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Cover art for Sorcerer Supreme #1 (Marvel Comics)<\/p>\nI attended Motor City Comic Con 2025 last month and was lucky enough to speak with a comic book writer that\u2019s on every Scarlet Witch fan\u2019s radar: Steve Orlando!\u00a0 Orlando has been writing Scarlet Witch comics since 2023 and is about to push her character into the stratosphere as Wanda becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme. The upcoming comic promises plenty of drama, with the return of Agatha Harkness as the \u201cchosen\u201d Sorcerer Supreme versus Wanda\u2019s self-claimed title.<\/p>\n
Every MCU Wanda fan is hoping that this upgrade could hint at Scarlet Witch\u2019s broadening importance to the Marvel universe, potentially even serving as the basis for a solo film \u2013 and don\u2019t worry, I was sure to ask Steve Orlando his thoughts on that!<\/p>\n
[Editor\u2019s note: quotes have been edited slightly for clarity.]<\/p>\n
Steve Orlando on Scarlet Witch as the new Sorcerer Supreme<\/p>\n
Uday Kataria: So I know that you are currently writing for Scarlet Witch, and Scarlet Witch is my favorite [Marvel] character. I saw that she\u2019s going to be the new Sorcerer Supreme in a new series. That title\u2019s been around for a long time; Wanda\u2019s been around for a long time. Can you tell me why now is the right time for her to become the Sorcerer Supreme?<\/p>\n
Steve Orlando: Well, I think they\u2019ve been in orbit with each other for a long time. But one of the things is, as we saw in \u201cOne World Under Doom,\u201d Stephen has already sort of traded the mantle to Doctor Doom, if you\u2019re looking at the bigger picture, at the end of \u201cBlood Hunt.\u201d This led to \u201cOne World Under Doom.\u201d The system of succession has already kind of been meddled with. <\/p>\n
And when the events of \u201cOne World Under Doom\u201d happen, which I can\u2019t spoil in the interview, because Marvel will strike me dead, the artifacts are left in a place where, yes, most people maybe wouldn\u2019t be able to find them. Most people wouldn\u2019t be able to know that they were in need of help. <\/p>\n
But here we have Wanda, who\u2019s been on this trajectory with things like the Last Door, creating a system where folks who have no one else, beings who have no one else. Well suddenly they do, and it\u2019s her.<\/p>\n
Cover art for Sorcerer Supreme #1 (Marvel Comics)<\/p>\n
SO (cont.): So as the Sorcerer Supreme mantle and the succession became sort of muddled with Stephen basically day trading it to Doom, you also have Wanda moving in a place with her own character, where she\u2019s in a position to help the helpless. Well, suddenly, that\u2019s the Cloak of Levitation; that\u2019s the Eye of Agamotto. And you get a situation where, to her, yes, she\u2019s becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, not because the Vishanti have chosen her, but because she\u2019s vowed to protect these vestments from everything because they\u2019ve asked for her help, which is all she needs. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s all it is. There\u2019s no agenda. And unfortunately, when she offers that help to them and makes that vow, that includes people like the Vishanti, who believe that they get to choose; they have to oversee that power. So that\u2019s how you get Wanda in that role, and it\u2019s also how you\u2019re going to get Agatha as the rival, the quote-unquote \u201cpreferred\u201d Sorcerer Supreme, to bring them into conflict.<\/p>\n
On Wanda\u2019s conflict with Agatha Harkness<\/p>\n
UK: Yeah, I heard that Agatha Harkness was going to be in this series. Is there anything you can tease about the storyline beyond that, or is it just that they\u2019re coming into conflict?<\/p>\n
SO: Well, they\u2019re coming into conflict, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that that\u2019s what Agatha wants to do. There are levers in place that mean that she has to do this. It also means that there\u2019s going to be new artifacts. We\u2019ll be debuting the Cloak of Devastation. We\u2019ll be debuting the Skull of Necrom. Necrom is an older Sorcerer Supreme who once tamed the Phoenix, so I\u2019m very excited to get a little nod to him in there. <\/p>\n
But as with everything, you know Agatha, there\u2019s plans within plans, and you\u2019ll see why she takes on this role, and then she will have a role going forward. We know that Wanda has an advisory council that includes people who she trusts, people who know her both as a person and who know magic, including her worst enemies, like Chthon. So there might be a role for someone like Agatha there as well.<\/p>\n
Why Sorcerer Supreme and not Sorceress?<\/p>\n
UK: Interesting. I think, in the past, in the comics, we\u2019ve had a Sorceress Supreme, right? So why is Wanda the Sorcerer Supreme and not a Sorceress?<\/p>\n
SO: I can\u2019t even dress that up because marketing has decided the book is called Sorcerer Supreme.<\/p>\n
UK: Okay, okay.<\/p>\n
SO: I wish I could give you a sexy answer for that, but joking aside, I do think there\u2019s an angle to that. In the same way that as a culture we\u2019ve sort of moved away from gendered terms as a divider, in the same way that we call most people actors now, as a way of not delineating the talent or the skill on a gendered basis. So while I think that this is a visibility-driven decision, I do think that there\u2019s a statement to be made there where we\u2019re not saying, \u2018Oh, this is somehow something different\u2019. This is the skill, this is the job. And of course, in real life, most things we don\u2019t have a separate term for; for example, doctor isn\u2019t a gendered term.<\/p>\n
UK: Yeah, that\u2019s very true.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SO: And I think that\u2019s why you\u2019ve seen things like \u2018waiter\u2019; that\u2019s why you see \u2018flight attendant\u2019 instead of \u2018stewardess.\u2019 I think that there is a progression there, and there\u2019s an equitability question there that, regardless of why that\u2019s the name of the book, I do think it shows progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UK: It does remind me of how, in the MCU, Valkyrie is just the King of Asgard, right? She\u2019s not the Queen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SO: Yes, yes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Wanda Maximoff\u2019s Sorcerer Supreme costume (Russell Dauterman \/ Marvel)
\nOn whether this story is laying some groundwork for the Scarlet Witch in the MCU<\/p>\n
UK: Finally, I know you might not be involved with the movie side and the MCU, but do you think Wanda becoming the Sorcerer Supreme is laying the groundwork for a similar story in film, and maybe a solo Wanda movie?<\/p>\n
SO: Well, as you said, as a disclaimer, anything I say is just as much of a guess as you would have because they do not tell us a lot about the movies, probably because comic creators can\u2019t stop running their mouths [in] interviews. I could see it being that way. <\/p>\n
I will say, movie stuff in the same way doesn\u2019t necessarily influence comic decisions as much as you would think, at least not beforehand. The question is, \u2018What is interesting? What is going to get new eyes on a book?\u2019 Now, the opposite might happen. It\u2019s possible that they see this and say that this is a way to get Wanda back into the story.<\/p>\n
But if I had to hazard a guess, I think that Wanda\u2019s becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, because for us, yes, this is a place where she could elevate her character, not in a power sense, but in doing what she does. She is the primal disruptor. This is a hegemonic system that she wants to break. <\/p>\n
She will say in the first issue that magic has to change. A lot of times, things like rules, things like costs\u2014a lot of the terms associated with magic can also be called barriers to entry. And Wanda is someone that doesn\u2019t want to see a world of different castes, different classes. She thinks that this is something; if it can benefit everyone, it should benefit everyone.<\/p>\n
So from a character standpoint, this is the right time for her to get in there because she sees something that could do more. And when you\u2019re looking at Wanda Maximoff, when she decides that, nothing\u2019s gonna fucking stop her. <\/p>\n
From a movie standpoint, again, my guess is as good as yours, but I do think it\u2019s possible that they can see the book and say, \u2018This is a nice way to get her back in\u2019. But there are a lot of ways, you know. I mean, listen, it\u2019s comics. We didn\u2019t see a body, is all I would say. And in her case, even if you did, right? So I wouldn\u2019t be sad if that\u2019s how she came back, and I wouldn\u2019t be sad if there\u2019s a Wanda solo. But your guess is as good as mine, I must stress, as far as what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n
UK: Well, I\u2019m really excited. I hope that it\u2019s a sign of bigger and better things to come for Wanda.<\/p>\n
SO: I hope so too.<\/p>\n
UK: Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it.<\/p>\n
SO: It\u2019s my pleasure, my friend.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it for my interview with Steve Orlando at Motor City Comic Con<\/p>\n
Thank you to Steve Orlando for discussing the upcoming\u00a0Scarlet Witch: Sorcerer Supreme\u00a0with us! It\u2019s available starting December 31st, 2025.<\/p>\n
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