Published on December 1st, 1989
I was kind of wondering when this epic “Vision Quest”
storyline would end. The whole Vision aspect ended a few issues ago but the
mystery behind Wanda and Vision’s kids kept going until this issue when they’ve
finally disappeared for good and Wanda’s memory has been wiped of their
existence. I’ll give John Byrne credit, his run on this book is definitely
unique because it’s not just a superhero group fighting bad guys.
Granted, this issue has a superhero group fighting a bad guy…but there’s a lot
more going on, which is a good thing. Mephisto has Wanda’s kids and has fused
them onto his arms. There is a reason for this. Wanda wanted children but her
husband is an android so, obviously, she couldn’t have kids with him. She used
magic to make kids and the magic floating in the ether just happened to contain
pieces of Mephisto’s soul. The West Coast Avengers head to Pandemonium to fight
Mephisto and eventually the witch, Angela Harkness, helps them defeat him. She
also wipes Wanda’s memory of the children since they’re now gone for good. So
that’s the end of that. In WandaVision, her kids also disappear at the
end…but so does Vision, since he was also a magical, fake creation. I did enjoy
WandaVision but maybe some hardcore fans didn’t because I remember a few
were upset that Mephisto never showed up in it. If that TV show had faithfully
recreated the storyline in these comic books would it have been better? It
probably wouldn’t have been as entertaining to the mainstream that adore
everything Hollywood Marvel. And really, can you imagine a demon Mephisto with
children as hands showing up on Disney+? **
