—Scarlet WitchYour dreams are under siege. And through them, your hope. Through that, your future. I've known many such threats. If you'll let me... I can root out whatever's hurting you.
Appearing in "Post-Human Family Matters..."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Vin (Mentioned)
- Champions (Mentioned)
- Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Mentioned)
- Vision (Dream)
- Virginia (Dream)
- Nightmare (Mentioned)
- Zhilla Char (Mentioned)
- Tommy Maximoff (Mentioned)
- Billy Maximoff (Mentioned)
- Vision (Aarkus) (Mentioned)
- Stanley (First appearance)
- Squid (Donald Callahan) (Cameo)
- Blackout (Marcus Daniels) (Cameo)
- Aqueduct (Peter van Zante) (Cameo)
- Walrus (Hubert Carpenter) (Cameo)
- Brothers Grimm (Percy & Barton Grimes) (Cameo)
- Scythia (Hippolyta)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Cameo)
- Bacchae (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Synthezoids
- Succubi
- Dogs (Dream)
- Bats (Dream)
- Lions (Mentioned)
- Cows (Mentioned)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
Locations:
Items:
- Last Door
- Jarnette's Worry Stone
- Low Mysterium (Unnamed)
- Cold Iron (Mentioned)
- Orichalcum (Mentioned)
- Uru (Mentioned)
- Rhino Armor
Synopsis for "Post-Human Family Matters..."
Wanda sits down with Vivian to discuss why she came through the Last Door. Vivian explains that she was processing the deaths of her mother (Virginia),[1] and her brother (Vin)[2] and had made progress, but encountered nightmares that reminded her of her greatest suffering. Wanda offers to enter Vivian’s dreamscape to root out the problem.
Wanda enters Vivian’s dreams to find Dreamqueen feeding off Vivian’s nightmares. Dreamqueen hungers for anguish and targeted Vivian thinking her synthezoid nature would provide constant misery for Dreamqueen's appetite. They battle back and forth in Vivian’s dreamscape until Wanda traps Dreamqueen inside a sphere of light. Wanda presents an offer to Dreamqueen - in return for Wanda’s mercy, she must free Vivian and stop preying on humanity’s suffering. Dreamqueen counters that she cannot live without other’s pain and Wanda offers her a sarmale seasoned with the pain of Wanda’s loss of her sons to sustain her. As Wanda removes Dreamqueen, Vivian appears and asks what she did to her. Wanda explains that she laced the sarmale with a transformation spell that will require Dreamqueen to consume bliss to survive instead of pain. However, Dreamqueen’s taste for bliss will disgust her.
Vivian awakens and notes that Wanda was successful in removing Dreamqueen. Wanda tells Vivian that she has her support as she continues to heal from her trauma. Vivian leaves and Darcy Lewis cleans up the Emporium. Wanda continues to wonder about Jarnette's Worry Stone and why it resists her magic. Wanda again prompts Darcy for the story behind her appearance through the Last Door, but Darcy still isn’t ready to talk about it.
At The Bar With No Name, a large fight is going on with Hippolyta announcing that Darcy Lewis "owes blood to the Bacchae" and threatening anyone who shelters her.
Appearing in "An Unlikely Forecast"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Water Spirit (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (Mentioned)
- Uranos (Mentioned)
- Anya Eisenhardt (Mentioned)
- Ayesha of Balobedu (Mentioned)
- N'Daré (Mentioned)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Named only)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Named only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Resurrection Protocols (Mentioned)
- Low Mysterium (Unnamed)
Synopsis for "An Unlikely Forecast"
Storm comes to the Emporium to discuss the nature of Magneto's death[3] with Wanda. Afterwards, Storm offers her help with anything Wanda might need in the future, and it happens that Wanda needs help obtaining an essential ingredient for the Emporium. Because of its location, two individuals of magical birthright must obtain it when it is not in bloom.
Wanda takes them to a bay cloaked in fog. Storm moves the fog to reveal a hidden island. The flowers they are looking for appear, but a large water spirit taking the form of a horse defends the island. During their fight with the spirit, Wanda prompts Storm to tap into the magic that her birthright holds. Storm succeeds and their powers synergize to bind the spirit. Defeated, the spirit yields to them and allows them to harvest the plant. Back at the Emporium, the pair share a cup of tea made from the plant retrieved from the island.
Solicit Synopsis
SCARLET WITCH BATTLES DREAMQUEEN!
Wanda Maximoff is no stranger to grief, so when Viv Vision stumbles through Wanda's door, exhausted and terrified of the nightmares playing her mother's death on repeat, Wanda dives into Viv's dreams to find the cause of the android's suffering. And it turns out Viv isn't alone in her mind… Scarlet Witch faces off against DREAMQUEEN in a reality-bending battle for Viv's freedom! PLUS! This issue includes a special super-heroic back-up story featuring Scarlet Witch and Storm celebrating Black History Month!Notes
- The portrayal of Dreamqueen in this issue is inconsistent with her pre-established history. She is shown to need sustenance from people's nightmares to persist. However, for hundreds of years, from her birth to the very recent past, she was almost continuously cut off from the realms outside her own, where only she and her creations lived.[4]