clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile
Magneto and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch embrace in SWORD #6 (2021). Image: Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti/Marvel Comics

Filed under:

It looks like Wanda Maximoff’s crimes against the X-Men finally caught up with her

Oh boy, Magneto, you really doinked it up this time

If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

Susana Polo is an entertainment editor at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue.

The most anticipated event in the current X-Men lineup is undoubtedly Inferno, but before we get to the part where Mystique burns all of our stuff down with her anger, we have The Trial of Magneto. And now we know exactly what he’s accused of that’s so bad. Insert your Law & Order sound here!

In the pages of last week’s SWORD #6, the Master of Magnetism was seen hobnobbing with the last person you’d expect to be invited to a big mutant party: Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch.

Wanda is mutant public enemy #1 for her role in M-Day, when, in a moment of mental crisis, she magically stripped 90% of the world’s mutants of their superpowers. Then, to make matters worse, it was revealed that she and her brother Quicksilver weren’t really Magneto’s kids, and they weren’t really mutants. On Krakoa, she’s known as the Great Pretender.

But, as Magneto admitted to her in SWORD #6, Krakoa is a place where mutants are given a chance to make new lives free of the transgressions in their pasts. And perhaps part of his new life will be that, after all the years he and Wanda spent thinking that they were related, he should admit that he still cares for her like family. It was touching.

And in this week’s X-Factor, it all went to heck.

What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. There may not be enough context. But there will be great comics. (And if you missed the last edition, read this.)


X-Factor #10

Eyeboy, Speed, and Prodigy come across the red boots of someone apparently passed out in a Krakoan garden. Eyeboy tries desperately to keep Speed from going any closer in X-Factor #10 (2021). Image: Leah Williams, David Baldeón, David Messina, Lucas Werneck/Marvel Comics

The Scarlet Witch’s body was found in a Krakoan anteroom, presumably dead. Magneto wasn’t present, but the issue indicates that this storyline will be seen again in The Trial of Magneto. One of Krakoa’s greatest heroes is now accused of breaking one of its most sacred laws: Don’t kill humans.

Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular

More than a dozen DC superheroes and villains stand around the hospice bed of late comics writer Denny O’Neil in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular (2021). Image: Larry O’Neil, Jorge Fornés/DC Comics

The best part of DC Comics’ Green Arrow anniversary special is definitely a touching 6-page tribute comic to the late writer and editor Denny O’Neil, written by his son Larry. It is not an exaggeration to say that if you are under the age of 70 and you like Batman, O’Neil is why.

DC has all six pages of the comic available to read online for free.

United States of Captain America #1

Aaron Fischer muses on how he helps people because it’s what Captain America would do, as he looks up at a mural of Sam Wilson in his Captain America costume in United States of Captain America #1 (2021). Image: Josh Trujillo, Jan Bazaldua/Marvel Comics

United States of Captain America is a new miniseries in which a mysterious killer is traveling around the country, trying to kill people who take the Captain America emblem on to do good — so naturally Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are on the case, with one new “Captain America” introduced in each issue, with a backup story telling their origin. This week’s was Aaron Fischer, an unhomed queer kid who protects the innocent across America’s railways.

Eternals #5

A data page from Eternals #5 (2021) reads “It is perhaps best thought of as the engine room of the planet Earth. And, as evidenced by the out-of-control weather, the imminent destruction of the planet and the kookiness of yours truly, the engines cannae take it. Yes, I’ve seen Star Trek too. I <3 DS9. Image: Kieron Gillen, VC’s Clayton Cowles/Marvel Comics

I can’t remember if this is the first data page I’ve ever featured in Monday Funnies, but look. I’m in the middle of watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 for the first time right now. And the giant celestial engine that powers the Earth in Marvel Comics also loves Deep Space 9.

Catwoman 2021 Annual

Azrael brandishes his flame sword of vengeance on the moonlit rooftop of the Monasterio Sant Alvard in Spain in Catwoman 2021 Annual. Image: Ram V, Kyle Hotz, Fernando Blanco, Juan Ferreyra/DC Comics

The Batman-adjacent vigilante Azrael is like the Catholic church — you’re never gonna be down with everything he’s doing, but the aesthetic ... you have to respect the commitment to the aesthetic. Maybe it’s just that I got hooked on the Nightfall era of Batman comics early, but I’m always at least a little excited to see Azrael.

Beta Ray Bill #4

TSWA is the sound effect as Beta Ray Bill raises his axe. SPLOK is the sound as he bisects a giant alien something with all his might in Beta Ray Bill #4 (2021). Image: Daniel Warren Johnson/Marvel Comics

Daniel Warren Johnson wins the Sound Effects of the Week award, for the beautifully rendered TSWA of Bill raising his axe and the absolutely visceral SPLOK of him bringing it down. Words can’t express.

News

New hero shooter Marvel Rivals looks like Overwatch with Marvel heroes

Entertainment

X-Men ’97 is winding up for one of the best stories about weathermancer Storm ever told

2024 Spring Entertainment Preview

The Watcher has a terrible morning in Marvel’s new What If... Loki Was Worthy

View all stories in Marvel
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news
news