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‘50s Newlyweds

A black and white Wanda and Vision gazing at one another adoringly.
A black and white Wanda and Vision gazing at one another adoringly. Image: Disney+/Marvel

The first of Marvel’s WandaVision posters was modest enough at first glance, what with its depiction of an unassuming living room entertainment setup right out of the 1950s, complete with a black and white television set featuring the titular couple gazing at one another.

WandaVision’s first trailer established that the sorceress and synthezoid are poised to make their move to the mysterious town of WestView where they begin building lives together as a married pair living the American dream—a far cry from their days saving the world with their fellow Avengers. But the bit of wallpaper peeling to reveal a static-y reality lurking just beneath the surface was conveying that as WandaVision progresses, things are going to get even weirder than they seem.