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A Scarlet Witch #5 Micro-Review – Bond and Banter

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TITLE: Scarlet Witch #5
AUTHOR: Steve OrlandoScarlet Witch 5, cover, May 2023, Russell Dauterman
ARTISTS: Russell Dauterman, Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer)
RELEASED: May 3, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Wanda Maximoff and Darcy Lewis have quickly become my favorite pair of girl friends in all of comics. I’ve come to look forward to their bond and banter with every issue.

Russell Dauterman, who’s been our cover artist up to this point, does interior pencils this issue. He definitely brings his A-game, giving us a gritty battle between Wanda and Scythia, and then a sentimental finish involving Darcy. A tremendous performance.

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A Scarlet Witch #4 Micro-Review – Too Many Journalists?

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Scarlet Witch 4, cover, April 2023, Russell DautermanTITLE: Scarlet Witch #4
AUTHOR: Steve Orlando
ARTISTS: Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D’Amico (Inker), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer). Cover by Russell Dauterman.
RELEASED: April 5, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

We learn more about Darcy Lewis’ backstory in this issue. Frankly, she and her relationship with Wanda are the most interesting aspects of this series, thus far. Steve Orlando has done a nice job of making this version of Darcy feel reminiscent of what we’ve seen in the movies, yet still her own character.

We find out that Darcy used to be a journalist, at which I wrinkled my nose a bit. I love me a good journalist character. But at what point did/d0 we reach the point there are too many journalists in superhero comics?

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A Scarlet Witch #3 Micro-Review – “Trust Me…I’m a Doctor.”

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TITLE: Scarlet Witch #3
AUTHOR: Steve Orlando
ARTISTS: Sara Pichelli, Elizabetta D’Amico (Inking Assistant), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer). Cover by Russell Dauterman.
RELEASED: March 8, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Much of this book consists of a series of splash pages. There’s no dialogue from the characters, just some narration text boxes. It’s definitely a different kind of dynamic than we’ve gotten from the previous two issues. But that’s not a bad thing. It’s a nice flex for Pichelli, D’Amico, and Wilson.

Polaris, Wanda’s half-sister, visits her in this issue. They have a nice scene toward the end of the book. Polaris has a good line: “Hey, Wanda? You’re enough. Trust me…I’m a doctor.”

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A Scarlet Witch #2 Micro-Review – Equally Enthralled

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TITLE: Scarlet Witch #2
AUTHORS: Steve Orlando, Stephanie Williams
ARTISTS: Sara Pichelli, Chris Allen, Elisabetta D’Amico (Inking Assistant), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Dee Cunniffe (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer). Cover by Russell Dauterman.
RELEASED: February 1, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Last month I was enthralled by how Sara Pichelli rendered Wanda. This month I’m equally enthralled with her take on Viv Vision. She leans into the character’s machine side, making her look more mechanical than many other artists do.

Storm appears alongside Wanda in a back-up tale this month. Has she ever, historically, been portrayed as a character with magic abilities in addition to mutant ones? That’s what this issue states. But I’ve never heard of that. Fittingly Storm is also rendered beautifully by Chris Allen.

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A Scarlet Witch #1 Micro-Review – A Hollow Cliffhanger?

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TITLE: Scarlet Witch #1
AUTHOR: Steve Orlando
ARTISTS: Sara Pichelli, Elisa D’Amico (Inking Assitant), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer). Cover by Russell Dauterman.
RELEASED: January 4, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

What jumped out at me about this issue immediately was that Wanda, Darcy Lewis (based partially off the Kat Dennings character from the MCU), and the other main characters look like they were drawn from life. Whether Sara Pichelli is doing that or not (I’m assuming not), they all look like they exist in the real world, as opposed to being drawings. It’s a pleasure to see.

This issue’s cliffhanger might be hollow for those who haven’t read books like Tom King’s The Vision, or perhaps Mark Waid’s run on Champions. But if you have, it’s a damn good one.

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Astonishing Art: Max Mayfield as Scarlet Witch?

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By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

There’s no connection between Marvel’s Scarlet Witch and Stranger Things‘ Max Mayfield (played by Sadie Sink) as far as I know. Nevertheless, this mash-up by janus.arte works better than you’d think, doesn’t it? I’m not sure what it is. Maybe it’s those piercing eyes? The red hair? I suppose it’s a combination of a different elements.

Either way, the image grabs your attention. Plus, Sadie Sink would make a good superhero. Or perhaps a supervillain…?

Scarlet Witch, Max Mayfield, Sadie Sink, janus.arte

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WandaVision Episode 8: A Few Thoughts on Cars

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By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

You know what I came away from the latest WandaVision episode thinking about? It wasn’t about Agatha Harkness, Wanda’s past, or the mysterious white Vision…

It was Wanda’s car.

If I were a superhero whose parents, brother, and robot boyfriend had all been murdered over the course of my life, you know what I’d have invested in? A really nice car. The one she was driving in this episode looked so pedestrian.

I’m not even a car guy. But maybe get her something sleek. Like a sports car. Something in the Corvette family. And of course, make sure it’s red. Not just because of the whole red thing Wanda has going on. But I mean, who can be sad when they’re in a red Corvette?

Maybe if she’d splurged a little after Avengers: Endgame, maybe she wouldn’t have…y’know…abducted a bunch of people and created a big fantasy land with her dead robot boyfriend.

Just a thought.

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Alex Ross Spotlight: Living with Mistakes

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By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Every creative person lives with mistakes, or work they don’t necessarily look back on fondly. To an extent it seems counter-intuitive to think of Alex Ross in such a light, as he’s in such a league of his own among comic book and superhero artists. But indeed, the man is vulnerable to the same things any artist is. Case in point, in Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, he’s very critical of the lithography pictured at right. Gorgeous though it may be, Ross is quick to critique his rendering of Superman’s head.

In the latest video from his YouTube channel, Ross talks about living with certain insufficiencies and failures in his work. I’ve juxtaposed it with a video from two years ago, in which he talks about the importance of completing work. As a former journalist, I can very much identify with turning in work you’re not 100% satisfied with. But a deadline is a deadline, and sometimes the bullet simply has to be bitten.

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Alex Ross Spotlight: Marvels and History

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By Rob Siebert
The 5th Turtle

It’s easy to compare Marvels to another seminal Alex Ross work at DC years later, Kingdom Come. The stories themselves aren’t that similar. But the main character in both is essentially an average Joe seeing all this colorful superhero stuff from the ground level.

The Norman McCay we meet in Kingdom Come is an old man. But in Marvels, we follow Phil Sheldon the late ’30s into the mid-’70s. So we see the majority of his life play out alongside the evolution of the world of Marvels.

Ross elabrorates…

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Toy Chest Theater: RIP Stan Lee

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By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

With the passing of Stan Lee, fans from across the globe are paying tribute to the iconic creator in their own unique ways.

I found this image from Nicholas Belmont to be particularly touching. Since the news broke yesterday, I’ve seen a lot of “grieving” images from toy photographers. Many of which depict an emotional Spider-Man being comforted by other Marvel heroes. That’s perfectly natural, I think. There’s nothing wrong with that. People process grief in a lot of different ways.

But for yours truly, in times like these scenes of love resonate so much more than scenes of grief or sadness. That’s what we get here. The love and respect we all feel for Stan Lee, personified by the characters he helped create.

Rest in peace, Mr. Lee. Thank you for inspiring so many.

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