In the comics, he’s the Hydra scientist who founded AIM as the research and development arm of Hydra. In the MCU, he’s the Hydra scientist who used Loki’s scepter to give (or awaken) superpowers to Wanda and her brother Pietro at the behest of Hydra.
Episode 2’s advertisement for Strucker watches is a nod to Wolfgang von Strucker, who we previously saw in Avengers: Age of Ultron. That was way back in 2013’s Iron Man 3, and we haven’t seen anything of AIM since.īut, if we take comics lore into account, WandaVision already has one big link to AIM, both in Wanda’s MCU history, and in another aspect of the series: the commercials. Image: Matt Fraction, David Aja/Marvel ComicsĪIM has already made one appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as an organization headed up by scientist Aldrich Killian, who helped develop the Extremis therapy that turned people into walking bomb-soldiers. Fans and Marvel characters alike refer to AIM’s endless supply of henchmen as “beekeeper guys.” Pictured: AIM beekeeper guys. And you’ll know them by their uniform: A bright yellow hazmat suit with black detailing and a big clear window on the hood. In other words, it’s a secret society of mad scientists. In Marvel comics, AIM, or Advanced Idea Mechanics, is an organization of researchers who reject formal ideas of ethics and prize the pursuit of dangerous knowledge above all else.
Unnerved, they freeze, until Wanda simply says “No,” and reality appears to rewind to the happy moment of parental realization they about to share before they were interrupted.īeekeeper suits mean only one thing in Marvel comics lore: the organization known as AIM. In the final moments of episode 2, Wanda and Vision see a man in a beekeeper suit - surrounded by a swarm of bees - climb out of a manhole in the middle of their street in the middle of the night. A crashed drone here, a mysterious observer with a notebook there.Īnd then there’s the beekeeper. But we do get hints that some force is observing Wanda and Vision’s sitcom lifestyle. Photo: Marvel StudiosĪt this early point in the series’ nine-episode season, we still don’t know much more than the advertised premise of WandaVision. The first two episodes of WandaVision haven’t revealed much as to what’s going on behind the scenes, but there was just enough to tease savvy comic readers. Or is the town of Westview more than it appears? Well, of course it is, this is a superhero story. WandaVision has a unique approach to Marvelness What comics can tell us about WandaVision’s long gameĪt the start of the premiere, Wanda Maximoff and the Vision find themselves in a suburban paradise where they can live a happy married life together so long as they manage to keep their superpowers a secret.
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