How Scarlet Witch reunites with her superhero kids in her solo series, the mysterious new hero she mentors will face Young Avengers alum. Before She Joins Marvel Official New Champions Team, the young sorceress is taken under Wanda’s tutelage to hone her yet unknown power. While Wanda’s sons are some of the most powerful heroes of the younger generation, her student Amaranth may be able to challenge their superpowers.
Gorgeous cover for Russell Dauterman’s upcoming album Scarlet Witch #7 – written by Steve Orlando with illustrations by Lorenzo Tammetta – sees Wanda stands confidently in front of her sons Wiccan and Speed as Amaranth floats overhead.. The colorful cover showcases the different types of magic that will be on display when three magicians and a speedster come together.
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SCARLET WITCH #7 (2024) |
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December 11, 2025 |
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Screenwriters: |
Steve Orlando |
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Lorenzo Tammetta |
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Cover Artist: |
Russell Dauterman |
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When Scarlet Witch, Wiccan, Speed and Amaranth become trapped in a torturous carnival funhouse, Wanda is faced with a choice: save her children or save her mysterious new student! But as Amaranth’s powers become apparent, the real question may be who is saving whom…? |
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Just one issue after the debut of Scarlet Witch’s new trainee, the proposal teases that Wanda will be forced to choose between protecting her powerful student and her two children. The New Champion’s magic will be put to the test during Wanda’s family reunion.
The Scarlet Witch’s young children are confronted by her mysterious new protégé.
Wanda must choose between saving her two sons and the powerful young sorceress she is training. The dynamic between Scarlet Witch and her Young Avengers children could get even more complicated.. With their relationship already having some major bumps in the road and a complicated history, Billy and Tommy’s relationship with Wanda has progressed steadily, with several team-ups along the way since they joined the universe as the founders of the Young Avengers. Nearly twenty years after the creation of Marvel’s teen superhero group with Wiccan and Speed, a new generation of young unofficial sidekicks to the heroes is rapidly emerging.
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The New Champions began as hypothetical character creations for a variant cover, with Amaranth officially created as Scarlet Witch’s potential sidekick by artist Jen Bartel. As more variant characters continue to enter Marvel continuity in various ways, the New Champions team will finally come together with Amaranth as one of its members. After debuting in Scarlet Witch #6 with a frightened Agatha Harkness, who brings the young sorceress to Wanda for help in training, Amaranth will face off against her mentor’s children and mark the first Young Avengers crossover with Marvel’s new class of teen superheroes..
Wanda’s Family Reunion Continues with ‘Wiccan and Speed’
A new champion joins the Maximoff family?
Scarlet Witch’s latest series has brought her together with various family members, but a mother-son reunion may be thwarted by a reunion in the form of Amaranth. Earlier in the series, Wanda’s twin brother Pietro, aka Quicksilver, helped protect her city from a brutal threat, and Magneto’s other daughter, Polaris, also joined the fight. The series not only celebrates Wanda’s family, but also her core supporting cast. The introduction of Wiccan and Speed, along with their powerful mother, is an exciting team-up meant to highlight Wanda as a parent as she becomes the guardian of the new young hero..
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Speed recently appeared briefly alongside his uncle in the miniseries that preceded Wanda’s solo series. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilveralso Orlando and Tammetta. However, it has been a long time since Wanda officially collaborated with both of her twin sons. The mysterious Amaranth is a kind of fourth wheel for a family gathering. The new Champion could either establish himself as an unofficial part of the family, or create real competition between himself and Wanda’s descendant.. As the requests tease the awakening of Amaranth’s powers, she may be able to challenge the family’s immense magical power.
Marvel’s Next Group of Young Heroes Is Building on the Young Avengers and Champions
With Amaranth taking her place as the New Champions, the Marvel Universe finally had a powerful new team of young superheroes to replace the Young Avengers and the original Champion team. Continuing the trend of Marvel creating new teen teams every decade, with the Young Avengers starting in 2005 and the Champions starting in 2016. New Champions The series officially starts in early 2025. Along with Amaranth, a new Ghost Rider character named Fantasma, and a group of young heroes who were previously brainwashed by Hydra, the new sidekicks from these variants will officially debut as the next generation of traditional Marvel superheroes.
While they may be working together to solve this problem while trying to avoid the confusing carnival setting, it looks like Amaranth will be competing for Wanda’s attention and affection against her sons. Wiccan and Speed are powerful heroes in their own right, especially Billy as he inherited a power more similar to his mother’s than Tommy’s super speed like his uncle. However, as a former Young Avengers fight one of New Champions‘ potential energy sources, their relationship to Scarlet Witch will be verified and Amaranth’s place will be officially established in Wanda’s family and Marvel lore.
Scarlet Witch #7 will be available December 11, 2024 from Marvel Comics.