WandaVision is, on one level, a loving tribute to vintage television sitcoms, with layers and layers of references to past classics. On the other, it's perhaps the most heavily connected to the original comic books of any Marvel Cinematic Universe project to date, with strong ties to the entire comic history of The Vision and Scarlet Witch.

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For comic book fans, it's a joy. But some who only know the MCU might not get all the hidden references and Easter eggs in each episode. The best place to start with the comics is the beginning, which the show is calling back to in inventive ways.

First Appearance Of Scarlet Witch

Magneto, Toad, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Mastermind during the Brotherhood's first appearance.

The Scarlet Witch first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #4 in March of 1968 and was created by the legendary comics writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Along with her brother Quicksilver, she was part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Magneto. The powerful connection between the three characters isn't there yet, and the Scarlet Witch isn't even Scarlet - she's in a green version of her eventual costume - but this is where it all began for Wanda Maximoff.

First Appearance Of The Vision

Vision First Appearance Avengers 57

The Vision appears a bit later, in Avengers #57, a number that was a tiny hidden Easter egg in episode two of WandaVision (the number 57 was emblazoned on the red toy helicopter). The Vision debuted in 1968, created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema.

He was the creation of the evil Ultron, who designed him to aid in his bid for revenge against his own creator, Hank Pym, Ant-Man. The Vision rebelled against Ultron and joined the Avengers, becoming a key member for years to come. It's possible Ultron could still play a role in the series and the MCU's future.

Giant-Sized Avengers #4

Scarlet Witch Vision Marriage Avengers

Wanda and The Vision fell in love not long after he joined the team. Their romance culminated in their wedding in Giant-Size Avengers #4, a special issue from 1975.

Written by Steve Englehart, who would play a big role in their relationship through the 80s, and drawn by Don Heck, the issue sees the team face off against Dormammu, who has imprisoned Wanda in his hellish dimension. The Vision goes to rescue her. Dormammu was the villain of the first Doctor Strange movie, and could potentially return.

The Vision And The Scarlet Witch (1982)

Vision Scarlet Witch Marriage

The Vision And The Scarlet Witch is a four-issue limited series from 1982, written by Bill Mantlo and drawn by Rick Leonardi. This series is key to showing Vision and Wanda trying to find some happiness together but is significant for the major retcon of Magneto being Wanda and Pietro's father.

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Before then, their father was identified as The Whizzer, a Golden Age comic book character associated with the Liberty Legion (a World War II-era team led by Bucky Barnes, the future Winter Soldier). The retcon of Magneto as Wanda's father would have massive repercussions for the comics in the future.

The Vision And The Scarlet Witch (1985)The Vision And The Scarlet Witch

The second 'The Vision and the Scarlet Witch' mini-series in 1985 (written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Richard Howell) has an enormous bearing on WandaVision.

This series sees Wanda and Vision leave the Avengers to raise a family in the suburbs. She gives birth to their twin sons Billy and Tommy, who became important figures in the comics. Wanda's powers increase during this period, as she explores magic with her mentor Agatha Harkness.

Vision Quest

White Vision meets the original android Human Torch in Vision Quest comic.

Writer Roy Thomas originally intended for The Vision to be dressed in an all-white ensemble in his debut in 1968, but concerns about printing limitations at the time led them to go with color. In the late 80s, Vision finally embodied this original concept in Vision Quest, a key storyline by writer/artist John Byrne in the pages of West Coast Avengers.

In this story, elements of the United States government kidnap and disassemble Vision. The Avengers get him back, but Wonder Man doesn't go for allowing his brain patterns to be used to create Vision's mind as they did before and Vision is left a mindless automaton.

Avengers: Disassembled

Scarlet Witch Avengers Disassembled

The loss of Vision, combined with the eventual reveal that Tommy and Billy weren't real but actually magical constructs Wanda inadvertently created from the fragments of the villain Mephisto's soul, leads to her breakdown. She lashes out against the Avengers in Avengers Disassembled (a key storyline from 2004).

In this story, Wanda attacks the team under the influence of a mysterious cosmic entity who has promised her the return of her children. Her actions lead to the death of teammate Hawkeye. She is only defeated by Doctor Strange.

House Of M

Scarlet Witch disintegrating from cover of House of M Marvel Comic

House Of M is perhaps the comic book storyline with the most influence on WandaVision. This 2005 storyline proceeds directly out of the aftermath of Disassembled and shows the extreme efforts the Avengers and X-Men go to in order to contain Wanda's escalating reality-warping power.

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Quicksilver convinces her the only way to save her life and keep their family together is to change reality, where the Maximoffs are in control. So she does just that, altering reality so the House Of M rules Earth. This ultimately fails, and Magneto kills Quicksilver in a fit of rage. In her grief, Wanda lashes out, erasing nearly all mutants from existence with a simple phrase.

The Children's Crusade

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The effects of House Of M reverberated in the comics for years. Mutants only recently got back to full strength, and Wanda is still dealing with the shame and guilt of her actions.

Much of her pain was mitigated in The Children's Crusade, a 2011 storyline that revealed that members of the Young Avengers, Wiccan and Speed, were actually the reincarnated twin sons she thought she had lost. With Tommy and Billy featuring prominently in WandaVision, fans have begun to speculate whether the MCU is building toward the Young Avengers.

The Vision

Vision family

The 2015 Eisner-Award winning mini-series, The Vision, explored the concept of superheroes in suburbia from The Vision's perspective. Written by Tom King and drawn by Gabriel Walta, the series details Vision's creation of a synthezoid family in the suburbs of Virginia.

Nothing quite goes as planned, and the inability to fit in or be as human as he wants eventually leads to murder, lies, and tragedy. This series also saw the introduction to Sparky the dog, who, funnily enough, was referenced in episode five of WandaVision.

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