A brand new Marvel sequence, Home of Harkness, is sending Scarlet Witch again to high school with Agatha Harkness. The coed/mentor relationship between Agatha and Wanda has turn into well-known amongst followers as the previous made Scarlet Witch who she is as we speak, whereas additionally sustaining an attention-grabbing adversity that reshaped Marvel’s magic universe. Now, an attention-grabbing new spin is being placed on the characters as they turn into the bitterest rivals whereas going again to high school.

In keeping with Marvel, Home of Harkness is a brand-new sequence by Preeti Chhibber and Jodi Nishijima that introduces Agatha Harkness as “the queen bee” of a magic academy “run by her household for the final sixteen generations.” Nevertheless, when Wanda Maximoff, also referred to as Scarlet Witch, formally enrolls, her world is turned the other way up as the 2 “shake the very foundations of the establishment they name dwelling.”

The sequence shall be solely revealed by means of Marvel Limitless as one in every of its varied Infinity Comics, with situation one of many alternate universe highschool story out there now.

Home of Harkness Provides the Iconic Marvel Magic Duo a Excessive College Spin

Marvel’s Magic Universe Will get a New Look

What’s attention-grabbing about Home of Harkness is how a lot it dives into the highschool narrative. Primarily based on the premise alone, it appears to take a whole lot of affect from the movie Imply Ladies, as Scarlet Witch finds herself coping with Harkness and her bossiness after years of entitlement. Nevertheless, it additionally dives into different tropes of the subgenre comparable to romance, which author Preeti Chhibber anticipates readers to like essentially the most of their interview with Marvel.com, and the magical college setting sometimes present in YA fiction like Harry Potter.

What’s much more interesting about Home of Harkness‘ highschool inspirations is what number of iconic Marvel characters are alongside for the trip. Becoming a member of Wanda and Agatha on the college shall be different beloved magic customers comparable to Physician Unusual and Loki, and so they seem to suit the mould of a highschool story completely. The idea artwork for Loki specifically highlights simply how mischievous he’ll be, as his design is hilariously described as sporting “the uniform largely fallacious.” Will probably be attention-grabbing to see how they play into Wanda and Agatha’s story because the comics proceed.

Wanda’s Story Units Up a Relatable Coming-of-Age Story

Scarlet Witch Faces Challenges Not Even Magic Can Remedy

Maybe essentially the most fascinating ingredient of this new sequence is Wanda herself and the way she performs into the highschool narrative with out her protégé. When she arrives at her new dwelling, she’s described by Chhibber as “self-trained and has a pure expertise.” Nevertheless, none of this will put together her for the social local weather that comes with being in highschool. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see how she tries to slot in along with her friends, which is usually a very relatable subject for youthful readers.

Followers can dive into this new tackle a few of Marvel’s greatest magic customers now by means of Marvel Limitless, with extra points on the best way. It is an ideal learn for individuals who love highschool dramas with a little bit of humor and romance whereas additionally working within the magic ingredient that readers have come to like, particularly with the upcoming sequence Agatha All Alongside on the horizon. It is an amazing new option to re-evaluate with relationship between Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness as they begin down a contemporary new path as rivals within the final social battleground.

Supply: Marvel

Home of Harkness #1 (2024)
	Author: Preeti Chhibber Artist: Jodi Nishijima