Are the deaths of Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange connected? We think so (and here's how)

Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange by Peach Momoko
Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange by Peach Momoko (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Marvel fans are in the midst of two storylines about popular Marvel heroes dying - Scarletꦑ Witch in The Trial o🍒f Magneto, and Doctor Strange in the Death of Doctor Strange. But between the first two issues of the former and the preview for the first issue of the latter, something is shown which begs the question of whether these two deaths are related.

Although they're currently in two d🐭ifferent corners of the Marvel U (the X-Men line and the general Avengers line), if you think about it for a minute the titles actually share a specific overlap: they're both connected to the magical plane.

Add to that the upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in which Wanda will play a key role, and the Marvel Comics division's propensity for synergy in (or at least anticipation of) MCU events with comics storylines, a🦄nd there could be smoke to this fire.

Especial🐠ly when you remember a scene from the first Doctor Strange film that has been somewhat overshadowed in the past five years. But more on that in a bit.

The magical murder mystery tour

We're not going to give you the full play-by-play of the recent 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Trial of Magneto #1, but one scene is important:ꦑ Wanda's recollection of being murdered, which is different from what the mutant investigators of X-Factor surmised happened.

In what's apparently a flashback memory, Scarlet Witch reme🌠mbers being fatally s𝄹tabbed by a figure in a white cloak, bearing a dagger.

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1 excerpt

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1 excerpt (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

While that scene didn't have much more context after September 15's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Trial of Magneto #2 in terms of who killed her, the recently released preview of September 22's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Death of Doctor Strange #1 has a curious connection, and i🔯t's possibly more than just coincidentaﷺl.

In this unlettered preview, Doctor Strange isဣ subject to a home invasion at his Sanctum Santoru🌱m. The unseen assailant seemingly overpowers Strange magically, and then approaches him with … you guessed it, a dagger.

Death of Wanda and Strange

The Death of Doctor Strange #1 excerpt (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

So that's 🅺two of Marvel's top magic-users, both attacked by mystery assailants and seemingly killed by a surprisingly mundane tool: a dagger.

Although the d𝕴aggers are different, there coul𝓡d be something to this.

So this has prompted three mysteries, although some might have the same answer: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:who killed Wanda? Who killed Stephen Strange? And 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:who will become Sorcerer Supreme?

How the first Doctor Strange film could connect it all

Baron Mordo

Doctor Strange still (Image credit: Marvel Studios)

It's been five years, but recall the post-credits scene to the original Doctor Strange film. The previously heroic Mordo (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) 𝐆makes a shocking turn, killing Benjamin Bratt's charact💃er for using magic a way he doesn't approve of - and to reduce the number of magic-users in the MCU. 

Not much has been said about Mordo/Ejiofor's role in Doc🤡tor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, as his part in the film has been overshadowed by the hiring of director Sami Raimi, and the multiversal madness of the film which includes the inclusion of Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, and more.

But the MCU Mordo's line of thinking, and goals, seems to be carried out by someone as-yet-unknown in Marvel Comics w🐬ith the deaths of Scarle𝐆t Witch and Doctor Strange.

So what does this mean for the deaths of Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange?

Admittedly but this is a bit of speculation, but what if the Marvel Comics' version of Mordo (or someone in a similar role) is aiming to eliminate major magic users and perhaps take the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme from its current holder, and a viable replacement, both removed from contention? That would🎐 check several boxes, and set up something major just in time for Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness film.

Keep in mind, the Trial of Magneto finale is anticipated for December 2021, with the Death of Doctor Strange's looking to be in January. So what co♛uld be next?

Well, Death of Doctor Strange writer Jed Mackay already has his next Marvel project lined up - the just-announced event one-shot 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Timeless, launching in December 2021. That one-shot is about a rogue timeline manifesting itself, with Kang stepping in to protect the🦂 main 616 against it

If you think about it, tha𓂃t sounds like the Marvel multiver𒈔se descending into a bit of… madness, right? As in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

Doctor Strange is, after all, hidden in the swirly background to the cover of༺ Timeless #1.

You have☂ to wonder how this new divergent timeline st🍸arted. The murder of two prominent Marvel magic-users seems like it could be just the spark to ignite that kind of fire. 

There's a lot of time and issues between now and then, but we're already exploring this from two fronts - 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Who killed the Scarlet Witch? And 'Who will become the new Sorcerer Supreme?' 

Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of꧟ the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)