Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

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Name:
Wanda Maximoff
Superhero Alias:
Scarlet Witch
Actor:
Elizabeth Olsen
Powers:
Psychic Energy Manipulation
Magic
Mental manipulation
First Appearance:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Every Appearance:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
WandaVision
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Next Appearance:
Agatha: Coven of Chaos (rumored)
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (rumored)
 
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