''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' is a series of comic books published by

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. The primary characters of these comics star the

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and

Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Her first appearance was in ''The X-Men'' #4 (March 1964) ...

, known as a couple and are two longtime members of the

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Publication history

Volume 1

Their first key series together was published in the beginning of November 1982 which contained four issues. The limited series was written by

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and pencilled by

Rick Leonardi Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including ''Cloak and Dagger'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The New Mutants'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', ''Nightwing'', ''B ...

. In this series, the villain

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is retconned as the father of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver while intending to give up his villainous ways of life. The reveal had some previous clues which were released during ''

'' and ''

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'' titles. This stayed as comic book

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for many decades until it was undone in the 2014 crossover storyline ''

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''.

Volume 2

The second series which lasted twelve issues was published in 1985 and was written by

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. In this series, Scarlet Witch becomes pregnant magically and delivers two sons. Englehart tried to keep the series self-contained and made the characters resign from the Avengers. He also omitted the theme of racism towards

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, considering that it was already dealt with in the

titles. The series was focused on family drama rather than superhero exploits. Magic was also a common topic but was toned down in comparison with Englehart's run on ''

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''. Englehart lamented that Scarlet Witch's motherhood did not stick, as the children were killed shortly after he ended writing the character.

Collected editions

* ''Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' collects ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #4 and ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' #1–4, 128 pages, May 2015, * ''Avengers: Vision & The Scarlet Witch - A Year in the Life'' collects ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' vol. 2 #1–12, 344 pages, June 2010, * ''Vision & The Scarlet Witch: The Saga Of Wanda And Vision'' collects ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #4, ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' (1982) #1-4, ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' (1985) #1-12 and ''West Coast Avengers'' (1985) #2, 472 pages, January 2021,

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