Warning! Spoilers for Who Is... Scarlet Witch/America Chavez #1 by Marvel Comics
With America Chavez and Scarlet Witch about to appear together in the MCU's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Comics is reminding readers of their comic book origins, powers, and more in a brand new Marvel Unlimited series. Who Is... The Scarlet Witch and Who Is... America Chavez will reintroduce the characters in a new series of one-shot specials that will give readers key information about each hero.
Scarlet Witch is one of Marvel's most powerful heroes. The former villain, created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and debuting in X-Men #4, has slowly become a complex hero. Her mutant powers have been an asset to the Avengers and also caused considerable chaos in the Marvel Universe. Meanwhile, America Chavez is still a relatively new character to the comics, as the Nick Dragotta and Joe Casey creation debuted in 2011's Vengeance #1. Chavez, who's starred in her own solo series and team-up books like Young Avengers, can create star-shaped portals across the Multiverse to different realities. Chavez's powers will seemingly play a big role when Xochitl Gomez brings the hero to life alongside Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch in the upcoming MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Marvel Comics revealed a new Marvel Unlimited series called Who Is... which will take a closer look at characters' origins and histories in one-shot specials. Debuting today on the subscription app are two new showcases of powerful heroes. Up first is Who Is... America Chavez by Alex Segura, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza, and Lauren Amaro, which will feature the "true beginnings" of the portal-punching Young Avenger.
The second revealed Who Is... comic stars Scarlet Witch. Who Is... The Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando, Rye Hickman, Brittany Peer, and Sarah Brunstad, will retell Wanda Maximoff's origin as the Infinity Comic will feature the sorceress and how her reality-manipulating powers came to be.
For readers unfamiliar with Scarlet Witch and America Chavez's Marvel Comics origins, the new Who Is... one-shots are a great way to get up to speed in a hurry. While reading the comics the characters come from is always the best way to learn more about them, the new Marvel Unlimited Infinity Comics will allow readers to learn important details quickly. With the MCU's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fast approaching, Marvel condensing America Chavez and Scarlet Witch's origins into a single story is a smart move. Both comics are available on Marvel Unlimited now.