In a universe chock-full of peculiar and fantastical characters, Scarlet Witch and the Vision stand out as exceptionally unusual. Not so much because one is a Witch and the other a robot, but because somehow, in between fighting off time travelers and aliens as card-carrying members of the Avengers, these two oddballs fell in love. And as fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe know, that love ended tragically in Avengers: Infinity War when Wanda had no choice but to kill Vision in a last-ditch effort to save the universe. And though it may come as no surprise that Wanda used her powers to kill Vision in the comics as well, the disturbing manner in which she executed the android may be more shocking than expected.
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In 2004, Avengers: Disassembled by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch changed the Avengers forever when Scarlet Witch lost control of her reality-altering chaos magic and attacked her fellow teammates. For some time, Wanda’s fragile mental state had become subtly apparent but never fully addressed. Having initially found happiness by marrying Vision and willing their two children into existence with her magic, Wanda’s house of cards eventually toppled when her kids vanished and her husband’s memories were unexpectedly deleted. Wanda’s former mystical mentor, Agatha Harkness, attempted to protect Wanda from her trauma by blocking out any memory of her kids, but secrets can only be withheld for so long.
Wanda goes through a psychotic break after discovering the truth about the two children she once had. With her fragile mental state now completely off the charts, the Avengers are attacked when they least expect it. After killing Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, by sending an explosion through Avengers Mansion, the super-team is disoriented and unsure of who their new enemy could be. Their confusion is only amplified when Vision arrives in a Quinjet and barrels through what’s left of the mansion at full speed.
Vision steps out of the wreckage and eerily proclaims to the Avengers that he is no longer in control of his functions and feels a great amount of shame for what he is about to bring upon them. Just then, Vision’s body shrivels and melts away, but not before vomiting out a series of metal eggs onto the ground. The eggs take shape and spawn a hoard of Ultron drones that attack the Avengers in unison. The super-team manages to take down the Ultron bots, but if there is any life left within Vision, it is taken away when She-Hulk rips him to shreds in an uncontrollable outburst of rage over their perplexing predicament.
Though Wanda’s reality shifting mental breakdown has many disastrous consequences for the Avengers – including the team’s official disbandment over their guilt – the killing of her own former husband seems cruelest of all. Specifically, tricking the Avengers into believing that Ultron had implemented an attack program within Vision from the start. As an android, Vision had a rough history with getting his fellow teammates to accept him. Having been created by Ultron as a subservient henchman, the Avengers couldn’t help but feel the slightest suspicion toward their reformed teammate. But with Wanda’s manipulation, the Avengers came to believe that their uncertainty was a reality, obscuring Vision’s hard-earned reputation. Despite the fact that the Avengers would eventually discover that Scarlet Witch was the true puppeteer behind their worst defeat to date, The Vision‘s murder at the hand of his former wife goes down as one of the most ruthless Marvel deaths to date.
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