Spoilers for the VisionQuest finale and potential Avengers: Doomsday setup follow.
VisionQuest has used its final credits to deliver a direct and consequential Marvel Cinematic Universe reveal: Wanda Maximoff, better known as the Scarlet Witch, is alive—and Doctor Doom has found her.
The scene returns to the apparent ending of Wanda’s story in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. After destroying the Darkhold, she had been buried beneath rubble, with her fate left unresolved for more than four years. VisionQuest now revisits that moment. Doom removes the rubble, addresses her as the Scarlet Witch, and tells her to awaken because he intends to claim her power. Wanda opens her eyes, and the scene ends.
That is an intentionally brief tease, but it resolves one major uncertainty while creating several more. Wanda’s survival is no longer merely an open possibility within the story. What remains unknown is far more important to the approaching Avengers films: whether she is being compelled, manipulated, rescued for a selfish purpose, or positioned as an active partner in Doom’s scheme.
What the VisionQuest scene actually confirms
The firm takeaway is that Wanda is alive after the destruction of the Darkhold. Doom’s appearance also links her return to the Avengers storyline rather than framing it as a self-contained VisionQuest epilogue.
It does not confirm that Wanda is willingly working with Doom, that she has become a villain, or which upcoming Avengers film she will appear in. The wording of Doom’s threat strongly suggests he sees Wanda primarily as a source of power. But motive, method and her level of agency are deliberately left off-screen.
That distinction matters. A character awakening in a villain’s presence is not the same thing as a character joining that villain. Doom’s stated desire for Wanda’s power could point to control, coercion, exploitation, or an alliance of convenience. The post-credits scene gives viewers the danger of the situation, not its full mechanics.
Why Wanda matters to Doom’s emerging plan
The larger Avengers: Doomsday plot remains only partly defined, but the available setup points toward a villain accumulating extraordinary assets. The central crisis involves incursions, a term used for catastrophic collisions between universes. The source material does not yet explain precisely why they are happening or what Doom’s ultimate objective is. Still, Doom’s interest in Wanda makes sense within a story about power on an enormous scale.
Wanda is not introduced as just another returning hero. Doom explicitly identifies her power as something he wants for himself. That framing turns her into a potential cornerstone of his strategy, whatever form that strategy takes. It also gives the Avengers a deeply personal problem: they may need to confront a powerful former ally who has survived a trauma and may be operating under pressure from their antagonist.
The tease’s placement is notable, too. The scene was withheld from advance press screeners, preserving the reveal for the public finale. That decision signals that the production treated Wanda’s return as more than background continuity. It is a plot development meant to reframe how viewers look at the road to the next Avengers event.
Doom’s possible roster is getting more alarming
VisionQuest does not establish a complete Doom-controlled team, yet it joins other recent pieces of Avengers setup that suggest he has been pursuing major figures with unusual abilities or importance.
- At the end of the Avengers: Endgame re-release, Doom is shown abducting Hulk after the events of Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
- At the end of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Doom attempts to make contact with the young Franklin Richards.
- Now, VisionQuest places Wanda directly in Doom’s reach.
The Franklin Richards thread is especially uncertain. It is not clear whether Doom successfully took him, and Franklin has not appeared in Doomsday promotional material. That absence is not confirmation of anything by itself, but it leaves room for the possibility that Doom’s efforts are building toward a larger force assembled away from public view.
Hulk, Franklin and Wanda would each represent a very different kind of advantage. The material does not spell out any shared purpose, so it would be premature to declare the precise makeup of an “evil Avengers” lineup. The pattern, however, is hard to miss: Doom appears to be seeking people whose strength, potential, or narrative importance could shift the balance against the Avengers.
That approach also separates the threat from a simple one-on-one showdown. A villain who can recruit, capture or command other powerful characters does not only challenge the heroes with his own capabilities. He can turn existing relationships into vulnerabilities. For audiences, the appeal is not merely asking whether the Avengers can defeat Doom; it is asking who they may have to save or fight along the way.
Wanda’s unresolved history gives the reveal weight
Wanda’s apparent sacrifice in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness followed her decision to destroy the Darkhold. The new scene physically returns to the rubble of that ending, making the reveal a continuation of an unresolved moment rather than a disconnected surprise.
It also keeps the focus on the character’s agency. The fact that Wanda opens her eyes establishes survival, but it does not tell the audience what condition she is in after being discovered by Doom. Is she shocked to be alive? Shocked to see him? Already aware of the danger? VisionQuest withholds the answer, and that uncertainty is likely the point of ending the sequence immediately afterward.
There is a practical lesson for viewers parsing the tease: treat Doom’s line as evidence of his intent, not definitive evidence of Wanda’s. He wants her power. The scene has not yet shown what Wanda wants, what she remembers, or what she can do next.
How this may connect Doomsday and Secret Wars
Avengers: Doomsday is due next month, while Avengers: Secret Wars is currently slated for next December. The latter’s production timing remains uncertain, with filming reportedly not yet underway and a potential move to 2028 still possible. Those scheduling questions make it impossible to say which film will carry the bulk of Wanda’s next chapter.
What VisionQuest does make likely is that the story is intended to extend beyond one final-credit shock. Wanda could factor into Doomsday, Secret Wars, or both. The scene’s ambiguity gives Marvel room to make her either a central immediate obstacle or a thread that grows across the two Avengers releases.
The best-supported expectation is therefore a modest one: Scarlet Witch is back in the current MCU narrative, Doctor Doom has reached her first, and the Avengers face a threat that may be strengthening itself by targeting already formidable characters. Everything beyond that—including Wanda’s allegiance and Doom’s endgame—remains unconfirmed.
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What to watch for next
The immediate questions for Avengers: Doomsday are straightforward, even if the answers are not. Viewers will be looking for clarity on whether Doom has control over Wanda, whether Hulk’s abduction connects to the same operation, and what became of Franklin Richards after Doom tried to reach him.
Most importantly, VisionQuest has changed Wanda’s status from missing to active in the coming conflict. Doom may believe her power will be his, but the post-credits scene has not yet established that he is right.
