[REVIEW] THE VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH #1

Marvel’s most unconventional supercouple must ream up in the face of deadly opposition in The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1.

The Vision & The Scarlet Witch is the latest installment in Steve Orlando’s Wanda saga, but like its other interstitial series Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver, this one is fairly standalone and doesn’t really require you to have read the entire thing up to this point. (But you should, because it’s good!) If you haven’t kept up, all you really need to know is this: Wanda is running a magic shop while helping people around the universe with their mystical problems, and Darcy Lewis (yes, Kat Dennings herself) is her clerk-slash-apprentice. 

In The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1, Wanda finds herself reunited with her longtime WTWT? (will they, won’t they?) Vision, when a deadly foe brings them back together. But after the technicolour Vision is reduced back to his sterile white visage, it seems Wanda’s going to have to do more than sign themselves up for routine couples counseling. 

Whereas most of Orlando’s run has (obviously) been more focused on Wanda, The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1 gives Vision a starring role. It seems this series will really be calling back to classic W/V stories, particularly the original two runs from the mid-80s that served as inspiration for what would become WandaVision. But there’s also substantial evidence that this series will also serve as a sort-of sequel to Tom King’s The Vision from ten years ago.. which suddenly just made me feel really old saying now. 

I’ve been enjoying this run as it’s gone along so there’s not much new I can really say about it at this point, but it does bear repeating that Orlando should be commended for maintaining a mostly uninterrupted Scarlet Witch title for over two years now — the longest-running series Wanda has ever headlined. (Broken up into different chunks, yes, but all collected in trade as one Scarlet Witch title.) That wouldn’t have even been possible a decade ago. It’s a perfect storm of the character’s continued popularity matched with a writer who clearly has a deep admiration for her and her accumulated lore. 

Orlando’s Scarlet Witch has employed several artists in its time, and The Vision & The Scarlet Witch utilizes the talents of Lorenzo Tammetta, who slots into the soft, easy aesthetic established by Sara Pichelli back when it started. A character like Wanda gives an artist lots to work with, and every one of Tammetta’s pages look wonderful, especially with colors by Ruth Redmond.

Marvel’s most unconventional supercouple must ream up in the face of deadly opposition in The Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1.

4.99

7

Premise

7.0/10

Execution

7.0/10

Script

7.0/10

Art

7.0/10

Credits

• Writer: Steve Orlando
• Artist: Lorenzo Tammetta
• Color Artist: Ruth Redmond
• Letterer: VC's Travis Lanham
• Cover Artist: Russell Dauterman

Credits (cont)

• Editor: Alanna Smith
• Publisher: Marvel Entertainment