‘VisionQuest’ Will Begin The Road To ‘Children’s Crusade’ (Exclusive)

Marvel Television’s closer to the WandaVision trilogy is set to air next month, capping a story that began five years ago with Marvel Studios’ first-ever series for Disney+. That story was then continued in Agatha All Along, a series that detailed the journey of The Witches Road. That road came to an end, not without teasing the next and final chapter in that story: VisionQuest.

Feature First can exclusively confirm that VisionQuest won’t connect to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe but serves as a starting point for a new story, one that will loosely adapt the legendary comic run: Avengers: The Children’s Crusade.

In Allan Heinberg’s 2010-2012 story, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade follows Wiccan, one of the Young Avengers, as he loses control of his reality powers and decides to find The Scarlet Witch, whom he suspects is his mother, in an attempt to not turn out like her. Meanwhile, other characters within the Avengers and X-Men also search for her following her actions in the House of M event series. Doctor Doom also plays a role in the story, being engaged to the amnesiac Scarlet Witch, and unbeknownst to her, is trying to take her powers for himself.

This, of course, already feels like the next logical step in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen’s portrayal of the Scarlet Witch) presumed dead following the events of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Wiccan (Joe Locke) searching for his brother Tommy (Ruaridh Mollica), and the X-Men and Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr) being developed in other projects.

We can reveal that a previous MCU character will make an appearance by the end of VisionQuest, serving as connective tissue for this upcoming plot.

VisionQuest will also feature the original Human Torch, Jim Hammond. Daniel Richtman broke that news yesterday, though we at Feature First can reveal that he will only feature in one episode of the series, and that his creator will play a larger role in the upcoming series.

In the comics, Jim Hammond is the creation of Professor Phineas Horton, who starts out life as an android. When the creation bursts into flames, he begins exhibiting symptoms of humanity, including awareness, personality, and sentience. He is a completely separate character from Johnny Storm (played in the MCU by Joseph Quinn), who is the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four.

A reference to Jim Hammond was first featured in Captain America: The First Avenger, at the exhibit that Steve, Bucky, and Howard Stark attend near the beginning of the film. However, it is unknown whether this will be retconned or not.

VisionQuest debuts October 12 at the London Film Festival before hitting Disney+ two days later. The series sees the return of Paul Bettany as The White Vision, as well as James Spader as Ultron, while characters such as Speed, played by Ruaridh Mollica, will be introduced into the universe. Terry Matalas showruns the series.

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