The Marvel Cinematic Universe built an empire on minor characters, proving that strong execution and an overarching brand could elevate once-fringe figures like Black Widow or the Guardians of the Galaxy into franchise mainstays. (With A-list IP like Spider-Man and the X-Men leased out to other studios at the time, this was partly out of necessity.) But even by Marvel’s own standards, the Disney+ show “Agatha All Along” marks the deepest of deep cuts. Kathryn Hahn’s title character, a witch who survived Salem only to run afoul of Elizabeth Olsen’s grief-stricken Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios’ TV debut “WandaVision,” has never even headlined a comic book of her own.
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