SCARLET WITCH
Earth-8101
Real Name: Wanda Maximoff
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-8101) primate mutate
Occupation: Superhero, former criminal
Group Membership: Ape-Vengers (Ape X/Roy Reyna, Black Widorangutan, Black Panther/T'Challa, Captain America/Steven Rogers, Gro-Rilla/Hank Pym, Hawkape/Clint Barton, Huhr/Bruce Bananner, Iron Mandrill, Juggermonk/Cain Marko, Monkey-C, Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff, Sandmonk, Speedball/Robert Baldwin, Spider-Monkey/Peter Parker, Thorangutan/Thorangutan Odinson, Vision, Wasp/Janet Van Dyne, "Wonder Ape"/Simon Williams)
Affiliations: None;
formerly "Captain America" (John Falsworth)
Enemies: Deadpool of Earth-616, Wolverine of Earth-616
Known Relatives: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver, brother)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Ape-Vengers Tower, Monkhattan
First Appearance: Marvel Apes I#1 (November, 2008)
Powers/Abilities: Scarlet Witch is a powerful mutate sorceress able to alter reality and probability with her hex powers, augmented by extensive magical training.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'5")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 140 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown
History:
(Marvel Apes I#1/1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, the Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye, once dangerous criminals, were rehabilitated by Captain America (secretly Baron Blood/John Falsworth) and inducted into the Ape-Vengers. This began a tradition of "rehabilitation" that Captain America proudly upheld, with other villains such as Boomerangutan, Scorpion, Sand Monk, and Juggermonk eventually following the same path.
(Marvel Apes I#1/1) - The Scarlet Witch appeared at Ape-Vengers Tower alongside "Wonder Ape" when Spider-Monkey and Ape X returned with the captured criminal Doctor Ooktopus.
(Avengers IX#17/2 - BTS) - When Atleza Langunn's multiversal subset began to decay, she concluded the cause lay in Earth-616's Deadpool and Wolverine not being best friends, unlike their counterparts in all other realities. Seeking to "correct" this flaw, she dispatched the pair on a quest to fulfill their destined bond. Lacking understanding, Deadpool and Wolverine instead embarked on a murderous rampage across the multiverse, killing every being they encountered in hopes of eliminating the source of the decay.
(Avengers IX#17/2) - Four of the Ape-Vengers (Hawkape, Black Widorangutan, Black Panther, and Huhr), fell victim to Deadpool and Wolverine's bloody campaign, slain in battle while fellow Ape-Vengers Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision, and "Wonder Ape" looked on, likely meeting the same fate soon after.
(X-Men VII#2/2 - BTS) - When Earth-616's Deadpool and Wolverine proved incapable of restoring the multiverse, Atleza Langunn recruited superior variants of the pair, merging into a singular being able to halt the decay. In doing so, the multiverse was restored, resurrecting the Scarlet Witch and all those slain during the rampage.
Comments: Created by Karl Kesel.
The Marvel Apes limited series (2008) was conceived as a playful companion to the earlier Marvel Zombies phenomenon. Following the unexpected commercial success of Zombies, Marvel looked to replicate the formula by reimagining its superheroes in another offbeat, high-concept alternate reality. Writer Karl Kesel, inspired by Silver Age whimsy and the classic "What If?" tradition, pitched a world where Marvel's heroes and villains were evolved primates rather than humans. The project was greenlit as a four-issue miniseries, launching with a tongue-in-cheek promotional campaign that leaned into its absurdity while still delivering a surprisingly dark, satirical storyline. The series spawned several tie-ins and one-shots, positioning the Ape-Verse as both a parody of and homage to Marvel's multiverse storytelling.
Earth-8101 is the main Marvel Apes reality, but there are three others as well:
- Earth-81218, possible future of Earth-8101 set in the year 2099.
- Earth-90543, monkey Speedball was send back to his world and branded a traitor by the Ape-Vengers. This was a bad dream of the Gibbon.
- Earth-95019, diverged from 8101 when zombies invaded their world. The reset button was eventually pushed on the original Earth-8101, preventing the divergence.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Scarlet Witch has no known connections to
Images: (without ads)
Avengers IX#17/2, p23, pan4 (main image)
Marvel Apes I#1, p17, pan1 (walking through Ape-Vengers Tower)
Appearances:
Marvel Apes I#1 (November, 2008) - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (pencils & inks), Tom Brennan (editor)
Avengers IX#17/2 (October, 2024) - Ryan North (writer), Javier Garron (pencils, inks), Martin Biro, Annalise Bissa (editors)
First Posted: 09/22/2025
Last Updated: 09/22/2025
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