Scarlet Witch is a fictional 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
Various incarnations of Scarlet Witch, as depicted on a variant cover art from Avengers Forever #1 (December 2021). 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.
Elizabeth Olsen (pictured in 2024) portrays Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
WandaVision is an American television miniseries created by Jac Schaeffer for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Vision.
Scarlet Witch
…play key roles in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), with her most prominent appearances in WandaVision (Disney+ series; 2021) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). The character has also been noted by commentators as one of the most…
Jac Schaeffer created WandaVision and served as head writer for the series.
Stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, who reprise their roles from the MCU films, promoting WandaVision at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Visual effects progression showing the process to create Vision for the series (example from "Don't Touch That Dial"), depicting (L to R) Bettany on set wearing a bald cap, blue face makeup, and tracking markers; several iterations of the tracking markers being removed and sections of his face being replaced with CGI; and the final frame from the episode in black-and-white.