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Scarlet Witch
Wanda Maximoff
A mutant whose probability manipulation was retconned into outright reality alteration, producing the two largest continuity rewrites in Marvel history.
First appearance: The X-Men #4 (1964), Marvel Comics
Powers
Across continuities
One canonical record, many iterations. A version is this character in a different continuity; a variant is a separate in-fiction instance inside one. Everything below resolves back to this page.
| Iteration | Type | Continuity | Performed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Witch (Earth-616) | Version | no performer on file | |
| Scarlet Witch (MCU) | Version | MCU | Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision, 2021) |
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- First appearance · 1964
The X-Men #4 Marvel Comics
Debuts with the Brotherhood, alongside Quicksilver.
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Scarlet Witch's power has always been reality warping.
Actually She began as a probability manipulator; the reality-alteration scale was a later retcon. House of M is the largest single demonstrated act, not the baseline.
The feat ledger
Rewrote the history and population of the entire world in House of M, then removed the powers of most of mutantkind
Rewrites the world so that mutants are the dominant population
Three words remove the mutant gene from most of the population
Holds an entire town's residents under her will
Restrains multiple opponents simultaneously at range
Alters probability directly, the original framing of the power
Turns opponents' own fears against them without touching them
Flies by applying force to herself
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
- MCU — Marvel Cinematic Universe films and series
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version