With Agatha All Along coming out and being a pretty stand alone show I think it is necessary to give some comic book context for the character. Though she played a fairly major role in WandaVision, not everyone has seen the show. And though it was fairly comic book accurate there is so much more to Agatha Harkness then we have seen. So as your local comic book historian I think it is important that we talk about her on the page counterpart as this show unfolds.
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Agatha Harkness plays a huge role in nearly every story featuring Wanda and the Scarlet Witch. She is key to unlocking the full potential of Wanda’s power which we did get to see in WandaVision. And she helps her both forget and remember her children. So I am hoping that is what we get to see on screen at some point, Agatha giving Wanda her kids back. Her powers though powerful are nowhere near the kind of magic that the Scarlet Witch possesses. Agatha’s abilities are almost exclusively telepathic with a touch of extra dimensional energy, levitation and spell incantation. She does however possess the ability to elongate her life and magically rebirth herself. Which is why she never really stays dead. Not that anyone in comics really stays dead. As Agatha and Wanda are inextricably linked it is no wonder that the show keeps mentioning the Scarlet Witch.
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