Vision and the Scarlet Witch #11

The holiday theme returns in this penultimate issue of Vision and the Scarlet Witch. Okay- is Tax Day really a holiday? I guess so. It's just not one that anyone who isn't a politician or IRS auditor enjoys. 

It's April 15th and Peter Parker has got one heck of a tax bill. In order to pay it off, he takes a magazine gig photographing the beautiful new home of the Vision and Scarlet Witch. Wanda is just days away from giving birth and has been placed on bed rest. So it's up to the Vision to take Peter around the home which has been targeted once again by the dastardly Toad! Enter your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man wearing his iconic black costume to help the former Avenger protect his wife and unborn child from the clutches of the evil mutant lackey.

Hey! Where'd that Parker kid run off to?

The Toad's contribution to this series comes to an end with this issue. Vision has been keeping the Toad's obsession with the Scarlet Witch quiet in order to not stress the expectant mommy out. With this latest round, there's nothing the android hubby can do to keep Wanda out of this affair. Man, does the Toad get really petty when he comes across the very, VERY pregnant Scarlet Witch. To the point he's sickened by her large size and the Toad has never been what you'd consider a looker. In return, high on hormones and motherly instinct, Wanda Maximoff really lets the Toad have it laying on insults that should have killed the mutant by the sheer tones of her rejection. 

Don't mess with Mama!

By the way, a comic book being set during Tax Day isn't quite as unusual as you might think. In fact, I've got a Tax Day holiday issue in my collection starring Tick and Arthur. So I guess you can count April 15th as a holiday but again, why would you???

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #7

So I take a little over a month off from reading the second Vision and the Scarlet Witch miniseries, to read a bunch of Christmas themed comic books to come back and read a Christmas themed issue!

I shouldn't have been surprised. Just about every issue is set during a holiday. The last issue was Thanksgiving. The month before that was Halloween. 

In this issue, we learn that the Inhuman Crystal has been spending a lot of time on Earth. It's been under the guise of helping Wanda get ready for the birth of her miracle baby. Only, Crystal has been going off on her own, conducting an affair with a human behind the back of her husband, the mutant Quicksilver.

Meanwhile, Vision has been following up on the robotic attack by the Toad's version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants from the last issue. Vision catches up with the evil mutant lackey who has recently become powerful thanks to a raid on the armory of the Stranger. Toad has long pined after the Scarlet Witch when she and her brother were unwilling members of Magneto's band of villains. Now that he's got some fire power, Toad wishes to finally make Wanda Maximoff his bride. But first, Toad has to kill Wanda's husband and the Vision is not about to go quietly!

A good chapter that has some decent fight scenes while the Scarlet Witch enjoys Christmas, aloof of the battle between her husband and Toad. I could have done without the soap opera theatrics of Crystal cheating on Pietro. It's been a long time coming as Quicksilver has been more devoted to training the Inhumans' militia than being a doting husband and father. Still it's an element of this book I could have done without.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.