається про те, як закохані Багряна Відьма та Візій придбали собі будинок на окраїні Нью-Джерсі у спробі пожити буденним життям, як у смертних. Але, бляха, хто заселяється в будинок на Гелловін? Звісно, що замість «цукерки або смерть» буде щось набагато гірше. У лімітці знайдеться намагання створити молоду сім’ю, зло від сусідів, гелловінські монстри, космічні пригоди, рятунок брата П‘єтро... Не сидиться їм удома 😅
Досить незвично, але цікаво. Особливо приваблювали ці вишукані діалоги пояснення, що відбувається у кадрі. Або ось «ось у кадрі з’явився отой то». Все виглядає так награно, що думаєш, як воно таке можливо. Але це звісно старі комікси, тому цьому дивуватися, то дивно. Воно навпаки створює цю шикарну атмсоферу 80-х. Якщо говорити про сюжет, то тут були досить непогані історії, хоча я на це не очікував. Тому я задоволений.
March 5, 2021
This mini-series redefined the Vision and the Scarlet Witch for quite a while.
Bill Mantlo’s writing was a bit over dramatic for me, and it made me cringe sometimes, but it was 1982 and the narrative was just that. A bit of a corn fest at times, with these over elaborated monologues. Still, it was a fun read.
The flow of the different stories were also a bit off. I mean, the big reveal of the 4th issue made little sense, since there was not really a build up. And the whole “White Pilgrim” persona just was out of nowhere. So, taking these little issues with a grain of salt, the stories were enjoyable.
Rick Leonardi’s art was gorgeous. I wonder why I hadn’t paid more attention to his work before.
Bill Mantlo’s writing was a bit over dramatic for me, and it made me cringe sometimes, but it was 1982 and the narrative was just that. A bit of a corn fest at times, with these over elaborated monologues. Still, it was a fun read.
The flow of the different stories were also a bit off. I mean, the big reveal of the 4th issue made little sense, since there was not really a build up. And the whole “White Pilgrim” persona just was out of nowhere. So, taking these little issues with a grain of salt, the stories were enjoyable.
Rick Leonardi’s art was gorgeous. I wonder why I hadn’t paid more attention to his work before.
March 9, 2021
3.5 Stars!
I am absolutely obsessed with all things Wanda and Vision right now so there was next to no possibility that I wouldn’t enjoy this collection. I’ll admit that the blatant sexism that exists in all 70s era marvel comics is a bitter pill, as well as the fact that Wanda is more featured as an aside to Vision; and let’s not lie Mantis marrying a tree was a tad weird... but as of right now give me all the Wanda/Vision I can stand!
I am absolutely obsessed with all things Wanda and Vision right now so there was next to no possibility that I wouldn’t enjoy this collection. I’ll admit that the blatant sexism that exists in all 70s era marvel comics is a bitter pill, as well as the fact that Wanda is more featured as an aside to Vision; and let’s not lie Mantis marrying a tree was a tad weird... but as of right now give me all the Wanda/Vision I can stand!
February 8, 2021
Good Lord, I’d forgotten the era of “lit-er-a-teur“ was in full swing in the 80s, all us butthurt fragile comics nerds getting lambasted for not reading “real” books. Englehart and Mantlo both pull out the Chicago Manual of Style, the Merrimack-Webster Thesaurus and their leather-bound Complete Works of Shakespeare - maybe they were having a wordsmithing competition in the early 80s Marvel bullpen?
Despite their mellifluous proclivities (see, they’ve even infected me for a time), these four stories were pretty powerful. (I’m ignoring the tripe of GSA#4, which I’ve reviewed on its own.) This is where we first see V&SW try to settle down as a married couple, then deal with some of their arch villains, and finally learn who SW’s true father is!
This book was a turning point for these two, grounding them and their weird relationship. I remember reading this as a kid, not really knowing much of the Avengers history before this, wondering why it was being treated as so weird for these two to settle down. And being less than shocked at the Magneto reveal.
But knowing what I’ve learned since about the evolution of the universe, boy did this give us - well shit, if nothing else it did give us the Fox franchise hinting at who “Peter”‘s dad was, and forced Feige to come up with a more creative origin for the MCU pair.
Leading to an amazing reveal in Episode 5 of WandaVision (just saw a couple of days ago) which gives this book and its Quicksilver interactions some real heft.
Kinda amazing how retroactively this gets even more important eh?
I’m generously giving this one 4 stars cause it’s absolutely a key moment in SW’s life - even if as fellow GR reviewer Lestat observes, Wanda gets very little screen time and even less dimensionality in this book.
Despite their mellifluous proclivities (see, they’ve even infected me for a time), these four stories were pretty powerful. (I’m ignoring the tripe of GSA#4, which I’ve reviewed on its own.) This is where we first see V&SW try to settle down as a married couple, then deal with some of their arch villains, and finally learn who SW’s true father is!
This book was a turning point for these two, grounding them and their weird relationship. I remember reading this as a kid, not really knowing much of the Avengers history before this, wondering why it was being treated as so weird for these two to settle down. And being less than shocked at the Magneto reveal.
But knowing what I’ve learned since about the evolution of the universe, boy did this give us - well shit, if nothing else it did give us the Fox franchise hinting at who “Peter”‘s dad was, and forced Feige to come up with a more creative origin for the MCU pair.
Leading to an amazing reveal in Episode 5 of WandaVision (just saw a couple of days ago) which gives this book and its Quicksilver interactions some real heft.
Kinda amazing how retroactively this gets even more important eh?
I’m generously giving this one 4 stars cause it’s absolutely a key moment in SW’s life - even if as fellow GR reviewer Lestat observes, Wanda gets very little screen time and even less dimensionality in this book.
February 6, 2021
Comparing it to the Roger Stern collection a few weeks ago which is contemporaneous to this, this is pretty stinky. The Avengers story it spins off of is admittedly a bad place to start, being the finale of another long running story, but it does lay the seeds of SW & V wedding (hey Mantis is marrying a tree, why shouldn't we get married too?). But with the exception of the first issue, this limited series is almost wholly tied up in recons of the Scarlet Witch's parents (who have since been retconned again for I think the fifth time). It doesn't make for very interesting reading, even if it was dressed up well. The art is very much Marvel house style of the time, but with the exception of the zombie invasion, isn't really all that engaging. They are in New Jersey at this point, but otherwise there is little here that would play into Wandavision, including - luckily - its poor storytelling.
February 13, 2021
This first move to the suburbs for the newly married Wanda and Vision is prolly a little better written than the Steve Englehart series a few years later when the couple returns to Leonia, New Jersey, but beyond the unfolding of the couple’s convoluted family trees, there probably isn’t a lot here to keep most readers engaged.
However, fans of episode six of WandaVision might like to see Vision and Wanda enjoying their first Halloween as a suburban couple (until Samhain shows up and transforms a trio of trick or treaters into murderous demons).
And personally, I always enjoy seeing Bova. Here’s hoping we’ll see her show up on WandaVision one day!
However, fans of episode six of WandaVision might like to see Vision and Wanda enjoying their first Halloween as a suburban couple (until Samhain shows up and transforms a trio of trick or treaters into murderous demons).
And personally, I always enjoy seeing Bova. Here’s hoping we’ll see her show up on WandaVision one day!
February 17, 2021
The first issue in this collection is nigh impenetrable, so I advise skipping it if you picked this up to learn more about Vision and Scarlet Witch. Although the issue features their wedding, there's not much else context and it picks up in the middle of the search for the Celestial Madonna -- super steeped in lore! Other than that, a tidy little miniseries with a few disjointed stories, including the story where Wanda and Pietro learn they are Magento's children. The miniseries itself is a fun and fluffy read with some nice character work.
May 9, 2022
I haven’t read many older style comic books, and I think this is one of of the worst introductions I could have had to them. The plot for this was almost nonexistent. There isn’t even a point for this really to exist. The only issue that was worth reading was issue #4 which dealt with the complicated family dynamics between Wanda, Pietro, & Erik (Magneto). I love reading about those three (no matter how toxic they are), so I really enjoyed my time spent with that.
But everything else was almost unreadable. I could barely get through issue #2 and I slogged my way through the other two. The sexism, the narration, Vison. I just could not stand a single bit of any of this.
But everything else was almost unreadable. I could barely get through issue #2 and I slogged my way through the other two. The sexism, the narration, Vison. I just could not stand a single bit of any of this.
February 19, 2021
I never quite know what I’m going to get diving back into these comics. I actually really enjoyed this one. I’m going to skip past the story when they actually marry because it is largely centred around another couple; Mantis and... the tree. I’m not sure what happened there but moving on! I really liked how this developed The Vision and the Scarlet Witch’s relationship and added some emotional depth to both. It was more of a family occassion this one (*giggles* if you’ve read it you know what I’m talking about) but that grounded the stories. I loved the interruption to settling in to their new home and Jarvis casually rocking up to help them settle in!
February 1, 2021
I'm a big fan of Bill Mantlo from his work on Hulk and Rocket and honestly didn't know this little limited series existed. I enjoyed it, but it is very much a product of the time it was written and I imagine folks not familiar with older comics may have a hard time getting into it.
April 19, 2021
Well, I didn't liked it as much as I thought.
May 5, 2021
OMGGG..... This is a Marvel Comic limited series and I LOVED IT SO MUCH, the story was PERFECT ! I LOVED the illustrations and reading about Wanda makes me so happy 💜
June 12, 2016
This was almost a nothingness. I have read a lot of 60s comics and they are often hard work, but with charm. Some 70s stuff is easy to get through though overwrought- well here's a tricolon for you- this was 80s hard work and overwrought. No wonder miller and moore had to come. The main story about vision establishing his humanity and marriage was so complicated by the many simon williamses, and not in a good way. The final story involving magneto's very own bespin cloud city revelation to scarlet witch and quicksilver was boring. Sorry guys, not getting away with this.
Anyone got any good scarlet witch/vision stories to read?
Anyone got any good scarlet witch/vision stories to read?
April 28, 2018
Reprints Avengers Giant-Size #4 and Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Limited Series) #1-4 (June 1975-February 1983). The Vision and the Scarlet Witch are an unconventional couple. The The Vision since his creation has discovered he’s an android created by Ultron, with brainwaves of Simon Williams, and the body of the original Human Torch. Scarlet Witch is a mutant with a twin brother named Quicksilver and a murky past involving their parentage. Together Vision and Scarlet Witch are Avengers, but when they choose to marry, Vision and the Scarlet Witch find that being superheroes and married could be more difficult than they ever believed.
Written by Steve Englehart (Avengers Giant-Size #4) and Bill Mantlo (Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1-4), Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch collects the characters’ marriage and early limited series. The collection features art by Don Heck on Avengers Giant-Size #4 (June 1975) and Rick Leonardi on Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1-4 (November 1982-February 1983).
In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Marvel had some power couples, but Vision and the Scarlet Witch were the Avengers’ romance bound couple. The couple not only had ties to the Avengers but to the X-Men and Inhumans which allowed for lots of crossovers. Here, you get to see the wedding of the two and their attempts to lead a normal life. It is a bit clunky, but it still is fun.
Marvel wasn’t doing a ton of limited series when Vision and the Scarlet Witch was released. They had only done a couple and the idea of “spinoff” titles for characters was kind of a new thing. As a result, the limited series doesn’t seem to have much flow…you just get more Vision and Scarlet Witch than the Avengers would allow.
The first issue just sets up Vision and Scarlet Witch in their own home and normal life. It has a fight with a mystic being, but the story doesn’t factor much into the story which becomes more about the origin of both Vision and Scarlet Witch. The series ends with a reveal that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father is Magento. This made a lot more sense in the storytelling, but a later recon (and attempt to separate them from X-Men property) had this all be fake…but I hope that they change it back.
The story also contains a “bonus” of seeing the characters wed in Giant-Size Avengers #4. This issue has a number of important moments with the origin of Mantis (who also weds a spirit Swordsman) and the characters leaving the Avengers for space. Both this story from the ’70s and the ’80s limited series have a weird, all-ages mentality that seems to be lacking from many comics today.
Older comics were a lot wordier, but in their wordiness, the characters seemed more developed. While many of today’s comics create more rounded characters, the melodrama and over the top plotlines of older comics have a lot of fun that is missing. While
many people will vehemently defend the comics they grew up on, there is a noticeable change…good or bad. It is up to the reader to decide with collections like this; I vote for the positive. A second limited series (this one twelve issues) followed the story from this collection and was collected in Vision and the Scarlet Witch: A Year in the Life.
Written by Steve Englehart (Avengers Giant-Size #4) and Bill Mantlo (Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1-4), Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch collects the characters’ marriage and early limited series. The collection features art by Don Heck on Avengers Giant-Size #4 (June 1975) and Rick Leonardi on Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1-4 (November 1982-February 1983).
In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Marvel had some power couples, but Vision and the Scarlet Witch were the Avengers’ romance bound couple. The couple not only had ties to the Avengers but to the X-Men and Inhumans which allowed for lots of crossovers. Here, you get to see the wedding of the two and their attempts to lead a normal life. It is a bit clunky, but it still is fun.
Marvel wasn’t doing a ton of limited series when Vision and the Scarlet Witch was released. They had only done a couple and the idea of “spinoff” titles for characters was kind of a new thing. As a result, the limited series doesn’t seem to have much flow…you just get more Vision and Scarlet Witch than the Avengers would allow.
The first issue just sets up Vision and Scarlet Witch in their own home and normal life. It has a fight with a mystic being, but the story doesn’t factor much into the story which becomes more about the origin of both Vision and Scarlet Witch. The series ends with a reveal that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father is Magento. This made a lot more sense in the storytelling, but a later recon (and attempt to separate them from X-Men property) had this all be fake…but I hope that they change it back.
The story also contains a “bonus” of seeing the characters wed in Giant-Size Avengers #4. This issue has a number of important moments with the origin of Mantis (who also weds a spirit Swordsman) and the characters leaving the Avengers for space. Both this story from the ’70s and the ’80s limited series have a weird, all-ages mentality that seems to be lacking from many comics today.
Older comics were a lot wordier, but in their wordiness, the characters seemed more developed. While many of today’s comics create more rounded characters, the melodrama and over the top plotlines of older comics have a lot of fun that is missing. While
many people will vehemently defend the comics they grew up on, there is a noticeable change…good or bad. It is up to the reader to decide with collections like this; I vote for the positive. A second limited series (this one twelve issues) followed the story from this collection and was collected in Vision and the Scarlet Witch: A Year in the Life.
February 1, 2021
If you think that WandaVision, the TV series starring The Scarlet Witch and Vision is weird, then this collection is utterly insane! Fist is a 1970s Avengers Annual featuring the Demon Lord Dormammu and time-travelling Warlord Kang, culminating in Wanda & Vision, a mutant and a synthezoid (synthetic humanoid robot), getting married alongside a "Celestial Madonna" (don't) ask and a ghost, and that's just the opening act!
Following on from that is the 1980s mini-series, which sees Vision and Wanda attempting to live a "normal life in the suburbs, which was undoubtedly a strong influence for the TV series. However, their hopes for the quiet life are interrupted by an resurrected evil druid, possessed trick-or-treaters, a delusional former Second World War superhero with a nuclear-irradiated son, a death-obsessed supervillain who has a complicated family issues, and a visit to Wanda's brother's family on the moon which goes awry thanks to their estranged father acting on intel he got from the humanoid cow that raised them!
So, utterly bonkers, but their relationship still shines through all this and shows why they were one of Marvel greatest couples. Sadly not at the moment, but it was a crazy ride while it lasted!
Following on from that is the 1980s mini-series, which sees Vision and Wanda attempting to live a "normal life in the suburbs, which was undoubtedly a strong influence for the TV series. However, their hopes for the quiet life are interrupted by an resurrected evil druid, possessed trick-or-treaters, a delusional former Second World War superhero with a nuclear-irradiated son, a death-obsessed supervillain who has a complicated family issues, and a visit to Wanda's brother's family on the moon which goes awry thanks to their estranged father acting on intel he got from the humanoid cow that raised them!
So, utterly bonkers, but their relationship still shines through all this and shows why they were one of Marvel greatest couples. Sadly not at the moment, but it was a crazy ride while it lasted!
January 2, 2022
I really enjoyed where Wandavision took the viewer; as the series unfolded, I was hooked. I loved the developing sitcom setting with its Lynchian edge so I read this collection to better understand the Scarlet Witch and Vision backstory*. It helped to a degree, but definitely not essential. It contains issues 1 - 4 of Vision and Scarlet With, prefaced by an issue of Giant Size Avengers from 1975 where Scarlet Witch and Vision get hitched. To be blunt, the opener is turgid. I was glad when it was over. I took to the ‘proper’ issues more readily, probably because Rick Leonardi also worked on Amazing Spider-Man (and introduced the characters Cloak and Dagger - my peak Spidey years).
Issue 1 sees Scarlet Witch and Vision move into their first home on Hallowe’en - cue many Samhain shenanigans. The house does have echoes of their home in the MCU series. Wanda is the main focus here but pretty marginalised in issues 2 and 3. The final issue is a bit more balanced and brings in her twin, Pietro…with a bit of a twist in the end (I will stop short of any spoilers.) Overall, it was interesting, a bit dated, and definitely not enough Wanda but still enjoyable.
*I was a Spidey and Micronauts reader. Excelsior! Ed.
Issue 1 sees Scarlet Witch and Vision move into their first home on Hallowe’en - cue many Samhain shenanigans. The house does have echoes of their home in the MCU series. Wanda is the main focus here but pretty marginalised in issues 2 and 3. The final issue is a bit more balanced and brings in her twin, Pietro…with a bit of a twist in the end (I will stop short of any spoilers.) Overall, it was interesting, a bit dated, and definitely not enough Wanda but still enjoyable.
*I was a Spidey and Micronauts reader. Excelsior! Ed.
April 4, 2021
This mini-series feels like some housekeeping to be done for Vision and the Scarlet Witch. Most of the issues are about them interacting with other members of their 'family', talking to different relatives about their origin stories and trying to make sense of it all. By the end we get some big retcons about who they are and what they're supposed to be. It's not bad, has some good art and some nice moments of the two of them, but I wish it were more about Vision and Scarlet Witch being a couple. They're together, and helping each other, but the fact that they're together isn't important to the story. With the exception of Vision shouting "my wife" and Scarlet Witch shouting "my husband", this could just be about them being friends (oh, and except for the whole wedding and kissing stuff). Their separate origins and stories don't intersect and they barely interact with each others' history at all. This is less "Vision and the Scarlet Witch" and more "Vision, and the Scarlet Witch".
February 1, 2021
A frustrating TPB where the quality goes up and down, issue to issue. First there's the Avengers story in which Vizh and Wanda tie the knot — good, but I imagine hard to follow for new readers as it's the end of a multi-issue arc. Then we get the "Vision and the Scarlet Witch" four-issue miniseries in which they try to build a life away from the Avengers in the suburbs. #1 is a dull tale pitting them against an evil Druid spirit (comic book druids are always nasty). #2, dealing with Wanda's sort-of relatives (they explain it in the story better than I can), is good. #3 has the Vision in a surreal hallucinatory sequence and I hate those, plus it largely sidelines Wanda. #4 has the couple confront the fact Magneto is her dad, and it's a good one again.
For me that was enough good stuff to be worth reading the whole thing. You'll have to make up your own mind.
For me that was enough good stuff to be worth reading the whole thing. You'll have to make up your own mind.
February 28, 2021
Like everyone else over the past few months I've loved Wandavision & ever since Agatha Harkness came along I've been interested in looking beyond The Avengers into more depth at the Marvel universe & it's characters.
This was my first foray into reading a comic book, having realised I can get them included in my Kindle unlimited. I chose a giant edition to read, with four stories within its covers. Didn't like the first story whatsoever, but I didn't let it put me off.
We followed Wanda & Vision, both ex Avengers & one of Marvels greatest couples as they move into their first home together, marry & learn more about their backstory, families & their history.
With many references to the Easter eggs in Wandavision, this was darker than what you see in the MCU & I for one will certainly be looking to read more!
𝗜 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 4 ⭐ 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
This was my first foray into reading a comic book, having realised I can get them included in my Kindle unlimited. I chose a giant edition to read, with four stories within its covers. Didn't like the first story whatsoever, but I didn't let it put me off.
We followed Wanda & Vision, both ex Avengers & one of Marvels greatest couples as they move into their first home together, marry & learn more about their backstory, families & their history.
With many references to the Easter eggs in Wandavision, this was darker than what you see in the MCU & I for one will certainly be looking to read more!
𝗜 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 4 ⭐ 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 2, 2021
2.5 stars and rounding up - suggested for Marvel die-hard fans or those who want to see some stories featuring some of the characters referenced in the "Easter eggs" from the WandaVision series (The Wizzer, The Grim Reaper, Wanda & Pietro's real father, etc.) as well as when Vision and The Scarlet Witch first got married. These are individual comic stories, not one continuing story, and they are from the 1960s through the 1980s, so are a bit dated by today's standards. Casual fans would do better to read Avengers: Disassembled and House of M or The Vision, Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man and The Vision: Vol. 2: Little Better than a Beast instead.
February 9, 2021
This book collects the very busy Avengers Annual where the Scarlet Witch and Vision are married, and then collects their four-issue mini-series.
The annual is decent, although there's a lot going on and it feels like there's a lot you'd miss if you're not up on all the ends and outs of 1980s comics.
The mini-series doesn't tell a complete story in and of itself, rather it teases what a series might be like. Issue 1 is kind of a standard affair with them moving into a house on Halloween and hijinxs ensuing. Issue 2 is more interesting in that it brings back the Whizzer who was at one point assumed to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's father. Wanda doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth and they try and help him free his actual son from an institution with tragic results.
Issue three features Wonder Man, from whom Vision's personality was drawn, coming to help a wounded Vision out. Issue 4 features a visit to Pietro to encounter Magnetto and learn a key fact about the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's life.
Overall, this is a solid volume. While it's not spectacular and there's ongoing arc, it nonetheless discloses some key moments for the character and is a worthy read for Marvel fans.
The annual is decent, although there's a lot going on and it feels like there's a lot you'd miss if you're not up on all the ends and outs of 1980s comics.
The mini-series doesn't tell a complete story in and of itself, rather it teases what a series might be like. Issue 1 is kind of a standard affair with them moving into a house on Halloween and hijinxs ensuing. Issue 2 is more interesting in that it brings back the Whizzer who was at one point assumed to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's father. Wanda doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth and they try and help him free his actual son from an institution with tragic results.
Issue three features Wonder Man, from whom Vision's personality was drawn, coming to help a wounded Vision out. Issue 4 features a visit to Pietro to encounter Magnetto and learn a key fact about the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's life.
Overall, this is a solid volume. While it's not spectacular and there's ongoing arc, it nonetheless discloses some key moments for the character and is a worthy read for Marvel fans.
July 25, 2019
Sometimes old comics feel like poetry. And this is especially true for this particular book - it's full of poetry, it's so wonderful and so romantic and so... soulful.
It's just four issues, but they are amazing. If you are interested in 80s comics or in the relationship between the Vision and the Scarlet Witch, you should absolutely check this out. Also, the final issue includes the amazing, once-shocking reveal about Wanda and Pietro's true father. And it is really well executed!
It's just four issues, but they are amazing. If you are interested in 80s comics or in the relationship between the Vision and the Scarlet Witch, you should absolutely check this out. Also, the final issue includes the amazing, once-shocking reveal about Wanda and Pietro's true father. And it is really well executed!
February 2, 2021
This compilation of a giant-size Avengers issue and the 4-issue Vision and Scarlet Witch limited series that in itself felt like a series of one-shots instead of a single story. The main achievement was the fact that they presented the new origin for Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver as being the true children of Magneto, master of magnetism.
It's not the worst thing I've ever read, but it wasn't particularly amazing either.
It's not the worst thing I've ever read, but it wasn't particularly amazing either.
April 4, 2021
I know this is controversial but I just can’t get into comics in this style. The medium has advanced so much & for someone who’s first foray into comics was Gaiman’s Sandman, I just don’t enjoy this more simplistic style of writing. One thing that is abundantly clear after reading this series is how earnest Wanda & Vision’s romance is. However that’s not enough for me to want to power through the silliness again.
October 12, 2020
The overall weirdness of Wanda and Vision's relationship and family life is one of my favorite things on Marvel comics and I expected to see the miniseries to lean onto that. Though it goes to dark places on most of its issues, I wish it had lasted longer and given us more of a regular plot. I hope the next series they had is better.
February 28, 2022
it’s more like a 3.5
i truly enjoy just following wanda and vision around and witnessing their beautiful bond and relationship. the writing of the actual books leaves a lot to be desired but that is to be expected off of a comic from the 1980s. can’t wait to keep reading more of these and hopefully the improvements will show more and more with each issue.
i truly enjoy just following wanda and vision around and witnessing their beautiful bond and relationship. the writing of the actual books leaves a lot to be desired but that is to be expected off of a comic from the 1980s. can’t wait to keep reading more of these and hopefully the improvements will show more and more with each issue.
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