like Scarlet Witch Reuniting with her superhero children in her solo series, the mysterious new hero she’s mentoring will clash with the Young Avengers Aluminum. Before she joins Marvel’s official New champions team, the young sorceress is taken under Wanda’s wing to hone her still unknown power. Although Wanda’s sons are some of the most powerful heroes of the younger generation, her student Amaranth may be able to challenge their super-abilities.
Russell Dauterman’s gorgeous cover for the upcoming Scarlet Witch #7 – Written by Steve Orlando with art by Lorenzo Tammetta – See Wanda stands strong in front of her sons Wiccan and Speed, with Amaranth levitating overhead. The colorful cover teases the different kinds of magic that will be displayed when the three magic-users and the speedster come together.
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Scarlet Witch #7 (2024) |
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When the Scarlet Witch, Wiccan, Speed and Amaranth are trapped in a torturous carnival fun house, Wanda is faced with a choice: save her children or her mysterious new pupil! But when Amaranth’s powers come to light, the real question may be who is saving who…? |
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Just one issue after Scarlet Witch’s new trainee debuts, The Solicitation teases that Wanda will be forced to choose between protecting her powerful pupil and her two children. The New Champion’s magic will be tested during Wanda’s family reunion.
The young Avenger children of Scarlet Witch collide with her mysterious new protégé
As Wanda has to choose between saving her two sons and the powerful young sorceress she is training, The dynamic between Scarlet Witch and her young Avenger kids could become even more complicated. With their relationship already having some serious bumps along the way and a convoluted history, Billy and Tommy’s relationship with Wanda has been on a steady track with several team-ups along the way since they joined the universe as founding Young Avengers. Almost twenty years after the formation of Marvel’s teen superhero group with Wiccan and Speed, the new generation of young unofficial hero psychics is rapidly developing.
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The New Champions started out as hypothetical character creations for a variant cover series, with Amaranth officially created as a potential Scarlet Witch sidekick by artist Jen Bartel. As more of the characters from these variants continue to enter Marvel continuity in various ways, the New Champions team will finally assemble with Amaranth as one of its members. After debuting in Scarlet Witch #6 With a frightened Agatha Harkness bringing the young wizard to Wanda for help with training, Amaranth will clash with 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
Is the new champion joining the Maximoff family?
The last series of Scarlet Witch brought her together with various family members, but the mother and child reunion may have a wrench thrown in the form of Amaranth. Earlier in the series, Wanda’s twin brother Pietro AKA Quicksilver helped protect her city from a violent threat, with Magneto’s other daughter Polaris also joining the fight. With the series celebrating not only Wanda’s family but also her core supporting cast, The appearance of Wiccan and Speed along with their strong mother is an exciting team to highlight Wanda as a parent as she becomes a caregiver for a new young hero.
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Speed recently made a brief appearance alongside his uncle in the miniseries that came before Wanda’s solo series, Scarlet Witch & QuicksilverAlso by Orlando and Tametta. However, it has been a while since Wanda had a formal team-up with both of her twin sons. With the mysterious amaranth is a sort of fourth wheel for the family meeting, The New Champion could be solidified as an unofficial part of the family or create a real rivalry between himself and the offspring of Wanda. As the solicitation teases Amaranth’s powers awakening, she may be able to challenge the family’s immense magical power.
Marvel’s Next Young Hero Group builds off the young Avengers and champions
With Amaranth taking her place in the New Champions, the Marvel Universe finally has a new powerful team of young superheroes in place of the Young Avengers and the original Champions team. Continuing a trend of Marvel launching new teen teams every decade, with the Young Avengers beginning in 2005 and the Champions in 2016, the New champions Series officially kicks off in early 2025. Along with Amaranth, a new Ghost Rider character named Phantasma, and a group of young heroes brainwashed by Hydra, new sidekicks from the Variant will officially debut as Marvel’s next generation of legacy superheroes.
While they may be working together in this issue as they try to escape a twisted carnival setting, it seems that Amaranth will be fighting for Wanda’s attention and affection against her sons. Wiccan and Speed are powerful heroes in their own right, especially Billy, since he inherited a power more similar to his mother than Tommy’s super-speed, like his uncle. However, like the former Young Avengers Face off against one of these New champions‘ Potential powerhouses, their relation to Scarlet Witch will be tested and Amaranth’s place will be officially established in the family of Wanda and Marvel.
Scarlet Witch #7 Will be available December 11, 2024 from Marvel Comics.