Tales to Astonish #52 Feb 1964
Not What They Seem!
The Wasp
tells the tale of prison escapees
who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes.
Script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber art by Larry Lieber and George Roussos [as G. Bell]
That's a bit difficult, when she doesn't technically exist in the comics. Like I said, Nadia is Hope's counterpart - but they really have very little in common. Nadia is two decades younger, is adopted instead of being Janet's birth daughter, has a completely different origin, Hank's not around, and obviously, that first name, which is apparently a coincidental translation match. She wasn't actually a synergy attempt, they just wanted to add another teen to the ANAD Avengers.
Anyway, at the very least, they shouldn't be assigning Janet's stuff to Hope. If they want to push Hope, release stuff that shows her actual costumes from the MCU and cartoons.
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Janet only appeared at the end of Unstoppable Wasp 5 but guys that was a magnificent issue, please read it, it was so well written! It deals with Nadia's bipolarity.
In May she'll appear in Iron Man 12, Unstoppable Wasp 7-8 and I think she might appear in Avengers 20 too based on the solicitations and where the issue takes place. We'll see if she pops up in war of realms
UWU goes harder than most HBO dramas
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
I loved that Janet's original suit was used in the last issue of Unstoppable Wasp. The issue itself was amazing, it does a great job of portraying mental health issues and bipolar. It also shows how awful Marvel has been at portraying Hank's bipolar.
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman
I have a gripe about Unstoppable Wasp #5, and it's related to the timeline. When listing Nadia's friends, some of the Champions were listed, including Hulk and Nova. But Hulk is now Brawn and Nova is depowered. And yes, those did already happen - we know because Riri's already appeared in UW with her new armor. Are GIRL unaware of the events of World War Hulk II and Infinity Countdown?
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Speaking of Nadia, does she have a 2019 appreciation thread?
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman
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I went ahead and made one (https://community.cbr.com/showthread...18#post4216118)
If there is one already, I'm sure a mod can lock my one and highlight the one that was already created.
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman
I don't think Marvel has been that bad at portraying it. Re-reading old Avengers issues, it's pretty obvious now in hindsight, although it was never stated being a manic episode or that Hank was bipolar. I got back to my old issues after Humphries dropped the diagnosis in Avengers A.I. and showed it to a psychologist friend of mine (not a comic book fan). She said it was pretty obvious.
It has been very good though at portraying characters not caring or giving a damn about someone who was clearly in need of help though. It's even more painful now that we see all the support Nadia is getting, for pretty much the exact same situation. Double-standards, or evolution of the mentality surrounding mental illness, or feeling of guilt? Or a bit of all?
That being said, I must say that the two last issues of UW gave me a more "grown-up" vibe about the comic book and the writer himself. For the first time I saw the potential for a real good read. Still don't like how a lot of things have been handled story-wise, but suddenly this book doesn't feel like such a kiddie's book anymore. And I think that's a good thing.
"You don't raise yourself by stepping on somebody else"
Currently looking for a pull list... Does near-mint West Coast Avengers count?
#givebackthesuit
#stopstealinghisstuff
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman