Young Avengers 11 page 10 and 11 art by Jim Cheung (2006) - Wiccan / Speed / Scarlet Witch / Vision

Young Avengers 11 pages 10 and 11
Art by Jim Cheung
Marvel Comics - 2006

Here are two fantastic story pages from the original YA story giving us some background on Wiccan and Speed's origins. In this two page sequence we learn about the unusual circumstances of Wiccan and Speed's birth and that they are the Scarlett Witch's children.

Jim is such a fantastic artist and he packed a lot of history and story in these two pages, especially in the page 10 flashback panels, which he drew partially on the main page and part on a second board to make it easier to overlay the scenes Vision was projecting.

In page 10 panel 1, Jim recaptured Dr Strange delivering the babies, which was a great retelling of the moment in Vision and Scarlet Witch issue 12 from 1986. That was followed by a really cool homage to the Mephisto panel from West Coast Avengers issue 52 from 1989. I added some comparison images in the additional images section. Jim also captured some flashbacks from Avengers Disassembled (maybe Avengers #502?). In page 11 (inked by Livesay) we see the brothers coming to terms with what they were seeing and almost learning who their father is.

A fun video with more of their history:


Big thanks to Xatari for making it possible to add these to my collection.