What an endeavor! And this is only the beginning of my profile that will eventually appear on my Crimson Cowl Femme Fatales of Marvel Website. Basically, I decided to start things off with Avengers: Disassemble and then go backwards. I'll probably jump around here and there, working on her early career to later on and all that. Anyway, I thought I would share what I have so far with anyone interested. It may prove interesting, as it should put in perspective events surrounding Avengers: Disassemble. Enjoy!



(AVENGERS III#503 (fb)) – One morning, at poolside, after Janet Van Dyne had a few drinks, she revealed to Wanda that she once had children that were hidden to her. This triggered something deep inside Wanda’s mind.

(BTS) – Janet’s few ill-spoken words about her children chipped away at Wanda’s personal reality, which had been constantly and inadvertently shifting from one period of time to the next. Janet’s harsh, unintentionally spoken words, combined with Wanda’s tragic life as an orphan, her failed marriage to the android Vision, her stressful life as an Avenger and her inability to birth children naturally, degraded Wanda Maximoff’s sanity to the point of no return. It was a tragedy no one in the world would fully get over – because it could have been caught in time, if only someone was bothering to pay attention to the signs. Somewhere within her chaotic mindset, Wanda knew what was happening, but she thought she could handle it on her own. She was wrong. And now, deadly chaos was about to be unleashed through the warped prism of the Scarlet Witch’s insanity. Reality now controlled her; imagination became her enemy. Structure disappeared. Drama, conflict, tragedy – they became excuses for her to change the world to the fit the image she had for it. Anything she didn’t like she would now change. No matter how slight. People, places, things – everything was now hers to change, and no one could stop her.

(AVENGERS III#503 (fb)) – Wanda went to the old house on Whisper Hill and sought out her former teacher, Agatha Harkness, to learn the truth. She became enraged when she was told that her children were never real. And so, Wanda murdered Agatha for the betrayal (in reality, she just negated the spell she had used to reanimate Agatha in the first place).

(BTS) – Driven mad by her immense power and the memory of the children she lost, Wanda Maximoff felt betrayed by her friends and comrades in the Avengers, and in a haze of severe delusion and misplaced anger, she plotted to exact her revenge on her fellow Avengers, blaming them for keeping the secret of her children from her and also because they neglected to help her from falling into utter insanity. She began with demoralization of the leader of the Avengers, Captain America – a man she had respected deeply.

(CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #5 - BTS) – The unbalanced Scarlet Witch began experiencing intense hallucinations and her power started acting out the whims of her subconscious. In addition, to further her plot against Captain America, Wanda induced similar powerful hallucinations in the Captain’s mind. She played a subliminal game with him, which included fabricating a romance between them, one based on old feelings she once felt for him during the initial part of her Avengers career. However, Wanda periodically forgot about it altogether as her fractured mind continued to degrade.

(CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #5) – When Captain America and the Falcon battled a group of armed men, hired by the Rivas for revenge, outside of Captain America’s civilian apartment, the Scarlet Witch came to the rescue.

(CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #5 (fb) - BTS) – Wanda secretly removed the Falcon’s moral compass, destabilizing his mind enough to cause him to degrade back to the “Snap Wilson” persona he had when he had been working with the Red Skull.

(CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #6) – Amid chaos at a meeting at the police station where the Falcon shot Westbrook (who was saved by the bulletproof vest he was wearing), this pandemonium was briefly stopped when the Scarlet Witch arrived with Henry Pym to reveal his final analysis of the acetovaxidol found in Anti-Cap’s bloodstream. That evening, Captain America, after having suffered through another hallucination, spoke with Wanda and the two ended up in a passionate embrace.

(CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #7) – Having spent the night on Captain America’s couch, Wanda woke up and Captain America confronted the feelings he was having for her. Later on at the UN building, while Tony Stark prepared for his meeting, Wanda’s reality shifted once more, causing her to forget what she had done to Captain America and the Falcon. When Cap confronted Wanda about their feelings for one another, the aloof sorceress had no idea what he was talking about.

(AVENGERS I#503 - BTS) – The disturbed and tortured mind of Wanda Maximoff began creating a fake reality around her composed of those she cared for. To start with, she manifested her twin sons, Thomas and William, subconsciously recreating these kids so she could have them back. But it was through these two children that Wanda’s repressed, misplaced anger expressed itself further. The time for punishment was now at hand, a reckoning that the Avengers would never forget. Like normal kids their age, Thomas and his brother William went outside to play, deciding to use the Avengers as their toys in a rather vengeful sinister way.

(AVENGERS I#500) – First, under subconscious direction, Wanda raided the corpse of Jack of Hearts from the grave, reanimated it (as she did with Agatha Harkness), and sent him to Avengers Mansion. Upon his arrival he was confronted by Scott Lang, alias Ant-Man.

(AVENGERS I#500 - BTS) – The part of Wanda that loved her friends, cared about her colleagues and felt guilty about what she was doing to them expressed her remorse using the voice of the Jack of Hearts, telling Scott Lang that he/she was sorry.

(AVENGERS I#500) – The Jack of Hearts abruptly exploded and blew up Avengers Mansion, killing Scott Lang instantly. Meanwhile, during a U.N. meeting where Iron Man was speaking, the Scarlet Witch stood beside the unmasked Tony Stark and subtly overwhelmed him with the sensation of drunkenness despite his long term sobriety. He called out the Latverian ambassador, talking about how the entire country should be wiped off the map, and threatened to kill the politician where he stood by incinerating him with a repulsor blast. Wanda seemed genuinely surprised by Stark’s actions, and it was during a private talk with him after the UN incident that Wanda Maximoff’s sense of reality shifted once more, setting off the next procession of horrendous events. As Stark flew off in response to an Avengers emergency transmission, the United States Chief of Staff called him, informing him that he was being forced to resign from his position within the government. Back at the mansion S.H.I.E.L.D. had arrived at the scene to lend assistance and investigate. However, they weren’t the only ones. Without warning, the Vision flew in on an Avengers Quinjet, crashing it into the side of the building. Wanda was seemingly seen amidst several Avengers who were there, having used her powers to cloak her presence (see comments). Then, within the flames, the Vision emerged from the rubble.

(AVENGERS I#500 - BTS) – Once again, feeling guilty about what she was doing to them, Wanda expressed her remorse using the voice of the Vision and apologized to the Avengers for what they were about to endure.

(AVENGERS I#500) – The Vision then ejected several metal orbs which grew into Ultron robots. The Ultrons attacked the Avengers, sending She-Hulk into a blind rage (influenced by Wanda). After the Ultron robots were defeated, She-Hulk ripped the body of the Vision asunder, destroying him. Iron Man arrived just in time to incapacitate her, but not before she had severely injured both Wasp and Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh).

(AVENGERS I#501-502 - BTS) – At this point, Wanda still didn’t even realize that she was behind the attacks. The remaining Avengers had little time to try to figure out what was happening or who was attacking them before returning to the Mansion. When they returned, they found Nick Fury, as well as many past members who were close enough to assemble, and also a few friends of the team.

(AVENGERS I#502 - BTS) – Meanwhile, Thomas and William (guided by Wanda’s fractured mind) weren’t done manipulating their toys, the Avengers, in revenge for keeping them from their mother.

(AVENGERS I#502) – Nick Fury was trying to get the superheroes that had arrived to leave so that they didn’t mess up his investigation when a group of Kree warriors (generated by Wanda’s magic) materialized out of nowhere in the sky above New York and flew in to attack the Avengers. During the assault, Hawkeye (possibly influenced by Wanda) sacrificed himself to bring down the Kree warship. After the destruction of the ship, the remaining Kree simply vanished.

(AVENGERS I#502 - BTS/AVENGERS I#503 (fb) - BTS) – Much like regular children do when they become bored and want something else to do, Thomas and William just up and left the “playing field” and went home to Whisper Hill, but not before one of them argued with the other about further punishing the Avengers.

(AVENGERS I#502) – Dr. Strange arrived at the wasteland the Avengers Mansion had become to inform them that the attacks on the Avengers were magic based, and Captain America knew right away that Wanda was the culprit.

(AVENGERS I#503) – Dr. Strange declared Wanda to be insane due to her possession of reality altering abilities that were beyond her comprehension or control. He was aghast that she had been allowed to live her life without checks and balances, saying anyone who had such a powerful control over probability would have a loose grasp on reality. He scolded the Avengers for not consulting with him about Wanda’s past. He also revealed that there was no such thing as “Chaos Magic.” Strange then led the Avengers to Whisper Hill, to Wanda, who was living her new, serene life within the reality she had created. The arrival of the Avengers threatened this peace and also the existence of the children that she had once again willed into being. Captain America attempted to reason with Wanda, but she became angry and manifested a group of Nazis to attack Cap, sending him crashing through the window to the outside. Wanda then summoned new constructs of heroes and villains to battle the group of superheroes and also created demons to battle Dr. Strange. However, she was no match for Dr. Strange’s power, and he was forced to use the Eye of Agamatto on Wanda, which apparently showed her a memory so horrible she went into a catatonic state.

(EXCALIBUR III#8) – Hearing Wanda’s psychic cry for help from her father, Magneto created an electromagnetic wormhole and used it to get to Wanda.

(AVENGERS I#503) – Magneto suddenly appeared to collect his daughter from the Avengers’ custody and flew off with her unopposed.

(EXCALIBUR III#8) – Magneto brought the catatonic Wanda to Genosha so Professor X could help her.

(EXCALIBUR III#9) – As Magneto reflected on his early career and the tragedies of his past, he watched over the catatonic Wanda. He left to speak with Xavier, but when he returned to Wanda’s room, it was now ornately furnished and decorated in shades of red. Magneto seemingly didn’t notice, as he sat back down beside her bed and began to read “The Fellowship of the Ring” to her.

(EXCALIBUR III#10 - BTS) – Magneto continued to seclude himself in the main house with his daughter, Wanda. Xavier was shocked to see the changes in Magneto and the main house, after which Magneto begged Xavier to save the life and soul of his daughter, since his was already damned forever.

(EXCALIBUR III#11 - BTS) – Xavier reprimanded Magneto for his brash actions in rescuing the Scarlet Witch and exposing himself publicly, especially to the Avengers. Magneto himself seemed to be having difficulty explaining his actions in a logical way, showing clear signs of outside influence. Xavier agreed to do all that he could to help Wanda.

(EXCALIBUR III#13 - BTS) – Xavier sought the help of Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange in treating his challenging patient, Wanda Maximoff. Strange agreed but insisted that in order to begin healing the patient, one must first address the inner turmoil of the healer…in this case, Charles Xavier himself.

(EXCALIBUR III#14) – Dr. Strange explained to Xavier that Wanda was hiding in the places of Xavier’s psyche that he was most hesitant to go and that he was using his magic as a tool for therapy and psychoanalysis. Charles Xavier then went on a journey through his subconscious in the hopes of unlocking the secrets necessary to stop the madness of Wanda Maximoff. Xavier’s inner journey eventually led him to a room where Magneto was reading “The Once and Future King” by T.H. White to Wanda in her bed in Genosha. Magneto placed his hand on her forehead and said that she was burning up and there was nothing he could do to save her. Xavier said he doubted that and suggested that Magneto was manipulating Wanda and her power. Magneto said he couldn’t let Wanda die but also couldn’t bear to see her suffer anymore. Magneto’s solution was to allow Wanda her fantasy and to sacrifice himself so she couldn’t draw on his power to further warp things around her. Xavier tries to argue with him but Magneto refused to allow Wanda to continue her descent into madness.

(HOUSE OF M #1) – Wanda attempted to restore her husband to life and undo the damage she had caused. Keeping Wanda in a comatose state, Xavier ultimately called a meeting between the Avengers and X-Men to decide whether or not Wanda should be killed.

(HOUSE OF M #7 (fb)) – Quicksilver was horrified at the fact that Xavier seriously considered killing Wanda and convinced Wanda to take desperate action to keep this from happening.

(HOUSE OF M #1) – The Avengers raced to Genosha to confront the Scarlet Witch, who seemingly vanished.

(HOUSE OF M #1 - BTS) – Quicksilver took Wanda to a church, after which he retrieved Magneto and Professor Xavier, both of who were needed to assist Wanda in her task of altering reality.

(HOUSE OF M #1) – By using her powers, Wanda warped reality instantaneously.

(SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M #1) – In this newly-created reality, Magneto had successfully championed mutant freedom to the public decades previously and taken command of the entire world with his newly royal family, the House of Magnus. “Sapiens” were now an underclass, tolerated among the ever-blossoming mutant population as they moved closer to extinction each year. Wanda herself held a unique position within the House of M: she was publicly identified as Magneto’s human daughter, a non-mutant anomaly in his genetic line. Something of a recluse among the royal family, she was known to have two sons (recreations of Thomas and William presumably) but their father in this reality was never named, if indeed they even had one. In addition, Wanda created an alternate body to represent her in public while she cared for her children in private.

(HOUSE OF M #6 - BTS) – Wanda sent an alternate body (and alternate bodies of her children) to attend her father’s gala.

(HOUSE OF M #7) – Dr. Strange found the real Wanda in her tower, playing with her twins and oblivious to the fight outside. He began to ask her questions and found that she remembered the old world, although she was still not mentally intact. He raised the possibilities of Wanda creating Layla Miller to gather the heroes and also of Wanda resurrecting her dead father prior to the House of M world, but Wanda either denied the allegations or didn’t understand them. She then showed him what happened with a visual memory of hers and Dr. Strange found out the truth about how Quicksilver coaxed Wanda into using her powers to take over Xavier and to make the perfect world for them, their father and all her loved ones. Before Dr. Strange could find out about Xavier’s location, Hawkeye arrived to kill Wanda, angry at how the person he loved so much could do this.

(NEW AVENGERS #45 (fb)) – Unbeknownst to both Wanda and Dr. Strange, the Skrull Queen Veranke, posing as Jessica Drew, watched them from outside the tower window.

(HOUSE OF M #7/NEW AVENGERS #45 (fb)) – Unable to take his accusations, Wanda seemingly erased Hawkeye from reality.

(NEW AVENGERS #45 (fb)) – Moments later, one of Wanda’s twins spotted “Jessica” and wiped her from the face of existence.

(HOUSE OF M #7) – Enraged, Magneto confronted Quicksilver, angry that Quicksilver had done all of this in his name. Quicksilver told Magneto that he would have let Wanda die. Magneto replied that Quicksilver had only used him and Wanda. After Magneto brutally battered his son to the point of death, a horrified Wanda emerged from isolation, revived her brother and told Magneto that Quicksilver had only wanted him to be happy and that Magneto had ruined them, choosing the mutants over his own children. She further denounced Xavier and in three words (“No more mutants”) Wanda changed the world back to its original form but adding the mass depowering of 90% of the entire mutant population, thus being responsible for many deaths. Surviving mutants and ex-mutants now referred to this as “M-Day: The worst day in mutant history.”

(NEW AVENGERS #26 (fb) - BTS) – In the aftermath of her actions, Wanda disappeared from the world view. She returned herself to Wundagore Mountain and the small Transian village where she once lived. Whether consciously or subconsciously, she also completely cut herself off from any of her past memories or access to her powers. In addition, Wanda told her neighbors that she was living in her new home her whole life with her suspiciously absent Aunt Agatha.

(HOUSE OF M #8) – Wanda was seen in a small, unknown European village, happy and in a state of peace.

(NEW AVENGERS #26) – The resurrected Hawkeye/Clint Barton tracked Wanda to the small village near Wundagore Mountain, where he unknowingly saved her from a thief. She appeared to be powerless and believed that she had lived her entire life in the village. She didn’t recognize Hawkeye, nor did she remember being a part of the Avengers. Wanda told Hawkeye that he was her hero for dealing with the thief and kissed him, and they spend a passionate night together. The following morning, while Wanda was sleeping, Hawkeye became curious about the next room where Aunt Agatha was supposedly sleeping, but the doorknob appeared to shift away from his hands when he went to open the door, a subtle reality manipulation usually associated with the Scarlet Witch. However, Clint looked back to see that Wanda was still asleep.

(NEW AVENGERS #30 - BTS) – Dr. Strange asked Clint Barton if he found the Scarlet Witch. Clint paused, before eventually replying no. Wolverine grimaced at him and told him that he was fibbing. To this, Clint replied that what he found wasn’t going to do anyone any good.

(X-MEN II#204) – Hank McCoy, also known as the Beast, also managed to track Wanda down. He tried to get Wanda to undo the damage she caused the mutant race, but (like her encounter with Hawkeye) she did not remember anything about her past, even stating that she didn’t believe in magic.

(YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #3) – Wanda continued leading a seemingly normal and peaceful life in her house in the woods at the base of Wundagore Mountain, unaware that her twin sons Wiccan and Speed had come in search of (and failed to find) her.
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Comments: The Scarlet Witch was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

In the two-page splash of the Quinjet hitting the mansion in AVENGERS I#500, among the scattering Avengers was a mysterious person in a cloak. None of the characters present wore such an outfit, and the scene was never explained. It’s more than likely Wanda was using her power to hide among the team as the chaos unfolded. Meanwhile, Magneto’s appearance at the end of AVENGERS I#503 was a bit odd, as his imposter recently trashed New York City and was decapitated by Wolverine on television. None of the Avengers seemed to have any problems with his reappearance though, or the fact that Captain America gave an imbalanced woman who can do anything to a most wanted terrorist. Could this oddity have been Wanda’s doing or was something else happening?

What about Agatha Harkness? In a battle against the Salem Seven in VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH II#3, the Scarlet Witch found herself having to channel the magic energy of a town comprised only of witches and warlocks. Needing a place to funnel the energy to make sure the Sevens’ goal was not realized, Wanda supercharged herself and in the process was able to impregnate herself, despite being married to an android. In the original story, a mental image of the deceased Agatha Harkness told Wanda to not just funnel the energy but to use it. However, as it seems Wanda had been slowly slipping into madness since her first debut into the superhero scene, this could possibly have been another of her innermost desires unbeknownst to her taking on a physical form. In any case, the children were delivered by Doctor Strange in VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH II#12. Some time later, the truth about Thomas and William came out. It came to the attention of “Agatha Harkness” and several nannies that the children would often disappear while the Scarlet Witch would be in battle and would only reappear again when she thought about them; the children were not real and were mental constructs of Wanda’s. Wanda refused to believe this but, before long, the Master Pandemonium struck and reabsorbed Thomas and William into himself. It turns out Wanda did not trick herself into creating life; she stole life, specifically from two shards of the shattered lord Mephisto. Mephisto reclaimed Thomas and William into himself. To protect Wanda from the influences of Mephisto, “Agatha” erased the memory of the children’s existence from her memory in AVENGERS WEST COAST #51-52. It seems that Agatha Harkness has been dead since her original death in VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH II#3, after being burned at the stake by the Salem Seven. Using her reality warping powers, Wanda made it seem as if she had helped resurrect the late Agatha, but unbeknownst to readers and the Avengers, this was a ruse and “Agatha Harkness” was just another illusion. However, whether this Agatha could exist without Wanda’s constant attention (like how Thomas and William would disappear) is unknown, though “Agatha” did make appearances in other non-Avengers related titles in-between her “resurrection” and her now confirmed death.

There seems to be one major flaw with the reasoning behind Wanda’ mental breakdown. In AVENGERS WEST COAST #52, Agatha Harkness blocked Wanda’s memories of her children, but now we know that this was not the real Agatha, but a magical construct of Wanda’s. The next reference to Wanda’s children was in AVENGERS WEST COAST #62, where “Agatha Harkness” used mental images of Thomas and William to snap Wanda out of a trance. After that, the next mentioning of the boys occurred AVENGERS WEST COAST #70, where Hawkeye outright spoke to Wanda about them. Since then Wanda had made several comments about her children, meaning she did remember them. So then, how can AVENGERS: DISASSEMBLED be based around the idea that Wanda accidentally learned about her children and snapped, when she had known about them for years? There are many possible theories as to how this can be explained, but it could be that Wanda’s mind was far more fractured than readers think.

Perceived Errors
•    In the opening sequence of AVENGERS I#500, Kelsey Leigh was not in her Captain Britain costume, though her identity was secret from all but the Scarlet Witch. Presumably, she must have revealed her identity to her teammates prior to the start of the issue. When she does change into costume, it took no time at all: in one panel she was as Kelsey, in the very next, only a second or so later, she was Captain Britain.

•    Hawkeye’s failure to stand by Iron Man when asked about his apparent return to alcoholism was unusual, although his actions may have been influenced by the Scarlet Witch.

•    On the last page of AVENGERS I#501 and first page of AVENGERS I#502, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) was shown amongst a group of gathered former Avengers. Jessica Drew was never a member of the Avengers so her presence was a mystery. Julia Carpenter, the second Spider-Woman, was not shown even though she was a member of the West Coast Avengers. It can be assumed that Jessica Drew was mistakenly drawn in the place of Julia Carpenter.

•    In AVENGERS III# 81, when Captain Britain took off her mask, her face was no longer scarred, presumably due to Kelsey’s transformation into Captain Britain. In AVENGERS I#500 and AVENGERS FINALE, Kelsey’s scar returned. From further appearances of Kelsey in NEW EXCALIBUR pages is now stated that even as Captain Britain/Lionheart she remains disfigured, like in AVENGERS FINALE.

•    Dr. Strange’s comment that there is no such thing as “Chaos Magic” is a surprise, as Strange himself used it as his primary source of power for a time, and has seen Chaos Magic used on several other occasions. This comment also seems to fly against various important storylines involving the Witch from much of Kurt Busiek’s and Geoff Johns’ runs as writers on AVENGERS III, including when she uses her magic against the In-Betweener in the "New World Order" storyline and to stop a bio-plague in the "Red Zone" storyline.

•    It has been shown, especially immediately after the event in AVENGERS WEST COAST, that Wanda does indeed remember her children having existed and the events surrounding their disappearing; her memory was removed by Agatha Harkness but was later restored, as revealed in a subsequent AVENGERS WEST COAST ANNUAL.

•    Quicksilver was seemingly present during the battle with the Kree yet stated he was somewhere else during the events of the day and was not aware of what Wanda had done until later in AVENGERS FINALE. He himself stated that his presence in the battle was likely due to his sister’s power.

•    Spider-Man was shown during the fight with the Kree & when Dr. Strange revealed the one responsible for everything that had happened to the Avengers, but in NEW AVENGERS #42, Spider-Man was shown to have no knowledge of what was the cause of the attack.

Ironically, it’s CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON #5-7 that gave us a plot point that could have and should have been explored more in Avengers Disassembled. After reading the whole story, I now know that Cap’s hallucinations were caused by the unbalanced Scarlet Witch. I cannot say if Priest was “asked” by editorial to add these scenes to tie into his Avengers Disassembled crossover, or if Priest had another reason for these things that was changed after the fact. In either case, these issues gave further proof to the idea that Wanda was unstable and more powerful than anyone realized. At the same time, these recent and significant events in the lives of two primary players in Avengers Disassembled don’t rate more than a few lines of dialogue in AVENGERS #503.

In regards to CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON: In the words of Christopher Priest, “My planned Year Two romance between Cap and The Scarlet Witch (who’d always had a crush on him, after all—I’m not making this up) had to be moved way up since events in the Avengers would be sending Wanda away for quite awhile. I was eager to participate in Avengers Disassembled because, frankly, we needed the sales bump. And a Cap-Wanda romance played nicely into Brian Michael Bendis’s plans for the Avengers. Moving the arc, however, was a tactical error because it pushed our big MODOK arc back three months, and some fans began grousing that the as-promised zap bolts and Kirby dots had yet to appear in CAF. Moreover, per instructions given me for the Avengers Disassembled crossover, Cap was supposed to relive his greatest failures (which inevitably meant Bucky and an origin recap), but Cap was not supposed to know why; we couldn’t give up that piece of the puzzle because that would be resolved in the Avengers book. So the weird and unexplained and unresolved things happening to Cap, on the heels of the first arc which many found impenetrable, and the Falcon’s odd behavior, and absence of clear jumping-on points, simply frustrated many Cap fans. The announcement of a soon-coming CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting fairly well sealed the deal: lots of fans just gave up on CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON.”

In regards to EXCALIBUR III#8: Given the scope of Wanda’s powers, as revealed in AVENGERS III#502-503, it is possible that she may have enhanced Magneto’s powers to allow the creation of a wormhole, as seen in this issue. Possibly she may also be responsible for his costume change, casting him as the “evil Magneto” who destroyed New York.

In regards to EXCALIBUR III#10: The restoration and redecoration of Xavier’s main house in Genosha was likely a result of Wanda’s reality-warping powers, which had spiraled out of control. Many speculated that she was also influencing Magneto’s power levels and personality to match her own sub-conscious perception of her father. This would explain his attire and his brusque attitude towards Hub in this issue. It may also ultimate explain various inconsistencies in Magneto’s history and representation – including the Magneto doppelganger who ravaged New York.