The Marvel Cinematic Universe wasted Scarlet Witch's villain era. Marvel fans have been highly critical of Wanda's "heel turn" in the 2022 film Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness , but the problem isn't that the film turned a popular hero into an antagonist...it is that Marvel Studios didn't follow the blueprint set by Marvel Comics decades ago.

Scarlet Witch's MCU turn was a pale imitation of her comic arc from the mid-2000s, which shaped the Marvel Universe as readers know it today.

Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch with head turned back in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Like in the movie, the decision to take Wanda in a dark direction was divisive in the comics, but at least it shook Marvel to its very foundation.

Marvel Set A Precedent For Scarl

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