This article is about Wanda Maximoff from the Comics. For other uses, see Scarlet Witch (disambiguation) . For her mother, see Scarlet Witch (Natalya Maximoff) .
Scarlet Witch
Movies
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (mid-credits scene)Avengers: Age of Ultron Captain America: Civil War Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
TV Series
X-Men: The Animated Series Iron Man The Avengers: United They Stand X-Men: Evolution Wolverine and the X-Men Marvel Studios: Legends WandaVision What If...? Marvel Zombies
Video Games
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Spider-Man: Battle for New York Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Doctor Strange ending) Marvel: Avengers Alliance Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth Marvel Heroes Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics Marvel Puzzle Quest Marvel: Contest of Champions Marvel: Future Fight. Lego Marvel's Avengers Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Marvel Super War Marvel Future Revolution Marvel Snap Marvel's Midnight Suns Marvel Rivals Disney Tsum Tsum
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Disney California Adventure
Comics
X-Men The Vision and the Scarlet Witch
Portrayed by
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Elizabeth Olsen Michaela Russell (young Wanda; WandaVision )
Voice
Kate Higgins Elizabeth Olsen (What If...? )
Other names
Scarlet Witch Wanda Django Maximoff Wanda Frank Ana Maximoff Witch Queen of Chaos Emperor of Magic "Little Witch," "Fine Sorceress"
Home
Wanda Maximoff's Tower, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York Avengers Mansion, Manhattan, New York City, New York (Formerly) Castle Doom, Doomstadt, Latveria (Formerly) The Works (Formerly) Avengers Compound, California
Parents
Natalya Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) † (mother)
Django Maximoff (maternal uncle and foster father, deceased) Marya Maximoff (maternal aunt and foster mother)
Siblings
Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) (twin brother)
Luminous (alleged sister)
Ana Maximoff (cousin and adoptive sister, deceased) Mateo Maximoff (cousin and adoptive brother, deceased)
Partner(s)
Vision (ex-husband)
Children
Tommy Maximoff (son, deceased) Billy Maximoff (son, deceased) Tommy Shepherd (Speed) (reincarnated son) Billy Kaplan (Wiccan) (reincarnated son)
Relatives
Emperor Hulkling (Dorrek VIII) (son-in-law)
Scarlet Warlock (maternal grandfather, deceased)
Crystal Amaquelin (former sister-in-law)
Luna Maximoff (niece) Scarlet Witch (clone, deceased)
Allies
X-Men , The Avengers , Vision (love-interest), Captain America , Iron Man , Falcon , Hawkeye , Winter Soldier , Ant-Man , Black Widow , War Machine , Black Panther , Spider-Man , Charles Xavier , Magneto , Cyclops , Jean Grey , Quicksilver , Hulk , Thor , Wolverine , Wasp , Havok , Storm , She-Hulk , Invisible Woman , Rogue , Medusa , Sunfire , Spider-Woman , Luke Cage , Wonder Man , Spectrum , Namor , Archangel (ex-boyfriend), Rocket Raccoon , Fantastic Four , Ultron (formerly), Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (formerly)
Enemies
Doctor Doom , Taskmaster , Thanos , Ultron , Loki , Red Skull , Chthon, the High Evolutionary , the X-Men (formerly), the Avengers (Formerly), Apocalypse , the Skrulls, Dracula, the Enchantress , Kang the Conqueror , the Absorbing Man , Attuma , Baron Zemo , Elsa Bloodstone , Doctor Doom , the Collector, the Grandmaster, the Fantastic Four (formerly), Juggernaut , Korath, Dr. Minerva, Magneto (formerly), Radioactive Man , Pryo , Mistress Masque, Morgana Le Fay, Michael Korvac, Whirlwind , Mole Man , Mephisto , Super-Skrull , Spider-Woman , Sentry, Ronan the Accuser (formerly), Sandman
Powers and abilities
Chaos Magic Reality Warping, Expert Combatant and tactician
Quote
"While I live... and until I die... I am an Avenger! "
Source
“All we'll ever need is each other. Absolutely, that's true, my dear brother. But if you'd stop being so cynical for one second and take this chance with me...we might finally find ourselves a place where we belong. With the Avengers. ”
―Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch (real name Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is one of the main antagonists turned heroine from X-Men franchise and a major heroine in The Avengers comics and it's adaptations.
The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, first appearing in The X-Men #4 in the Silver Age of Comic Books .
Publication History
It is eventually revealed that Magneto is NOT the Twins' biological father and that their true family were indeed the Maximoffs. Her "adoptive parents" were actually her maternal uncle Django and his wife, Wanda's aunt, Marya Maximoff and she inherited the title of Scarlet Witch from her mother, Natalya and her maternal grandfather the Scarlet Warlock.
Fictional Biography
Personality
Physical Appearance
Overview
Wanda Maximoff is a slender female witch of Romani origin with 5'7" with a round face, long red hair and green eyes. She is one of the most beautiful women in and female superheroes in her generation. However, when enraged or channeling Chthon's power, Wanda can demonstrate more demonic physical characteristics, including luminescent eyes, sharp claws, horns, etc.
Costume
In her initial appearance, Wanda initially wore mainly leotards, with pantyhose, boots, cape and an M-shaped crown all colored red. Her mother wore a consume similar to this. In recent years, Wanda's costume became more modest, with her appearance initial appearance in the modern age was modeled after Elizabeth Olsen. Now, she wears a red dress split in different sides, red boots and black pants with red accents.
Alternate Versions
Powers and abilities
Trivia
Wanda finding out that Magneto was not her father and that she inherited her magic powers from her mother and maternal grandfather prior to her mutation is what happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In WandaVision , Wanda finds out that she was born with latent chaos magic powers and were later Enhanced by the Mind Stone.
Wanda's mother, Natalya, was the prettiest Scarlet Witch. Natalya's costume was based off of her daughter's classic outfit. This is almost similar to how Ariel's mother from The Little mermaid is based on her daughter's appearance. In this case Queen Athena is based off of the adult design of Ariel from The: Little Mermaid Return to the Sea .
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