HOUSE OF M - The Comic Book That Inspired Wandavision

In this video, Owen explains the history behind Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Copiel's 2005 comic book event, House of M, how the story changed the character of the Scarlet Witch and the Marvel Comics universe forever, and how the series inspired the Disney Plus series, Wandavision.

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▶ Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:15 - Disassembling the Marvel Universe
03:24 - Wanda's Vision
08:53 - Decimating the Status Quo
11:32 - Conclusion

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[rngad]

Mutant Kid: *has the power heal all injuries and to annihilate all forms of illnesses*

Wanda: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.

[outpostalpha]

I'd never thought about House of M kickstarting Marvel's age of big crossover events. Never really occurred to me just how indelible an effect that book had on the future of the Marvel universe all the way through to today. Excellent video as usual, Owen!

[majinfoo]

you’re doing god’s work owen, we’re getting closer and closer to time runs out 😤

[lt]

Wanda is the Jean Grey of the Avengers! Whereas Fox screwed up the Dark Phoenix storyline, the MCU is meticulously moulding the Scarlet Witch travails in WandaVision and onward.

[jamessimms]

It's interesting to that this was the beginning of Marvel's modern age. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Marvel post-2005, but I think it's plain that understanding this story is important for understanding the comics of today. Bendis, for all his faults, knows how to challenge people's perceptions. I don't like where they've gone since, but I do appreciate how stories like this make clear how they intended to move forward. Great video, Owen.

[NeoRealityEntertainment]

Surprised you didn't mention the retcon of Wanda and Quicksliver NOT being mutants that happened years later and how it seems Marvel may in fact be reversing course on that in reestablishing them as Mutants in a Pax Krakoa Marvel Universe. Especially since Wanda was declared a traitor and pretender to the Mutant Race.

[fernandoreyes]

House of M is one of my favorite Marvel stories ever and I am so glad to have it in floppies. Great video, keep up the good job 👏

[alexlennen]

Amazing video as always Owen, I always look forward to these

[migue]

I really loved House of M as a teenager and I think that good part of it is the art of Coipel, he makes everything looks epic, elegant and exciting. He really has a unique take on superhero comics.

[mrheroprimes]

Avengers disassembled is the comic series that made marvel fans aware that Bendis should not trusted with the main continuity, because he'll disregard it and do whatever he pleases leaving it to the next writer to fix. dc fans found out the hard way what Marvel fans went through during the early to mid 2000s with his Superman run.

Bendis does his best work when he's not confined to previously established continuity there's a reason his Ultimate Spider-Man run is so good because he didn't have to worry about that pre-established lore of Earth 616. I will admit Bendis Batman Universe miniseries is really good because it wasn't constrained by continuity.

[srstriker]

And yet no one ever considers that Scarlet Witch Powers are ridiculously OP that they’re nearly Godlike.

[ItsTheFizz]

It's hard to revisit House of M and not ultimately view it as a petty ploy to devalue the X-Men brand while Fox held the film rights... and Bendis went along with it as he got to bring some of his most wanted toys back...

[Brealx]

Great video! It's so interesting to think that this one event did so much for the Marvel universe and the mutants themselves. On one hand the mutant era it ushered in was such a weird one for story-telling with the loss of the minority metaphor often associated with the mutants. On the other hand, it is because of this weird era it created, that we were given the current Hickman-led era of mutant stories that has been some of the best x-stories in a long time. From the outside looking in, I see why they went this path but still thought some of it could've been avoided. Looking at it in an in-universe lens, they made the story work and were able to adapt following its conclusion. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Owen. I always look forward to when you have a new video drop!

[TheUnqualifiedNerd]

Awesome video man, I read house of m at the right time it seems. Been looking forward too this, keep it up!

[rabbittmuffinable]

Who's here because of wandavision

[BlackPanduh]

Great video. I've been a Scarlet Witch fan since X-Men Evolution when she destroyed everybody. So hearing just how powerful she really is gives me hope we see this in WandaVision.

[avenge]

Bendis is the biggest one-hit wonder in all comics, making a modern classic in Ultimate Spider-Man. Then for every comic he does afterwards he just ignores any previous contiunuity, characterisation or previous events just to make his stories work. His writing is filled with the most obnoxious of dialogue and entire filler pages because he's either too uncreative or too lazy to write something engaging. His writing only works when he gets a story alt-universe story so he can have his own sigular story without ruining what came before like he did with his moronic desicions in his Superman run.

[JSPUFC]

I have 3 other Comic story recappers subscribed to. But I really love your style. Not too long not too short. Just the right information I need. Subscribed to you now. Looking forward to future work

[jfernandez]

Excellent brief synopsis of House of M!

[missinglynks]

I remember reading this the summer of 2005... I was 16 going on 17... good times. Still have this run in my collection btw.