The Scarlet Witch is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #4 in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Originally said to have the ability to alter probability, the Scarlet Witch has been depicted as a powerful sorceress since the 1980s and on occasion has become powerful enough to alter reality by tapping into greater energy sources.
Art by Russell Dauterman.
The Scarlet Witch as she appears in Avengers vs. X-Men #0 (March 2012). Art by Frank Cho.
Writer Steve Englehart first associated the Scarlet Witch's powers with witchcraft.
Scarlet Witch as she appears in Wolverine and the X-Men.
Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which would later become Marvel Comics. He was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries.
Lee in 2014
Lee in the Army, early 1940s
Lee speaking at a convention c. 1980
Lee promoting Stan Lee's Kids Universe at the 2011 New York Comic Con