WandaVision: New Hero, New Villains, More Fantastic Four Ties
WandaVision came back with a
Modern Family themed edition which saw Wanda, Vision, and Agnes talking straight into the camera as character do on the popular ABC sitcom. It resulted in a step back in pacing after things were heating up in the recent episodes but also delivered a new super hero to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, just moment beforee it revealed the villain who has been pulling all of the strings in Westview. Spoilers follow!
In comics, Agatha Harkness first appeared in
Fantastic Four #94 in January of 1970. She was around in the 17th Century’s Salem Witch Trials and has been heavily involved in a lot of stories with Wanda throughout Marvel Comics titles and she’s also been a nanny for Franklin Richards, the child of Reed Richards and Sue Storm, not unlike how she has watched Billy and Tommy in WandaVision. That said, she also has ties to Mephisto and is the one who, in comics, explains Billy and Tomm
WandaVision theory: What is New Salem in Marvel Comics?
Sun Feb 21, 2021 at 6:50pm ET
Agatha Harkness in New Salem. Pic credit: Marvel
There is a WandaVision theory going around that not only is Agatha Harkness not the villain that viewers have been led to believe, but that Westview is also not a normal town at all.
The theory is that Westview is actually the hidden town of New Salem, and that explains a lot about what is happening right now in WandaVision.
What is New Salem in Marvel Comics?
New Salem is a mystical city in Marvel Comics. In the comics, it is hidden in Colorado and can only be accessed by people who wield magical powers.
“WandaVision” has finally revealed the truth about Agnes: She’s been Agatha all along.
The seventh episode of the Disney+ series, titled “Breaking the Fourth Wall,” sees both Wanda and Vision learning a little bit more of the truth about their lives in Westview.
Vision, now back inside the reality within the Hex, officially meets Darcy Lewis, who fills him in on his life and deaths before the synthezoid moved to the New Jersey suburb to start anew with his wife.
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Wanda has an even more eventful day than her hubby. Her reality-controlling powers seem to be on the fritz, she has a run-in with a newly super-powered Monica Rambeau and she learns that her chatty neighbor Agnes, played by Kathryn Hahn, has been keeping a pretty major secret.
A Hero and A Villain Rise in WandaVision Episode 7
As we race to a catastrophic climax, Wanda s fate rests with two Westview interlopers.
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WandaVision Explained is our ongoing series that keeps tabs on Marvel Studios’ sitcom saga about TV’s happiest tragic couple. In this entry, we turn our channel to WandaVision Episode 7 (“Breaking the Fourth Wall”) and consider the villain pulling the strings all along. Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.
The Hex is falling apart. Wanda (
Elizabeth Olsen) can’t keep her fantasy together. Her home warbles and morphs, mixing the various sitcom illusions. As Vision (
Paul Bettany) races toward her from the fringes of her altered reality, Wanda struggles to find meaning in what she’s done and what she can still do.