Checklist Key

• ⭐️ = Essential Reading
• 🔥 = Important Lore Event
• ➖ = Optional Read (Italicized)
• No Symbol = Recommended Context
• Check them off as you go!

EARLY BROTHERHOOD & AVENGERS ERA (~Age 17-21)

• ⭐️🔥 X-Men (1963) #4–7 — Wanda & Pietro first appearance (Brotherhood)
• ⭐️ Journey Into Mystery (1963) #109 — Quick Thor crossover
• ⭐️ Strange Tales (1951) #128 — Wanda and Quicksilver taking action against Torch and Thing
• ➖ Fantastic Four (1961) #94, #110–116 — Early Agatha Harkness background; future mentor to Wanda
• ➖ X-Men (1963) #11 — Brotherhood vs X-Men escalation
• ⭐️ 🔥 Avengers (1963) #16–18 — Wanda and Pietro join the Avengers
• ➖ Defenders (1972) #10–11 — Wanda brainwashed by Xemnu in minor early trauma incident
• ➖ Marvel Fanfare (1982) #6 — Early solo survival story; Wanda shines independently

AVENGERS EXIT & RETURN (~Age 18-21)

• 🔥 Avengers (1963) #47–49 — Wanda and Pietro quit the Avengers
• 🔥 X-Men (1963) #43–45 — Briefly rejoin Magneto
• 🔥 Avengers (1963) #53 — Turn on Magneto
• ➖ Avengers (1963) #57–58 — Vision debuts
• 🔥 Avengers (1963) #75–76 — Return to the Avengers, Wanda first meets Vision

LOVE BLOSSOMS: VISION & SCARLET WITCH (~Age 22-26)

• Avengers (1963) #91 — Wanda and Vision bond begins
• ⭐️🔥 Avengers (1963) #113–115 — Public backlash against Wanda & Vision
• Avengers (1963) #125 — Wanda and Vision’s relationship deepens
• ⭐️🔥 Avengers (1963) #128 — Agatha Harkness begins Wanda’s formal magical training
• ⭐️🔥 Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #4 — Wanda and Vision marry
• Avengers (1963) #137 — Wanda and Vision’s honeymoon
• ➖ Avengers (1963) #161–162 — Ultron targets Wanda for his “bride” project

SUBURBAN ERA (~Age 26-28)

• ⭐️ The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1982) #1–4 — Suburban life begins
• ⭐️ Avengers (1963) #253–254 — Vision attempts world domination
• ⭐️🔥 The Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985) #1–12 — Wanda has magical twins (Billy & Tommy)
• ➖ Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #60–63 — Fun slice of life Vision and Scarlet Witch stories
• ➖ Avengers Annual (1977) #7 — Classic Avengers team-up; Wanda shines in early heroics

DARKER THAN SCARLET (~Age 28-31)

• ➖ Avengers (1963) #181-182 — Django comes to Avengers Mansion
• ⭐️🔥 Avengers (1963) #185–187 — Wanda’s mystical origin revealed — Chthon marked her at birth
• ➖ Fantastic Four (1961) #277 — Serves as flashback digging deeper into Mephisto’s connection to Wanda
• ⭐️🔥 West Coast Avengers (1984) #42–45 — Vision disassembled — rebirth as White Vision
• ⭐️ West Coast Avengers (1984) #46–52 — Fallout of VisionQuest
• ➖ Solo Avengers (1987) #5 — Scarlet Witch solo magical side adventure
• ⭐️ West Coast Avengers (1984) #53–62 — VisionQuest aftermath continues
• 🔥 West Coast Avengers (1984) #84 — Wanda fully succumbs to dark magic
• West Coast Avengers (1984) #89–91 — Wanda and Vision estrangement

THE NEXUS (~Age 31-33)

• ➖ Avengers Spotlight (1989) #40 — Vision brain data recovery
• Avengers (1963) #360–363 — Vision regains original skin color
• Vision (1994) #1–4 — Vision’s emotional restoration continues
• ➖ Force Works (1994) #1–2, 6–7, 10–12, 17–18, 21–22 — Scarlet Witch leads a team
• ⭐️ Scarlet Witch (1994) #1–4 — Wanda embraces magic and Nexus Being status

THE COSMIC THREAT: INFINITY SAGA (~Age 33)

• ➖ Thanos Quest (1990) #1–2 — Thanos completes the Gauntlet
• ➖ Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1–6 — Thanos wields the Infinity Gauntlet
• ➖ Infinity War (1992) #1–6 — Magus attempts cosmic conquest
• ➖ Infinity Crusade (1993) #1–6 — Goddess crusade across reality

REBIRTH OF THE AVENGERS (~Age 34-35)

• ➖ Avengers (1998) #0-4, 10-11, 14-18, 22-23 — Wanda helps re-form the Avengers
• ➖ Avengers Annual (2001) #1 — Emotional Wanda and Wonder Man reunion; powerful romance moment

CHAOS & COLLAPSE (~Age 35-37)

• ⭐️🔥 Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch (2007) — Flashback to Wanda’s magical roots as a child
• ⭐️🔥 Avengers Disassembled (2004) — Wanda loses control, Avengers fall apart
• ⭐️ Excalibur (2004) #14 — Prelude to House of M.
• ⭐️🔥 House of M (2005) — Wanda rewrites all reality — “No More Mutants”
• Decimation (2005) — Mutant population decimated post-House of M
• ➖ Giant Size House of M (2025) - Kamala Khan goes back to the events of House of M

REDEMPTION & RECKONING (~Age 37-38)

• ⭐️🔥 Young Avengers: Children’s Crusade (2010) #1–9 — Wiccan sets out to find the Scarlet Witch
• ⭐️🔥 Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) #0–12 — Year 17 — Wanda returns to battle, reignites mutant tensions

LEGACY REBUILT (~Age 39-41)

• Uncanny Avengers (2012) #1–25 — Wanda joins Unity Squad bridging humans and mutants
• ➖ Avengers and X-Men: Axis (2014) #1–3 — Wanda battles inverted heroes and faces her dark legacy
• ⭐️🔥 Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1–5 — Revelation that Magneto isn’t Wanda’s biological father
• ➖ Avengers: Millennium (2015) — Avengers side-mission; Wanda lighthearted magic moments
• ➖ Uncanny Avengers (2015) #21–25 — Helpful back story for the next essential reading
• ⭐️🔥 Uncanny Avengers (2015) #26–30 — Wanda and Pietro’s true lineage resolved

WANDA’S NEW BEGINNINGS (~Age 41-42)

• ⭐️🔥 The Vision (2015) #1–12 — Vision creates a synthetic family; emotional fallout
• ⭐️🔥 Scarlet Witch (2015) #1–15 — Wanda travels the world mastering true witchcraft
• ➖ New Avengers (2015) #1-6 — Moridun introduced
• ➖ Avengers: No Road Home (2019) #1–10 — Wanda leads heroes against Nyx, Goddess of Night

DARK MYSTIC WAR (~Age 43)

• ⭐️🔥 Darkhold: Alpha (2021) — Wanda faces Chthon’s ancient evil
• ⭐️🔥 Darkhold: Omega (2022) — Wanda defeats Chthon once and for all

BEGINNING AGAIN (~Age 28-29)

• 🔥 S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #6 — Wanda reconnects with Magneto during the Hellfire Gala
• ⭐️ X-Factor (2020) #10 — Aftermath of the Gala
• ⭐️🔥 X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021) #1–5 — Wanda is purified
• Who Is… Scarlet Witch? (2022) — Wanda’s public identity re-established
• ➖ Strange Academy (2020) #16–18 — Wanda teaches young sorcerers (wholesome)
• ➖ Strange Academy: Finals (2022) #6 — Vision of Wanda offers comfort during a magical crisis

THE EMPORIUM ERA (~Age 29-30)

• ⭐️🔥 Scarlet Witch (2023) #1–5 — Wanda opens The Emporium to heal those in magical need
• Scarlet Witch Annual (2023) #1 — Chaos magic history continued
• ⭐️🔥 Scarlet Witch (2023) #6–10 — Wanda opens The Emporium to heal those in magical need
• Avengers (2023) #1–13 — Wanda joins the new Avengers roster

LEGACY CONTINUES (~Age 30-33)

• ➖ Avengers United Infinity Comic (2023) — Small online Infinity side-story
• ➖ Women of Marvel (2024) — Wanda featured story
• ⭐️🔥 Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver (2024) #1–4 — Wanda and Pietro rebuild their bond stronger than ever
• ⭐️🔥 Scarlet Witch (2024) #1-10 — Wanda’s latest ongoing journey
• ➖ Crypt of Shadows (2023) — Wanda horror anthology appearance
• ➖ Strange Tales #1-3 (2025) — Wiccan and friends play DnD, Wanda has to intervene
• ⭐️🔥 The Vision & the Scarlet Witch (2025) #1-6 — Vision and Wanda hook together again and rekindle
• Avengers 31-?? (2025) — Kang returns

OPTIONAL COSMIC JOURNEY

• ➖ Avengers: Forever (1998) #1–12 — Time Travel Era — Massive multiversal event, optional but fun

OPTIONAL ALTERNATE UNIVERSES: WHAT IF…? SERIES

• ➖ What If? (1977) #4 — What if the Avengers had never been?
• ➖ What If? (1989) #24 — What if Wolverine led Alpha Flight?
• ➖ What if Wolverine was Lord of the Vampires? (Wanda becomes corrupted)
• ➖ What If? (1989) #105 — Birth of the Spider-Girl universe (Wanda appears)
• ➖ What If…? Avengers Disassembled (2006) — What if Wanda’s breakdown destroyed even more?
• ➖ What If? Dark Scarlet Witch (2023) — Dark alternate reality where Wanda never recovers