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Whoa, this is awful, try it. Oh no, that looks gross what is that? You gotta try it, it's terrible. I don't wanna try it if it's terrible. It's like mango chutney and burnt hair. No thank you, I have a very sensitive palate. Just try it! ...I can't get it out of my mouth!!!

Here's the fist look at Scarlet Witch (2023) Annual #1, written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Carlos Nieto, and colored Tríona Farrell.

Wanda and Agatha, in her newly rejuvenated form, are shown chatting over tea at Wanda's shop, and later, sharing a pizza while walking down the street in civilian clothes. I love both of their outfits, and I appreciate that Wanda is still on-model, but it's apparent that Farrell, like Wilson, struggles with consistency when it comes to brown skin tones. Wanda's coloring shouldn't vary this much from page to page, especially not in the same setting/lighting.

Anyways, it looks like Agatha's social visit is going to lead into a drawn-out brawl across several time-periods and realities. The witches are shown sword-fighting in midair over a pirate ship-- in partial period costumes, no less-- before crash-landing into the Living Tribunal, a multiversal entity that exists outside of Earth-616.

As frustrated as I have been with Agatha's transformation, I'm still looking forward to this issue, and I'm hoping Orlando can convince me to love this new version of character.