Do you hear wedding bells?

[proteus_lives]

Greetings True Believers!

Here are three pages from Avengers: The Children's Crusade #3.




Make sure you bring something old, something new, something old, something blue and something......DOOM!

Wiccan has teleported into Castle Doom to find his mama. And he does!








Tricking a female hero into marrying you? Damn, Doom is old-school!

Trying imagine Doom's wedding is a cool thought.

Comments

[stig]

I'm actually more impressed that he tricked Wiccan into saying his name in the epic-voice.

[proteus_lives]

I'm willing to bet Victor cast a spell on Castle Doom so people have to say it that way.

[stig]

Plus the name 'Richards' turns into sour milk in mid-air when it's spoken aloud.

[tsunamiwombat]

Except when Doom says it, it causes thunder and lightning outside. RIICHHHARRRDDSSS!

[hybridhelen]

A:CC#3 is the only reason I am annoyed about spending this week at my parent's place: I won't get my grubby little hands on my copy until Sunday!
Want.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT.

[auggie18]

I'm in freaking Italy and can't get a copy for months. My want is far worse.


Sad face.

So....

[bewareofgeek]

Wanda has a thing for guys with metal faces?

Re: So....

[proteus_lives]

Or guys as hard as steel.

Re: So....

[tsunamiwombat]

Doom/Wanda is now my new OTP.

Re: So....

[fai_dust]

God, that was bad. *snickers*

Re: So....

[baihu]

Obligatory ye olde "My husband is all man" scan from Vision/Scarlet Witch issue something.

If I can find the damn thing. All my old comics got DAMP :(

Re: So....

[fai_dust]

All my old comics got DAMP :(
That's why I say "screw it, I'm a geek and I don't care" and have mine in long boxes & plastic covers. If you remember the issue, I'm willing to dig through my back-issues to share the image.

Re: So....

[tsunamiwombat]

my mind went to bad places when I read this.

[sherkahn]

The implications of such a marriage are far reaching.

What would Doom's Father-In-Law say?
What would the dowry be?
What would Morgan Le Fey say?
And Wanda's extended family (by way of Pietro) the Inhumans.

The mind just boggles...


And Epic-Voice of DR. DOOM is how Doom is addressed when being greeted as a dignitary in his own nation. Not that uncommon.

[nezchan]

"Dude, if Hulking and I can make it a double wedding, I'm in."

[darkknightjrk]

I dunno, I doubt Doom's made THAT legal in Latvaria.

[nezchan]

DOOM can be surprisingly progressive at times. So long as it doesn't bug him personally (like, say, things that could lead to rebellion), he's usually pretty cool with stuff.

[sinisterlink]

Oh, you know he'd have to make it be legal. Like he isn't constantly trying to get Namor to settle down with him every other week. :p

[proteus_lives]

I would guess he has. He's always touting how perfect Latveria is.

All can marry as long they swear loyalty to DOOM!

[tammy_moore]

...I am totally seeing Latveria as a Destination Wedding Capital now. Do you think an Act of Doom would be covered by insurance premiums?

[icon_uk]

Doom has been many things, but I really can't see Doom having a problem with gay marriage. He actively despises stupidity and prejudice (such as dismantling South African Apartheid in "Emperor Doom"), and if it makes his future drones happy and doesn't interfere with his plans for conquest, then it's easier to rule contended drones (And I should make it clear he views EVERYONE as drones, gay, straight, or with a weird for squid)

[chipsnopotatoes]

Was this out today? Gotta get this.

Wanda is/has always been my favorite but I haven't kept up with her.

So is this series her return after House of M or has she been featured in other comics too?

[darkknightjrk]

I think so. I vaguely remember them hinting at it during Slott's Mighty Avengers, but I'm pretty sure that was a fake-out, someone impersonating her.

[long_silence]

I think that was Loki (in Sif's body) using a spell

[sinisterlink]

As far as I can recall, after House of M she showed up in an issue of New Avengers where Hawkeye managed to track her down. She was basically like she is in this issue, she didn't recognize who he was and didn't remember being on the Avengers or having ever lived anywhere besides the little village she was in. Then there was a backup that ran in a bunch of X-Men comics where Beast managed to find her to try and get the whole M Day thing reversed, but like the Avengers issue, she didn't know who Beast was and didn't seem to have any of her previous powers/memories of things. Then in Mighty Avengers, Wanda showed up, but it was actually Loki in disguise the whole time. I think those are the only Wanda appearances there have been, though.

[chipsnopotatoes]

Thanks!

[halloweenjack]

If Wanda is looking that fiiiiiiiine, she can put her high-heeled boot on my chest any old time yo.

[lieut_kettch]

It's a good thing Billy's gay, because an upskirt of your hot mom would give a straight male teenager Oedipal nightmares for weeks.

[bj_l]

Now I'm thinking of Weeds.

Now I want to watch Weeds. Damn it.

[icon_uk]

I can't imagine it would be THAT much less traumatic for a gay male teenager.

[darkblade]

Terrifying but slightly less Freudian.

[tsunamiwombat]

I do like how Wanda is looking both incredibly beautiful, and incredibly well clothed, a rare thing for a female comicbook character. Love that dress.

And the hair.

[neuhallidae]

Motto. I desperately want that dress and cape.

[lieut_kettch]

Redo that in a primarily red color scheme, and we've got a new costume for Wanda.

[fai_dust]

Second that!

[nezchan]

Hell, it's a rare thing for Wanda.

[tsunamiwombat]

Hold up, are those Sentinals behind Doom?

[dr_archeville]

Nope, they're Doom's Warrior Robots. They've looked like that for decades.

[fai_dust]

'k. I am very confused. Does anyone remember Doom's weird morals around X-Factor (III) #200-ish? Doesn't this seem to contradict that?

[tsunamiwombat]

All of Dooms reasonings will be explained in Dooms time. FOR NO MAN DEMANDS ANSWERS OF DOOM!

I'm sure he has some kind of rationalization. Maybe she actually fell in love with him.

*snrk*

[fai_dust]

What if I'm female? He seemd to let Layla get away with it. Kinda. ^_^

I'm sure he has some kind of rationalization. Maybe she actually fell in love with him.
Yes. Because the Avengers' have a history of that happening. As an example of this, Ms Marvel comes to mind...

[tsunamiwombat]

Doom actually may let women question him. Because Doom is a gentleman.

So long as your questions are not seditious, then you will die.

[fai_dust]

*nods serously* I shall take that under advisement.

[bradhanon]

I know everyone else is ogling Wanda here, but I've gotta say, that's a terrific-looking Doom.

Also, we all know this is a political marriage, right? Doom's marrying into chaos magic. I literally cannot imagine a way that could go well for, y'know, the rest of the world.

[tsunamiwombat]

Bah, it is Doom, and he shall bring Order out of Chaos.

...It works perversely well when you think about it.

[icon_uk]

After he's put a little Order INTO Chaos..

I'm going to hell for typing that I just know it...

[tsunamiwombat]

Who wants to bet Doom enters -EVERY- occupied room in his castle flanked by Doombots with his hands on FIRE?

[nezchan]

"Oh shit, I forgot to put my hands out again."

[sinisterlink]

"There go the curtains again. Sonofabitch."

[darkblade]

Just the occupied rooms in his Castle? Every room in the whole country comes with two flaming handed Doombots just for the possibility of Doom entering the room.

[thosefew]

You know Doom was waiting outside the room until he was mentioned, just so he could enter with a snappy line.

[nagaoka]

Wow that first image looks beautiful....

but it took me forever to figure out why she had extra feet growing out of her dress XD

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Hmm, Wanda is little more than a plot device even in a story that centers around her.

Stay classy, Marvel.

[auggie18]

I'd make the argument that this story isn't about her at all, but way more about Wiccan. I mean, yeah, the story centers around her, but it's far from her story.

[his_spiffynesss]

Billy, say hello to your new Daddy!

[jcbaggee]

"Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"...DOOM. DOES.

[nightauditguy]

Doom married to Scarlet Witch, the daughter of Magneto, the father of Quicksilver, who is in turn the father of Luna of the Inhumans. Then there's the fact that Nocturne is the daughter of an alternate Scarlet Witch and Nightcrawler.

[schala_kid]

Pretty much by being married to Wanda, Doom is going to be related to EVERYONE, even Ultron.

[arilou_skiff]

Yep. Even the entire Summers family thing.

[nonners]

If this marriage happens, and Lorna and Alex ever tie the knot... practically the entire universe will be related to each other.

[arilou_skiff]

Not Spider-Man and the Osborns, oddly enough.

[long_silence]

Oh great now Spider-Man is going to sleep with Jean Grey/Hope Summers.

[darkblade]

I'm pretty sure this even connects him to the Summers somehow.

[arilou_skiff]

This would (Doom-Wanda-Polaris-Havok->Summers Family Tree.

If you jump alternate realities he's already connected, IIRC. (to the Richards/Storm family, and through further alternate realities to Rachel Summers)

[ulf_boehnke]

At least Latveria is big enough that they can have a family reunion. XD

[sianmink]

Is Namor going to be relieved or pissed?

[neev]

Namor can still be Doom's Bit On The Side. :V It could never have worked out between them anyway. I mean, it's not like either of them could even consider /sharing/ power.

[blackruzsa]

GOODNESS, Now I have absolutely no chance of getting this. I forgot that it came out yesterday and now everyone will have bought it GRRRRRR D8<

On the bright side, Wanda's met Billy 8D I think if I'm lucky, I'll be able to get it on Saturday.

[baihu]

WAIT! BEFORE I GET TOO CONFUSED!

Is this:

A) Honest-to-Beyonder the real Scarlet Witch, or Wanda Maximoff, whatever she is now anyway!

B) ANOTHER known fake-out?

C) We don't know if it's A-or-B or possibly the unknowable D!

Because man, I'm having trouble with continuities, so I'm not getting ANY kind of interpretation of what I'm seeing until I know for sure (or nearest alternative) what the freaking heck am I seeing again :V

[dorksidefiker]

My money's on fake-out.

[fai_dust]

Let's hope

[nonners]

I'm somewhat sad that the posting limit prevented you from posting the Avengers scene!

Because they finally acknowledged what happened in Captain America in the Falcon, what with Cap falling for Wanda and all.

Simon was awesome too! Man, what's he even up to these days?

Also, Wolverine seems more dickish than usual.

[dorksidefiker]

I dunno. This seems to be Wolverine's default level of dickishness to me.

[e_307]

Last I saw of Simon before this, he showed up in the main Avengers book acting crazy, attacking the Avengers, and looking badly drawn in general.

Don't know if he's popped up anywhere else.

Mod Note

[sandoz_iscariot]

Please keep all spoilers from a new issue (i.e., "hints" of a character getting married) behind a cut.

[thanekos]

well, Mephisto's definitely not getting an invite.

That comic was mint

[jazzypom]

I chortled and cheered at Teddy's warnings towards Pietro, did an "Oh, snap!" between the barbs being traded between Magneto and Patriot, admired the skill at which Magneto agitated the whole, "Oh, you're the leader eh? What about Hawkeye" bit, and just - man, it's rare that I'm pleased to be paying a premium for such a comic.

Can someone please post the scenes where Captain America fell for Wanda? I keep hearing about it, but I've yet to see.

Please scan?

Re: That comic was mint

[nonners]

I have them - my computer is a little whacked at the moment, but I can post them as soon as it's fixed!

Re: That comic was mint

[schmevil]

Yessss.