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Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

The Religious Affiliation of
Scarlet Witch
Wanda Maximoff

Religion: Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress CBR Scale: M

Name: Scarlet Witch

Alter Ego: Wanda Maximoff

Other Names: Wanda Frank; Wanda Magnus; Ana Maximoff; Gypsy Witch; Gypsy Spirit; Wanda Lehnsherr; Guardian of the Great Beyond; Sister Wanda; Witchfire

Classification: hero hero  

Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964): "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"

Creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 1,624

   Comic Book Appearances: 1,583

   TV, Film Appearances: 40

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 1

Teams/Affiliations: A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants; Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates

Enemy of: Damballah, The Dark Rider, High Priest of Zor, Isbisa, Hydron, Gazelle

Location: New York City, New York, USA

Birth Place: Wundagore, Transia, Europe

Race: white

Gender: female

In the "MC-2" universe (near-future Marvel), Scarlet Witch first appeared in a flashback in A-Next #7, and then first appeared in a "contemporary" sense (non-flashback) in A-Next #8.

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)


This character is in the following 343 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Alpha Flight (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1986): "Love" (only on cover)
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #282 (Nov. 1986): "The Fury of X-Factor!" (only on cover)
Avengers / Thunderbolts
The Avengers
Avengers Academy #1 (Aug. 2010): "Permanent Record" (cameo)
The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998)
The Avengers Annual
Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
The Avengers Collector's Edition #1 (Sep. 1993): "Vibrant Alchemy!" (cameo)
Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005)
Avengers West Coast
Avengers: A Marvel Treasury (1982): "The Avengers"
The Avengers: Celestial Quest
Avengers: The Initiative #26 (Sep. 2009): "Up Is Down" (mentioned)
Avengers: The Ultron Imperative #1 (Nov. 2001): "The Ultron Imperative"
AVX: VS #1 (June 2012): "The Invincible Iron Man vs. Magneto" (mentioned)
Black Knight (vol. 2) #2 (July 1990): "In the Dread of Night" (cameo)
Captain America & the Korvac Saga #1 (Feb. 2011): "Strange Days"
Captain America
Captain America and the Falcon
Captain America: Reborn #3 (Nov. 2009) (photo/picture/video)
Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (cameo)
Cloak and Dagger (vol. 2) #9 (Nov. 1986): "The Lady and the Unicorn" (only on cover)
Contest of Champions II
Daredevil
Dark Avengers
Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1 (Nov. 2009) (mentioned)
Dark Wolverine #75 (Aug. 2009): "The Prince: Part 1" (photo/picture/video)
Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010): "Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two" (photo/picture/video)
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3 (Oct. 2009): "Hidden Depths" (1-panel cameo)
The Defenders
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #9 (Nov. 1989): "TBOTV: The Curse of the Darkhold, Part 1: The Montesi Formula"
Doctor Strangefate #1 (Apr. 1996): "The Decrees of Fate" (character based on)
Excalibur (vol. 3) #8 (Feb. 2005): "Saturday Night Fever, Part 1"
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine!
Force Works
Giant-Size Avengers
GLA #1 (June 2005): "Great Lakes Avengers Misassembled" (cameo)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1 (July 1997): "Heroes and Villains" (1-panel cameo)
Hulk Smash Avengers #2 (July 2012): "The Filth and the Fury"
Iron Man & Captain America Annual 1998 (Dec. 1998): "Life & Liberty"
Iron Man
Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #120 (Sep. 1965): "With My Hammer in Hand...!"
Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)
Marvel Atlas #1 (Jan. 2008)
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Double-Shot
Marvel Fanfare
Marvel Knights 4 #25 (Feb. 2006): "The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part One: Omens and Portents" (mentioned)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions
Marvel Super-Heroes
Marvel Team-Up
Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #66 (Aug. 1980): "The Serpent Crown Affair! Part Three: A Congress of Crowns!" (lead character)
Marvel Universe: Millennial Visions
Marvel Universe: The End
Marvel: Heroes & Legends '97 (Oct. 1997): "Avembers Assemble!"
Maximum Security
Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (Oct. 2000): "A Very Dangerous Planet" (1-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers
Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch #1 (Oct. 2007): "Birth of a Witch" (lead character)
Mythos: Captain America #1 (Aug. 2008)
The New Avengers
The New Avengers 100 Project (May 2011)
New Avengers: Breakout (2013) (mentioned)
The New Mutants (vol. 1) #45 (Nov. 1986): "We Were Only Foolin'" (only on cover)
The Order
The Secret Defenders
Secret Wars II
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #35 (Apr. 1995): untitled "Li'l Silvie" feature
Solo Avengers #5 (Apr. 1988): "A Love That Never Dies" (lead character)
Super-Villain Team-Up #14 (Oct. 1977): "A World For the Winning!"
Thor
Thunderbolts
Thunderbolts: Life Sentences #1 (July 2001): "Life Sentences"
Ultraforce / Avengers #1 (Fall 1995): "Becoming More Like God"
Uncanny Avengers #1 (Dec. 2012): "New Union"
The Uncanny X-Men
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch
What If...? (vol. 2) #19 (Nov. 1990): "What if... the Vision had Conquered the World?"
What If? (vol. 1) #38 (Apr. 1983): "The Leaving" (lead character)
Witches #1 (Aug. 2004): "The Gathering" (cameo)
X-Factor
X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead #1 (July 2008): "The Quick and the Dead" (hallucination)
The X-Men
X-Men: Alpha #1 (Feb. 1995): "Beginnings..."
X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 (July 2008): "The Sun Also Sets" (1-panel cameo)
X-Men: Legacy (vol. 1) #209 (May 2008): "From Genesis to Revelations, Part 2"
X-Treme X-Men
Young Avengers


Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/ScarletWitch.html
  - http://www.comicvine.com/scarlet-witch/29-1466/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001123/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0095876/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/sbscar.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/gsgz.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/brot.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/lehlh.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/s.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/MC2Handbook/gmc2.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/waawaq.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/wiowolu.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/18295/