WANDAVISION Easter Egg Points To A Classic Comic Book Villain Being Introduced In The Disney+ Series

WANDAVISION Easter Egg Points To A Classic Comic Book Villain Being Introduced In The Disney+ Series

Those first two episodes of WandaVision were crammed full of Easter Eggs, but there's one that's really grabbed the attention of fans as it points to Grim Reaper potentially making his MCU debut...

By JoshWilding - Jan 18, 2021 04:01 AM EST
Filed Under: WandaVision

There's a huge underlying mystery in WandaVision, and Marvel Studios filled those first two episodes with a tonne of Easter Eggs to get us talking (and speculating) about what's going on.

At the start of the second chapter, there's a fun, animated opening which includes a nod to a classic comic book villain: Grim Reaper. The brother of Simon Williams/Wonder Man - a character who was recently teased as being in the Disney+ series - he has a storied history with both Vision and the Scarlet Witch, and has targeted them both (in the comics, Vision's brain patterns are based on Simon).

As you can see below, Grim Reaper's helmet can be seen buried beneath the floorboards in Vision and Wanda Maximoff's house. 

This is seemingly a nod to Tom King's The Vision series, in which Grim Reaper returns to take aim at the android's family, and it's Virginia, Vision's wife, who inadvertently kills the Avengers bad guy. She then buries his body in the back garden so Vision never finds out. Will it be revealed that Wanda has done something similar?

It's certainly interesting to think about how characters like Wonder Man and Grim Reaper will factor into WandaVision, and it seems the door is open to them both having a future in the MCU...
 

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The Vision's best moments in the MCU!

10. Saving Wanda

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Distraught over the death of her brother Pietro, Wanda tracked Ultron down and used her impressive powers to tear the "heart" from the villainous android's robotic chest. However, he managed to transfer his consciousness into a drone that sent Sokovia plunging into the Earth below. 

The Scarlet Witch hasn't mastered the ability to fly at this point, so chances are she would have met her maker here. Instead, The Vision flew into action to rescue Wanda and take her to safety.

The look they share was a great way of teasing their future romance, and the fact that The Vision put himself in harms way to rescue the Scarlet Witch helped create a connection and bond between them.
 

9. Taking Down Corvus Glaive

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With Shuri in the midst of trying to remove the Mind Stone from The Vision while keeping him alive, the Scarlet Witch had no choice but to make her way to the battlefield to hold off Thanos' forces.

While that was happening, Corvus Glaive attacked the android, who, still wounded from that earlier battle in Scotland, was very nearly taken out by this member of the Black Order. Captain America arrived to help, but just as he too found himself overpowered by this villain, The Vision leapt back into action to plunge Glaive's own weapon straight through his chest.

They may have been on different sides of the conflict in Captain America: Civil War, but The Vision clearly appreciated the lengths Steve Rogers was willing to go to in order to keep him alive.
 

8. He Lives!

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The Vision was meant to be the ultimate body for Ultron, but when the Avengers managed to secure it, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner decided to merge the Mind Stone and J.A.R.V.I.S. to create a whole new type of superhero. Some of the other Avengers object, of course, but it's Thor who makes the final decision.

Using his powers to give this A.I. body the boost it needs to live, a "naked" Vision emerges from his cocoon. 

Despite initially attacking Thor, The Vision sees the beauty of the world as he looks out at the New York City skyline, and transforms into a superhero before the eyes of his future teammates.
 

7. Making The Ultimate Sacrifice 

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A true hero at heart, The Vision knew that he would have to make the ultimate sacrifice when the time came.

Unfortunately, that happened in Wakanda as Thanos and his forces closed in. Determined to stop the Mad Titan getting his hands on the Mind Stone, The Vision implored Wanda, the woman he loves, to destroy him. It was heartbreaking for them both, and truly horrific to watch "Viz" get blown apart.

After all, it was really just hours before this that he and Wanda had finally found happiness together, and to see him throw all that away to do what was right proved exactly how heroic he is. 
 

6. A Grave Mistake

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The Vision may be an android, but even he's not immune to making mistakes. Clearly struggling to come to terms with his feelings for the Scarlet Witch, the #TeamIronMan member comforted her while attempting to take out The Falcon (who was engaged in a mid-air battle with War Machine).

Unfortunately, the hero missed, and instead ended up shooting Colonel Rhodes out of the sky.

That left him with devastating injuries which he still hasn't recovered from, and it's only thanks to Tony Stark's intervention that he's able to walk. This was a big learning moment for The Vision, and one we wish had been covered in a little more depth in the movies that followed this one in the MCU. 
 

5. J.A.R.V.I.S., No More

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Once the Avengers realised that The Vision wasn't a threat to them, a difficult conversation followed. 

Insisting that he doesn't have the same evil intentions for the world as Ultron, this newly born android explains that he's not Ultron or J.A.R.V.I.S. Instead, he's something entirely new, and while even he isn't sure what that is, he knows that he wants to do what's right to protect the world. 

Paul Bettany's calm, measured performance here really served as a perfect introduction for The Vision in a movie that had already introduced a number of new characters, including Wanda Maximoff.
 

4. Making The Ultimate Sacrifice (Again)

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Man, Avengers: Infinity War sure wasn't an easy time for poor old Vision. 

Moments after the love of his life had blasted him to smithereens, Thanos arrived on the scene and used the Time Stone to reverse what she had done. Grabbing the newly resurrected Vision by the throat, the villain mercilessly tore the Infinity Stone from the Avenger's head, leaving him a greyed out shell with a hole where the gem had previously been. It was a brutal moment.

However, it was also one that left fans with a long list of questions; could it be that The Vision will return in his greyed out form from West Coast Avengers? We still don't know how he's back in WandaVision, but this is quite easily one of the hero's most memorable moments in the MCU.
 

3. Wielding Mjolnir

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During Avengers: Age of Ultron's final battle, The Vision proves himself a true ally to Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He'd completely earned Thor's trust, and that was evident from the final battle. 

While the God of Thunder distracted Ultron, it was The Vision who swooped in to save the day, using Mjolnir to send his creator reeling. "It's terribly well-balanced" was one hell of a one-liner, and a moment that proved The Vision lifting Thor's hammer was because he was worthy, and not just because a machine can lift it (despite what Steve Rogers and Tony Stark might think). 

This was just a really cool moment, and one that established The Vision as a legit badass.
 

2. Destroying Ultron

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What a moment. 

Despite being defeated in Sokovia, Ultron managed to flee in one of his robotic army's broken down bodies. However, what he didn't anticipate was coming face-to-face with The Vision. What follows is a philosophical discussion about their humanity, with the Avenger defending mankind despite their flaws.

The Vision clearly doesn't want to kill his "father," but is left with no choice. He does, however, give him a moment of quiet before delivering that fatal blow. Of course, the ambiguous way this scene was shot means that we don't really know if The Vision did kill Ultron, which leaves the door open to the villain to return.
 

1. Worthy

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This was one of those scenes we never could have seen coming, and one which drew audible gasps in theaters. As The Avengers bickered over whether to trust The Vision, the android interrupted them by passing the God of Thunder his hammer (which each member of the team had earlier attempted to lift in a bid to prove themselves as worthy as Thor himself). 

In a matter of seconds, the team realise The Vision is someone they can trust, and the fact that he was worthy of lifting Mjolnir probably isn't something we talk about anywhere near as much as we should.

This definitely helped put The Vision on the map as a legit hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and justified his place in the Avengers. More moments like this in future would be no bad thing, that's for sure.
 

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WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 1/18/2021, 5:11 AM
This is kind of a reach. If we use this logic then Spider-man and Cross Bones are also “teased” to make an appearance in this.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 1/18/2021, 5:12 AM
Apologies for reposting this, but I was late to the last discussion.... Okay, since the show has already referenced the Grim Reaper, Glamor and Illusion and Bova the cow lady, I figured I’d list some other obscure characters/events from Vision and Wanda comics history that people might want to look out for:

Norman Webster - Vizh and Wanda’s real estate agent in the comics who found them their house in the suburbs. He meets Pietro’s wife, Crystal of the Inhumans, at their housewarming party and the two eventually have an affair. I’m expecting some kind of reference to this... it’s too absurd not to get one. And since Vizh’s (possibly communist) coworker is named Norm...

Holly LaDonna - a teenage girl that Wanda took on as an apprentice in witchcraft while she was pregnant.

Salem’s Seven - a team of magic villains, children of Nicholaus Scratch, grandchildren of Agatha Harkness. The main antagonists behind the adventure that led to Wanda’s pregnancy.

Samhain - The spirit of Halloween bound to the Druidic tome, he was an antagonist in both Vision and the Scarlet Witch limited series. He transformed various trick-or-treaters into actual monsters on their first Halloween in the suburbs.

Isbisa/ Dr. I.S. Bishoff/ Simon Meke - A golden age villain, I don’t know how he’d be involved (unless working for SWORD). However, the events that he caused may be referenced/replicated... mainly, the Vision melted his arm when he tried to reach inside of him, and then had to amputate the remains himself in order to snap out of shock and help save Wanda. The remainder of the original V&tSW involved trying to repair him.

Henry Gyrich/ Raymond Sikorski- Gyrich was the main thorn in the side of the Avengers for years as their government liaison. He was apparently a character in Fox’s stable, however, since he was used in the first X-men movie there... but obviously, that’s no longer an issue. Sikorski followed him and was more supportive of the Avengers, and Wanda and Vizh, going to bat for them when the government wanted Vision in custody (for taking over Earth’s computer systems.)

Nekra Sinclair - a repeating antagonist in V&tSW vol 2., and the love interest of the Grim Reaper. The stronger her hate, the more powerful/invulnerable she becomes.

The Black Talon / Samuel David Barone - Voodoo master. Raises the dead a lot, and works with the Grim Reaper multiple times (was the one who originally brought Wonder Man back from the dead.)
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 1/18/2021, 5:38 AM
And to be clear, I’m not expecting any of these to show up, but rather just a possible Easter Egg or reference.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 1/18/2021, 5:44 AM
Oh, and Sparky... Sparky is definitely coming.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/18/2021, 8:02 AM
@Chewtoy - The Black Talon

Also dresses like a chicken, which as we have seen is Wanda's arch nemesis in the first episode.
RealTurner
RealTurner - 1/18/2021, 5:54 AM
When are we expecting the show to start actually revealing stuff? Hopefully it doesn't wait so long it can't have fun with it - but I doubt that from Marvel.

Watched the first two again with the family and they are much better without expectations of getting more than you get. I think they will be great to rewatch in the context of the whole show too.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 1/18/2021, 7:44 AM
@RealTurner - I don’t know anything about the next episode (which critics have screened), but I suspect that we’ll see Monica ejected from the sitcom reality at the end of the next episode or during the following one, and after that we’ll likely start seeing scenes from both inside and outside of the sitcom existence.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/18/2021, 6:15 AM
This show is not about Easter eggs just being Easter eggs I think. EVERYTHING has meaning in accordance to Wanda’s trauma.
Bokis
Bokis - 1/18/2021, 6:35 AM
I remember Grim Reaper in Earths Mightiest Heroes. One of the coolest characters for sure
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/18/2021, 7:17 AM
Just spitballing and pure speculating, but I guess if they were to introduce a Simon Williams Wonder Man, it stands to reason they'd introduce his brother as well, and they could mix it into the greater universe by sprinkling in the corporate and Maggia aspects of their origin story with Stark Industries and Baron Zemo's powering and poisoning Simon into the Avengers, and ultimately use Simon's brainwaves to reboot Vision.

Meh, I just really wanted to post this splashpage.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/18/2021, 7:42 AM
@Reeds2Much - what comic is this from please? I found House of M free on Amazon Prime so if I could I'd like to read whatever this one is as well.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/18/2021, 7:44 AM
@MrCamw1 - Tom King's Vision.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/18/2021, 7:47 AM
@Reeds2Much - thank you.
adamcawa
adamcawa - 1/19/2021, 5:26 AM
@Reeds2Much - there was a brief period where King's Vision was the only good comic coming out of Marvel. That was a bad period for them in print.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/18/2021, 9:19 AM
I just wanna see Wonder Man be introduced in this.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 1/18/2021, 2:22 PM
Is there a significance to June 2? Agnes mentioned that being her and Ralph's anniversary.
Mikel9608
Mikel9608 - 1/18/2021, 4:02 PM
I’m not ready to rule anything out but the fact Grim Reapers back story is so convoluted and would need to be retconned to fit in the MCU I think this might just be a metaphorical/symbolic Easter egg instead of a tease of what’s to come. For one you’d have to retcon his brother from being Visions brain model and in doing so you take away his motivation to hate Vision. Also I don’t think they’d introduce and kill him off offscreen. In the comics Visions wife Virginia beats Grim Reaper to death and then buried him in the backyard to try to maintain the idealistic suburban lifestyle Vision so badly wanted. I can see them using it as Wanda didn’t physically beat Grim Reaper but she did metaphorically beat death by bringing Vision back. The fact that the helmet is hidden can be a clue that Vision has no memory of dying and Wanda is hiding the fact from him. Also in a trailer from a later episode we see a clip where Agnes asks Vision if she’s dead and when he asks why she would think that she responds with because you are. So I do think he has no recollection of his death. The concept is roughly the same and they can still have it come back and bite them in the ass like in the comic.
Mikel9608
Mikel9608 - 1/18/2021, 4:07 PM
@Mikel9608 - or I could see them do a reverse thing with Wonderman as in instead of being the brain model for Vision (since we know Tony, Bruce and Jarvis were) maybe he’s a body vessel for Vision. This Vision isn’t Vision, only his consciousness put inside of Wonder Mans body. A cool way to pay homage to the comics without retconning too much.
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