Remember Marvel's New Champions ? That's the new crop of sidekicks and proteges for A-list heroes who debuted across non-canonical variant covers for many of Marvel's titles in 2023. Well, another one of the young heroes is making the leap from What If? style imagineering to the actual comic book page, this time in the core Marvel Universe. In this case, Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch , is taking on a new student in the mystic arts, and it's none other than Amaranth, the "New Champion" who first debuted on a variant cover 2023's Scarlet Witch #9 (part of the previous volume of the title) by artist Jen Bartel.
Amaranth is coming to the Marvel Universe in November's Scarlet Witch #6 by writer Steve Orlando and artist Lorenzo Tammetta, and she's bringing Wanda's own teacher Agatha Harkness with her. Here's a gallery of covers of Scarlet Witch #9 by Russell Dauterman, Meghan Hetrick, Iván Talavera, and Leirix: "INTRODUCING AMARANTH!" reads Marvel's official description of Scarlet Witch #9. "The Scarlet Witch takes on a mysterious new pupil – at Agatha Harkness’ request.
But where did the young sorceress known as Amaranth come from? And what could have spooked Agatha into giving up the chance to mentor her?" Amaranth will actually be the second New Champion to make it into comics after debuting on a variant cover, with the first being Maystorm of Ultimate X-Men. However, Amaranth will have the distinction of being the first to come to the core Marvel Universe. "Ever since.