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Why, then, do we see the pair together and happy in trailers for theDisney+showWandaVision?

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To avoid another incident, Tony Stark tasked Vision with keeping Wanda out of the public eye.

By that point, Vision has also become part of the team, as ofAvengers No.

Its an especially interesting story to read in hindsight.

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Its a loose connection, butVision and the Scarlet WitchNo.

1features an appearance by a minor character named Agatha Harkness, a witch and a mentor of Wandas.

Subsequent issues focus on Wandas ties to her supposed father, golden-age comics villain the Whizzer (a.k.a.

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Robert Frank), as well as herothersupposed father, Magneto (a.k.a.

Max Eisenhardt, known more popularly as Erik Lehnsherr).

There are also mentions of Visions connections with his brothers, Wonder Man (a.k.a.

At the end of that series, Wanda gives birth to twins, Thomas and William.

Unfortunately, not much was done in the aftermath.

The family makes a brief appearance inWest Coast Avengers Annual No.

1as a foil to Wandas twin brother and another in 1988sWest Coast Avengers No.

30, in which the twins uncle Simon reads the children a story.

Its here that writer John Byrne took over the story in 1989.

4245, in which Vision is disassembled and his programming is erased.

Vision thus loses much of the character growth he accrued through the 1970s and 80s.

Instead, he is portrayed as emotionless and more disconcertingly inhuman.

Of course, comics are infamous for their sudden reveals and breaches with continuity.

The seeds of this story were sown slowly; Billy Kaplan first appears in 2005sYoung Avengers No.

1as a sorcerous young Asgardian (later Wiccan).

Tommy, now Tommy Shepherd, appears in issue No.

Ultimately, the trailers forWandaVisionhave been so vague that its hard to discern its arc.

Promo images lend support to the idea thatsomethinginvolving the twins certainly occurs in the new series.

CouldWandaVisionperhaps bring us two of the most prominent Young Avengers?

51, in which Agatha and the Avengers discuss old television shows likeBewitched.

Has Wanda altered reality to construct a new world where Vision is still alive?

WillWandaVisiontake place in another corner of the multiverse where Vision never ceased living?

Only time will tell.

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