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The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''X-Men'' #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series with husband the Vision and appears as a regular team member in superhero title the ''Avengers''. Scarlet Witch is initially depicted as a mutant, born with the ability to alter reality in unspecific ways. Originally introduced as the daughter of the Golden Age superhero Whizzer, a retcon later established she and her twin brother Quicksilver were the children of X-Men villain Magneto. This parentage was their status quo until 2015, when a further retcon revealed that she and Quicksilver were in fact non-mutants who had been kidnapped and experimented on by the High Evolutionary, and then misled to believe that Magneto was their father. The character was ranked 97th in ''Wizard's'' "200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time" list, 12th in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers", and 14th in ''Comics Buyer's Guide's'' "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. The character has also appeared in other Marvel-endorsed products such as animated films; arcade and video games; television series and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards. Elizabeth Olsen portrays the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; a mid-credits scene in ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', a central role in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'', and will reprise the role in ''Captain America: Civil War''. ==Publication history== The Scarlet Witch debuted, together with her brother, Quicksilver, as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in ''X-Men'' #4 (March 1964). After several appearances as a villain in issues #5 (May 1964); #6 (July 1964); #7 (Sept. 1964); and #11 (May 1965), Wanda and her brother were added to the cast of the superhero team the Avengers in ''Avengers'' #16 (May 1965).〔DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 108: "(Lee ) replaced Thor, Iron Man, Giant-Man, and the Wasp with Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch."〕 The Scarlet Witch was a semi-regular member of the team until issue #49 (Feb. 1968), and then returned in issue #75 (April 1970) and was a perennial member of both the main team and several affiliated teams such as the West Coast Avengers and Force Works until Avengers #503 (Dec. 2004), the final issue of the first volume. Upon her return to the Avengers she was given a long-running love interest in the form of fellow Avenger the Vision. Writer Roy Thomas recounted, "I felt that a romance of some sort would help the character development in ''The Avengers'', and the Vision was a prime candidate because he appeared only in that mag... as did Wanda, for that matter. So they became a pair, for just such practical considerations." The two characters were married in ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #4 (June 1975).〔Sanderson, Peter "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 169: "Writer Steve Englehart and veteran Avengers artist Don Heck presented the grand finale of the long-running 'Celestial Madonna' saga ... Immortus presided over the double wedding of Mantis to the resurrected Swordsman, and the android Vision to the Scarlet Witch."〕 Thomas's successor on ''The Avengers'', Steve Englehart, considerably expanded the Scarlet Witch's powers, adding genuine sorcery to her mutant "hex" power. He later explained, "Having decided she would be a full-fledged player, she then naturally developed a more assertive personality, and I wanted to know more about her rather vaguely defined powers since she’d be using them more. I could certainly have pushed her more toward the mutant end of the spectrum, but the name ‘Witch’ seemed like it could be more than just a superhero nom de guerre, so I went that way."〔 The character made occasional guest-appearances in other Marvel titles such as ''Marvel Team-Up'' #41-44 (Jan.-April 1976), and ''Marvel Fanfare'' #6 (Jan. 1983).〔Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 132: "Behind an impressive cover by artist P. Craig Russell was a single-issue tale by writer Mike W. Barr and co-plotter and penciler Sandy Plunkett. Encountering a vacant-eyed Scarlet Witch on a Manhattan rooftop, Spider-Man was shocked when she attacked him."〕 The Scarlet Witch starred in two limited series with husband and fellow Avenger the Vision: ''Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' #1 - 4 (Nov. 1982 - Feb. 1983), by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Rick Leonardi, and a second volume of the same title numbered #1 - 12 (Oct. 1985 - Sept. 1986), written by Englehart and penciled by Richard Howell. Howell later wrote, penciled, inked, lettered, and colored a Scarlet Witch solo story which appeared in ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #60-63 (Oct.-Nov. 1990). A solo limited series, titled ''Scarlet Witch'', ran four issues in 1994. A one-shot titled ''Mystic Arcana Scarlet Witch'' was published in October 2007 and an ''Avengers Origins: The Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver'' one-shot followed in January 2012. Artist George Pérez designed a new costume with a strong Roma influence for the character in 1998. This design has rarely been used by artists other than Pérez. Alan Davis stated that when he became the artist on ''The Avengers'', he "asked to change the Scarlet Witch just because I didn't feel the design George Pérez created worked with my drawing style. I tend to go for simpler, more open lines and don't do lots of detail in rendering." The character played a pivotal role in the ''Avengers Disassembled'' storyline and related limited series ''House of M'', and appeared in the ''Young Avengers'' follow-up series, ''Avengers: The Children's Crusade''. Don Markstein asserts that the character is unlike any other, stating, "The Scarlet Witch is unique among superheroes, and not just because she's the only one who wears a wimple. Her super power is unlike any other — she can alter probability so as to cause mishaps for her foes. In other words, she 'hexes' them." The Scarlet Witch is a regular character in ''Uncanny Avengers'' (2012), beginning with issue #1. Under the All-New, All-Different Marvel branding, the character will be receiving her own solo series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scarlet Witch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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