Scarlet Witch's New Costume Is a Jaw-Dropping Tribute to Her Power Upgrade
For a long time, the Scarlet Witch has been associated with immense power and dangerous reality-altering abilities. From her role as secret manipulator in Avengers Disassembled to her massive purge of mutant powers on M-Day during House of M to her role in stopping an out-of-control Phoenix Force in Avengers vs. X-Men, Wanda Maximoff has shown herself to be one of the most powerful figures in the Marvel Universe. Recently, she has become even more powerful, reaching new heights that her Hellfire Gala costume hints at in its design.
In the wake of the Hellfire Gala, Wanda was found dead with Magneto as the prime suspect. As the mystery unraveled, it turned out the Scarlet Witch's murderer was the Scarlet Witch herself, in a ploy to help Krakoa vastly expand its ability to resurrect dead mutants. Roughly around the same time, Wanda assembled a team of Avengers to handle the threat of the Chaos God Chthon. Eventually, she fused with Chthon's tome — the Darkhold — and used its power to absorb Chthon himself and gain his power. These two incidents leave nothing to the imagination: the Scarlet Witch is now a god-level figure in power.
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It is clear that Wanda knows it as well, given her new Hellfire Gala design, recently shared on Twitter by artist Russell Dauterman. In a variant cover for Moon Knight #12, Dauterman reveals a new outfit for the Scarlet Witch that incorporates a star-like effect on her top, heels, and hair. The tweet in which Dauterman debuted the cover art explicitly ties her new look to the upcoming 2022 edition of the Hellfire Gala, the same event that previously kicked off her plan to resurrect more mutants. The design is one of 12
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