After more than a year without new Marvel Cinematic Universe stories, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the debut of WandaVision on Disney+ was big deal for Marvel fans. Not only did the series offer up another look at what the post-Avengers: Endgame world looks like, it also served to connect viewers to other upcoming projects as well, including Captain Marvel 2 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Given its placement after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, for many fans, it also offered up the hope of introductions for eagerly anticipated Marvel characters previously off-limits, such as the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. But for all of those things, WandaVision presented a different opportunity for Marvel Studios in that it was a chance to explore a story of grief, loss, and complex trauma in a way not often seen in comic book entertainment and, it’s something that Marvel got right.
