WARNING: The following contains spoilers for "Race through the Dread Dimension" by Jason Aaron, Federico Vicentini, Matt Milla and VC's Cory Petit from Heroes Reborn #3, on sale now.

The Scarlet Witch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has suffered many losses since her full debut in Age of Ultron. Losing everything and everyone led to the twisted sitcom world of Westview seen in the Disney+ series WandaVision. While it's clear that this cinematic version of Wanda Maximoff didn't exactly have the best way of dealing with grief, Marvel's new Heroes Reborn series demonstrates just how bad things could have been.

The new series depicts a world without the Avengers, causing another team modeled after the Justice League, the Squadron Supreme, to take their place. Heroes Reborn #3 focuses on the Flash analogy of this world, the Blur, as he takes on one of the recently escaped rogues from the Negative Zone. This villain is a different version of a former hero, and shows the far-reaching consequences of a world without the Avengers.

The Blur races to stop Wanda Maximoff, who has broken bad in this world and is now known as the Silver Witch, a spellcasting speedster. It was explained in Heroes Reborn #1 that, without the Avengers, Wanda and her brother Pietro never reformed. The twins went up against the Squadron Supreme (alongside the X-Men as Blur notes in this latest issue) which led to Pietro's death. Wanda's chaos magic allowed her to absorb her brother's powers, turning her into an amalgamation of their identities from the regular Marvel Universe, transforming her into the Silver Witch.

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Although the MCU's Wanda has done terrible things in the past because of her grief, none are as bad as what she does as the Silver Witch. This version of Wanda comes across as an irredeemable villain, complete with a cruel and sadistic nature. She wants Blur to die slowly, just like her brother did and pulls Blur's astral form from his body. She could have gotten revenge quickly, but instead opts to make the process as painful as possible.

This persona is vastly different from the MCU version of the character. Although she put the people of Westview through a painful experience because of her grief in WandaVision, it was not done maliciously or with cruel intent. It wasn't until later in the series that Wanda even realized what was going on and what she had done. It was even noted that she subconsciously kept families together in her twisted fantasy world.

As Wanda's motivations are explained towards the series' end, it becomes clear that the picture WandaVision initially painted of Wanda being the villain is both harsh and false. The claim that she broke into S.W.O.R.D. and stole Vision's body turns out to be entirely untrue, orchestrated by Tyler Hayward to cover for his own schemes. In the end, Wanda let the people of Westview go even though it meant losing the family she had created for herself. Wanda chose loss again and went through even more grief to save others, acknowledging her mistake. The same cannot be said for the Silver Witch who is unlikely ever to acknowledge her wrongdoing.

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The Heroes Reborn version of Wanda even sees her mimic her famous "No more mutants" declaration from House of M by Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel, Tim Townsend and Frank D'Armata. With a simple chant of "No more speed, she completely removes Blur's powers. Similarly, Wanda's words in House of M were also in response to Quicksilver's death, as she saw that their father, Magneto, chose mutants over his children and wanted to put a stop to the pain his crusade had caused. In Heroes Reborn though, Wanda's words are purely to ensure that her vengeance is as slow as possible.

The biggest difference between the Wanda of Heroes Reborn and the MCU version of the character lies in the reasoning behind her actions. In WandaVision, the Avenger's actions are the result of an uncontrollable outpouring of grief, and is not meant to directly hurt others. In Heroes Reborn, however, the whole point of what she does is to inflict as much pain as possible. While the MCU's Scarlet Witch does the right thing in the end, it's unlikely that the Silver Witch ever will.

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