Marvel Comics’ House of Harkness Infinity Comic #1 takes Wanda Maximoff’s Scarlet Witch back to school, where she stirs up rivalry with her foil, Agatha Harkness. The Marvel Unlimited exclusive is now available.

Per Marvel, Wanda joins a class that also includes other gifted students such as Stephen Strange, Loki, Nico Minoru, Jericho Drumm, and Morgan Le Fay. House of Harkness Infinity Comic is an alternate universe story that puts a new spin on fan-favorite characters, heroes, villains and everything in between, as a magical mystery unfolds at the mystical House of Harkness. Preeti Chhibber penned the Infinity Comic with art by Jodi Nishijima and Kiichi Mizushima.

House of Harkness Infinity Comic #1

Written by PREETI CHHIBBER Art by JODI NISHIJIMA and KICHI MIZUSHIMA

Marvel’s House of Harkness Infinity Comic #1 description reads, “For the first sixteen years of her life, Agatha Harkness reigned supreme at the House of Harkness, the magical boarding school run by her family for the last sixteen generations. Enter Wanda Maximoff, a latecomer student with raw natural talent and the drive to rise above all expectations. Put them together, and what have you got? An intense rivalry that could shake the very foundations of the institution they call home!”

Chhibber discussed introducing new versions of iconic magical Marvel characters, revealing how she found a balance between their new and familiar elements. “One thing that’s fun about writing comic characters is that they are always shifting, depending on who is on the creative team,” she said. “Spidey written by Dan Slott isn’t going to necessarily feel exactly the same as Spidey written by Stephanie Williams. I love that because it’s a way for a character with sixty-plus years of history to constantly feel new.”

Chhibber continued, “So, what we do is we find the fundamental truths and hold onto those, but everything else is fair game. Wanda is driven, she’s a fighter, and she knows what she wants and is willing to do what she needs to do to get it. Only now, she’s doing that at 16 in a magical school. The fun part is making sure those fundamental truths continue to exist, and how they’re impacted by an entirely new universe.”

The House of Harkness writer also discussed the nature of Wanda and Agatha‘s relationship in the series. “I mentioned it above, but they are definitely rivals in this series. You find out the source of it in the first issue, but it’s very much a talented and ambitious newcomer vs. established number one in this case.,’ she explained.

House of Harkness Infinity Comic #1 is now available on Marvel Unlimited.

Source: Marvel