There’s so much going on in the comic books that mainstream Marvel fans will be left clueless if they were told facts without context. WandaVision will be continuing the storyline of the titular characters, and a bunch of additions, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn’t have the kind of precedent that comics have.
Still, fans do love to learn more about characters due to the movies and TV shows sparking interest in them. To this end, there are certain facts that WandaVision viewers need to know that will provide them with additional context before or even after they watch the series.
10 Vision And Scarlet Witch's Children Were Conceived Through Magic
There are a lot of things about the comic book Scarlet Witch that are difficult to make sense of, including how she had children. Due to Vision being an android, Scarlet Witch ended up creating their children, using her reality-warping abilities.
These were two sons named Thomas and William, who were later revealed to have unknowingly been created by shards of the soul of the demon Mephisto. After the boys were absorbed back by Mephisto, Scarlet Witch and Vision underwent a long period of depression and estrangement.
9 Scarlet Witch Once Created A Whole New Reality
There are multiple universes in Marvel Comics, although Scarlet Witch turned the normal one into a universe of her own. This came about after her reality-warping powers became too much for even Professor X to contain with his telepathy, resulting in the X-Men considering taking her life to protect others.
Eventually, Quicksilver made Scarlet Witch make everyone’s wishes come true, leading to a world where all this was possible. However, due to the overlap of wishes, it soon turned to chaos and an angered Scarlet Witch ended up bringing normal reality back but without most of mutantkind.
8 Darcy Lewis Doesn't Exist In The Comics
If anyone’s looking for information and backstory about Darcy Lewis, let it be known here that this search won’t amount to anything. That’s because Darcy doesn’t have any comic book counterpart and is just a character the MCU has come up with entirely.
Her role was created in order to provide audiences with some comic relief in Thor and Thor: The Dark World, and her absence in Thor: Ragnarok was easy due to Darcy having no comic book storylines to follow. This also means her role in WandaVision is entirely original as well.
7 Monica Rambeau Headlined A Drama Book Series Called Marvel Divas
Although Marvel is known for providing superhero stories with a lot of action, Marvel Divas is a limited series comic book that places drama as its main aspect. The story follows four superheroes, all of whom are looking for a new love interest who meets their personalities.
Monica Rambeau took the role of the tough girl whom her prospective suitor had to prove was up to the task of dating her. All in all, Rambeau was basically put in a storyline resembling Sex and the City. The idea didn’t turn out to be too popular and the series ran for four issues.
6 Jimmy Woo's Character Was Created Before Vision And Scarlet Witch
It’s kind of funny how Vision is said to be stolen from DC’s Red Tornado and Scarlet Witch also arrived in the ‘60s, while Jimmy Woo precedes both characters. Woo first appeared all the way back in Yellow Claw #1 in October 1956.
This story placed Jimmy Woo against a villain known as the Yellow Claw, which didn’t turn out to be very popular. Woo was then added to a number of team-up storylines thereafter, but his origins still precede both Scarlet Witch and Vision.
5 Monica Rambeau Is The Second Captain Marvel In The Comics
It’s likely that the MCU is going to set up Monica Rambeau as the successor to Carol Danvers, as the comics also placed her as Captain Marvel. Her turn as the superhero came after she gained powers from extra-dimensional energy and allowed her to turn herself into a creator of energy.
Following this, she was given the moniker of Captain Marvel and was a mainstay for the Avengers before she was ultimately made the leader of the faction in Avengers #279. She left due to losing much of her powers after misplacing an energy surge in Avengers #293.
4 Jimmy Woo Was The Leader Of The Avengers And Agents Of Atlas
Ant-Man and the Wasp made Jimmy Woo play the fool, but the character was no slouch in the comics. In What If #9, he was shown to be the leader of the Avengers in the 1950s, although this story and the particular line-up of the Avengers was considered non-canonical.
However, Woo was certainly the leader of another group called Agents of Atlas, with several superhero characters working under him in tandem. This group has its own comic book series and generally features Asian American characters.
3 Vision And Scarlet Witch Had Their Own Comic Book Series
WandaVision is far from the first solo series starring this powerful comic book couple. In fact, they had their own outing in print about four decades back in 1982 in the series titled The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, which took on a more dramatic approach in storytelling.
Plotlines included Scarlet Witch finding out that Magneto is her real father, relationship issues of the couple, and general storylines involving family drama. The series has two volumes and sixteen issues across a four-year period.
2 There Is Another Vision Called Jonas
While Vision might be exceptionally powerful, his body remains susceptible. After the loss of their children, Scarlet Witch and Vision experienced further issues when he revealed he didn’t have control over his body anymore, and after being torn apart by She-Hulk, Vision’s operating system was merged with the armor of Iron Lad.
Young Avengers #5 featured the debut of another Vision known as Jonas, who was the result of the merge and became a sentient being himself. Jonas remained a mainstay for the Young Avengers until he was killed by Iron Lad in Avengers: Children's Crusade.
1 Ultron Is The Father Of Vision
The MCU adapted Vision’s origin story from the comics, as Ultron created Vision’s body in Age of Ultron, although he was a mixture of J.A.R.V.I.S., Bruce Banner, and Tony Stark in personality. In the comic book, Ultron was the outright creator of Vision.
Vision made his debut in Avengers #57, where Ultron created this android—whom he dubbed as a synthezoid—in order to ambush the Avengers with an enemy they weren’t aware of. Vision was quick to turn on his father, though, as his brain-waves were mapped after the then-deceased Wonder Man.