The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Her first appearance was in The X-Men #4 (March 1964) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Originally said to have the ability to alter probability, the Scarlet Witch has been depicted as a powerful sorceress since the 1980s and was later said to be powerful enough to alter reality. For most of her comic book history, she is portrayed as a mutant, a member of a fictional subspecies of humans born with an "X-gene" that grants superhuman abilities and traits. This was revised via a 2015 storyline establishing that her superhuman traits are a result of experimentation done by High Evolutionary when she was a child.
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- The Scarlet Witch appeared in the "Captain America" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes animated series, voiced by Peg Dixon.
- The Scarlet Witch appeared in the X-Men animated series episode "Family Ties", voiced by Susan Roman.
- The Scarlet Witch appeared in the 1994 Iron Man animated series, voiced by Katherine Moffat in the first season and Jennifer Darling in the second. This version is a member of Force Works.
- The Scarlet Witch appears in The Avengers: United They Stand animated series, voiced by Stavroula Logothettis. This version is a member of the Avengers.
- Wanda appeared in the X-Men: Evolution animated series, voiced by Kelly Sheridan. This version's design was influenced by goth fashion. Introduced in season two, she joins the Brotherhood of Bayville before eventually defecting to the X-Men in the series finale.
- The Scarlet Witch appeared in The Super Hero Squad Show animated series, voiced by Tara Strong. Introduced in the season one episode "Hexed, Vexed, and Perplexed", she and her brother Quicksilver were brought up by their father Magneto to become supervillains like him. However, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver befriend the Falcon and turn against their father. In season two, the Scarlet Witch joins the Super Hero Squad.