Scarlet Witch #1 (BREAKDOWN & SPOILERS)!

[CJStriker]

The 1st Issue of Scarlet Witch #1 Written By James Robinson, Art by Vanesa R. Del Rey and Inked by Jordie Bellaire Came-Out Today and here is a Breakdown of the Story and as the Title of the Thread said, SPOILER WARNING!!!

SPOILERS!!!!SPOILERS!!!!

SPOILERS!!!!SPOILERS!!!!SPOILERS!!!!

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- We Open Up main a Dream Sequence with Wanda Remembering the Introduction to her becoming an Avenger back in Avengers Volume 1, Issue #16. This Dream will be brought back later for Important Reference.

- Wanda Wakes Up and is Having an Important but Funny and Cleverly Sarcastic Talk with the Spirit of her Teach Agatha Harkness and Agatha looks to be in her Younger Years as she looked from the Story by James Robinson as well ANAD - Uncanny Avengers Annual(2015). The Talk is mainly focused on the State of the World of Witchcraft Magic, how it is in Trouble and Wanda's Choose to live in the City. This is Followed-Up by a Brilliant View of the Skyline where Wanda Lives and the Magical Auras she sees around it.

- We cut to day, Wanda walking with a Inner-Monologue while she is walking about her past, about herself, her connection to Witchcraft and her SOLO Mission to help Fix what is going Wrong with it lately.

- We then are at a Crime Scene with a Detective and it is here where we get some of the books best and most clever Dialogue and get what was promised by James Robinson about being a Crime/Detective book, just with Witchcraft! Tt is well paced, detailed at the Right Flows and Historical going back to the French Revolution. There's this connection in the city with Recently Out-of-the-Blue Madness Killings and the Deaths of Cats in the City, So what is the connection?!

- We get to the Heart of the Matter, Wanda gives definition to the Killings that have been going on and it is part of an ancient spell to summon a Demon of Hate and Envy, to Feed on the Envy of those around it and it seems its Next Possessed Viticum to do Harm turns out to be The Detective Himself!

- This leads to an exorcism of the Detective and a Well Drawn Battle Between Wanda and the Demon, not just spells either, we get Back-Flips & Fast-Action movements well drawn and Stylish showing Wanda's skills in combat! In the Battle Wanda senses something Wrong when she tries to cast a Celtic Spell after she senses the demon was summoned using Magic of Ancient Scotland, so she cancels that spell and uses another to slay the demon, saving the Detective and her.

- The Final Part is Wanda and Agatha talking, Realizing in her battle the Connection between Witchcraft and the Earth is being broken on purpose by an unknown force and Wanda takes up a SOLO mission to find the One Responsible and Fix it! She realizes to that her Dream of the Avengers means she has to leave them behind, do this herself and do it for Herself to help fix the problems with Witchcraft, Wherever it might take her!

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Overall the Story is a Great RE-READ Type of Book IMO.

Many Marvel books are, but this one you get ALLOT more on a 2nd read-thru realizing what Robinson gave you at later parts of the story that make you get more in depth at the starting story of the book in the 2nd read-thru.

The Story flows well, dialogue is good and allot more funny than I thought. Good Sarcastic moments where fun and funny, it played to each character well. This was an personal book, one focused on the details of the plot for you to figure out and ALLOT of reads can get more out of the story to, especially the Celtic Demon and Spell Part and the meaning of the issues ending by reading thru Robinson's ANAD - Uncanny Avengers Annual(2015).

Artwork is either Good or not great at some points, but what I like about it more than other art that has not so good points is that even at the parts that are not so good like in the middle of the book with faces, at least if feels the style flows with the better parts of the artwork. Vanesa R. Del Rey has a unique style that contributes his not so best parts that seem to have a good flow to them to rescue them, that is rare in not so good moments of art I don't get from other artist.

In the end I was not 100% knowing what I would get, but what I got was better and more in-depth of on inner-personal, character driven story away from the BIGGER Deal Missions we get from Team-Books. It leads to single issue goodness, but a broader serial-storytelling that is rare to find, but works so well in a Classic Comic Style Way that is lost on most books today!

Most of all it has Grand Re-Read ability that brings the story better together when you do and more in-depth!

Closest book I know of that did all of this just as well was Greg Pak's STORM #1 over a Year Ago!

So Now is Your Turn to give you Opinions on Scarlet Witch #1, please have fun and respect each others posts!

[Hariel0079]

I thought it was a good read.

Edit: many forget Wanda was trained by Steve Rogers in H2H.

I like the images of her walking in the day, I took it as a sign of her power as if everything in reality is standing still and she's beyond a lot of people due to her powers.

[spark627]

I thought this was very good. It perfectly set up the series while giving a run down of Wanda's past (without focusing on the numerous mind controlling situations). The art was overall really nice, a few panels were weird. The coloring was beautiful. Very excited for issue 2.

[Akktim]

I liked it more than I expected. I mainly bought it for the art but the story and dialogue were enjoyable too. I'd give the issue 3.5 / 5.

[Godlike13]

This was pretty good. Interesting direction, and the art was really good.

[Abe]

I wasn't waiting for this title, but having a glimpse into it in the LCS the art clicked something (while it didn't with Daredevil #1 except a few pages... Not as much as I expected). It perfectly fits the storytelling and I REALLY like it. One of the few ANAD titles that will stay a while on my pull-list. It's a good news ! (and, CJ Striker, I LOVE your first post too! Both style and content!)

[CJStriker]

I thought it was a good read.

Edit: many forget Wanda was trained by Steve Rogers in H2H.

I like the images of her walking in the day, I took it as a sign of her power as if everything in reality is standing still and she's beyond a lot of people due to her powers.

Indeed a Majorly Important Point indeed Hariel0079, You have NO IDEA how Much that made me Happy to See James Robinson Emphasizes Wanda's Hand-to-Hand and Reflective Skills she learned From Steve Rogers Himself, Truly Amazing and Important to see for Any to see Just Really How COOL Wanda Is!!! =D

[Kieran_Frost]

Was Wiccan featured or mentioned in this issue?

[kcekada]

I can appreciate that Wanda has now become more fully entrenched in the world of witchcraft, but just when did this occur? Her training with Agatha was very short-term -- and after that training, Wanda only really used witchcraft to augment her own natural abilities. She was not spell casting. Now she seems to have an endless amount of spells at her call -- none of which seem to even require her natural-born abilities. When and where did she acquire all of this knowledge? And since when is Agatha since a modern woman. Yesterday, I have a chance to read Robinson's Uncanny Avengers Annual and was surprised to see Agatha so young during WWII. I had thought she actually dated back to the days of old Salem. I don't know -- these changes require some explanation. I know that James does his homework -- so I hope this recent mastery of witchcraft gets explained.

[CJStriker]

I can appreciate that Wanda has now become more fully entrenched in the world of witchcraft, but just when did this occur? Her training with Agatha was very short-term -- and after that training, Wanda only really used witchcraft to augment her own natural abilities. She was not spell casting. Now she seems to have an endless amount of spells at her call -- none of which seem to even require her natural-born abilities. When and where did she acquire all of this knowledge? And since when is Agatha since a modern woman. Yesterday, I have a chance to read Robinson's Uncanny Avengers Annual and was surprised to see Agatha so young during WWII. I had thought she actually dated back to the days of old Salem. I don't know -- these changes require some explanation. I know that James does his homework -- so I hope this recent mastery of witchcraft gets explained.

I think those are Really Legitimate Questions to have about all of this Kcekada and really they are ones that Most Any Scarlet Witch Fan has had about any changes since Scarlet Witch Fandom really began.

I think with Robinson, as you put it, I trust he will be going deeper into Witchcraft and how Wanda is connected with it as well as Agatha. Now in the past most Magic was under unique but uniformed banners of Dr. Strange and then everyone else. I feel now with Marvel's All-New, All-Different era Marvel is doing something new, not all new but new and that is giving more Variety of Marvel Magic World and having not just Dr. Strange being the main man to most all of it, but each Magical Hero being the powerhouse in their field, at least that is what I got from an interview with Robinson sometime back.

I take that most of Wanda's Training with Agatha can being easily redefined as Witchcraft Training since Agatha was a witch and being under that banner is easy. So again I don't think it is Huge Re-Defining of Wanda, just more Definition on the Title of her Spellcraft and what section of the Magical World Wanda is apart of. But this is only the Start, we I fully trust James Robinson to give more explaining of Wanda and Witchcraft.

But indeed any wonderderments or concerns indeed are Valid Fully and we all will have the journey together in finding out where this is all going!

[CJStriker]

Was Wiccan featured or mentioned in this issue?

Sadly so Far not Yet Kieran_Frost, it was mostly Wanda and Agatha, not mention about the rest of the Family Sadly.

I agree though, I am hoping not only to have a mention, but a guest appearance of not only Wiccan but Speed as well, have BOTH of Wanda's Kids even in 1 issue be Epic!

[Kieran_Frost]

Sadly so Far not Yet Kieran_Frost, it was mostly Wanda and Agatha, not mention about the rest of the Family Sadly.

I agree though, I am hoping not only to have a mention, but a guest appearance of not only Wiccan but Speed as well, have BOTH of Wanda's Kids even in 1 issue be Epic!

Ohhhh YES PLEASE!!!!