The Ottawa Comic Book Guy

Today we are finally going to get around to finally finishing or look the Wasp. I honestly have more respect for Marvel fans now; trying to keep the various titles and order of where stories are all throughout their various reboots...that is truly a job for an archivist. When we left off, Janet was back to dating Hank, but that doesn't stop her from having a brief fling with Hawkeye of the Avengers (Avengers v3 #82 pictured above; one of her best covers in these years.) It was while discussing this little indiscretion with her friend the Scarlet Witch (she feared she was pregnant) that she accidentally mentions Wanda's own children, who were erased from her memory by arch sorceress Agatha Harkness. As the Scarlet Witch was already having difficulty keeping her sanity under wraps, this leads to Wanda going crazy. As chronicled in the Avengers Disassembled event, She-Hulk becomes hexed by Wanda and begins to rampage, ripping the Vision in half and putting our heroine in a co...

Good day, I hope everyone is having their comics fix.I will be continuing the story of Ms. van Dyne today; we might finish (spoiler: we don't) or we might not, it does't matter because we all tend to prater on at times. When we left off, aJnet had filed for divorce and had become the Avengers chairperson. Janet then works even harder at her fashion designing, while leading the Avengers through their usual troubled times. She actively believed in adding more women to the team and under her leadership, Captain Marvel and She-Hulk became members. Her relationship with She-Hulk in particular was close, using her as a model to design clothes around. It is during this period she briefly hands the team leadership over to fellow teammate the Vision (Avengers 243 pictured above), although she reclaims it shortly thereafter. The Secret Wars (original) happen about this time and her leadership is recognized by a large group of heroes, but she insists that Captain America take th...

Good day, shall we pick up were we left off our historical adventure? Join us for the Wasp, Part 2. Finally in June 1969's Avengers #60, our intrepid heroine received what she believed to be her heart's desire...she and Hank got married! And in true super-hero style, the wedding was crashed, by the Circus of Crime. Of course, things just can't be easy for the couple, as Henry was in his revolving identities phase as Yellowjacket, who it was believed killed Goliath (who the Avengers beleived was Pym, and thus, Janet's finance.) and it was only when Yellowjacket lost his temper and grew to large size that the Avengers (and the other assembled heroes) realize that they were one and the same. (Although, did Yellowjacket's temporary schizophrenia make the marriage valid?) After this they do go on a honeymoon missing the next few issues. One of the things I have noticed is that comicdom (or at least those in charge at Marvel) seems to have wanted this marriage t...

Good day, we will now begin the story of one of the most underrated original members of the Avengers, due to make her movie debut (as a different secret identity of course, can't have anything too easy), the diminutive winged wonder known as the Wasp. She was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (also un-credited at the time, H.E.Huntley). Making her debut in the above-pictured Tales to Astonish #44 (June 1963), she was Janet van Dyne, socialite daughter to Vernon van Dyne, scientist (who still managed to own a mansion and a yacht; how were all scientists rich in comics?) and partner to Ant-Man, Henry Pym. We first see her in the prescene of her father who visits Dr. Pym as he was reflecting on the death of his wife and deciding he needs a crime fighting partner. Dr. Van Dyne is there to ask Dr.Pym for help on a project he was working on and Henry refuses, citing different fields. After leaving and trying his experiment alone a hos home, Dr. Van Dyne is killed by a creature he m...