Janet Van Dyne: The Wasp Appreciation 2022

[Phoenixx9]

Holy smokes! A swarm of Wasp! They gonna form a hive lol. Seriously though, this is cool. Love to see more of Janet a founding member of the Avengers.

Lol, yes!

I love seeing all of these iconic costumes that remind of a time or event in Jan's life, such as the few costumes when Jan needed gas/capsules to change size.

[Shadowcat]

By Russell Dauterman.

Of all the characters he’s done this cover for, this is the one I’ve most been looking forward to.

[Frontier]

That's a lot of costumes... and I'm guessing nowhere near all of them, since Janet changed costumes a lot in the 20th century - it's only around 2000ish when she finally settled on one look, that one at the front right is I believe her longest running suit, lasting from pre-Bendis Avengers all the way to All-New Wolverine after Secret Wars (a period of around 15 years) - then she got the current one (shown here to the left of her mutated mid-90s self) in Uncanny Avengers.

The one just above the signature is Ultimate Wasp. That version only ever had one costume, right?

I think she had a red suit in Jeph Loeb's run.

[Dermie]

By Russell Dauterman.

Gorgeous! I am delighted to see Wasp getting one of these Dauterman costume gallery covers--Janet is obviously the prime candidate for it!

Just looking at that cover brings big smile to my face, and its so fun being reminded of the various different outfits and remembering the different stories they turned up in (at least for most of them--there's at least one costume on there that doesn't ring a bell for me at all, with the blue cape and headdress).

I love how Jan's costumes designs had such a wide variety to them. She never felt constrained to have her costume design or colour scheme match her code name and power set. She has costumes using basically every colour of the rainbow -- some going with the logical black-and-yellow theme, and many going in entirely different directions. Some that go more risque and show a lot of skin, and some that cover her almost completely from head to toe. Some that are definitely "superhero costume" outfits, and some that she could double as civilian clothing in certain situations.

Janet clearly just had fun with her costume designs for herself.

[K7P5V]

Holy smokes! A swarm of Wasp! They gonna form a hive lol. Seriously though, this is cool. Love to see more of Janet a founding member of the Avengers.

Lol, yes!

I love seeing all of these iconic costumes that remind of a time or event in Jan's life, such as the few costumes when Jan needed gas/capsules to change size.

Indeed. Let's also not forget that she's the one who gave the team their name...

I think she had a red suit in Jeph Loeb's run.

If you're talking about the Joe Mad version, then that's the one that I remember...

[readymatrimony]

Didn't Jan have flings with Paladin and Hawkeye also?

[Frontier]

Gorgeous! I am delighted to see Wasp getting one of these Dauterman costume gallery covers--Janet is obviously the prime candidate for it!

Just looking at that cover brings big smile to my face, and its so fun being reminded of the various different outfits and remembering the different stories they turned up in (at least for most of them--there's at least one costume on there that doesn't ring a bell for me at all, with the blue cape and headdress).

I love how Jan's costumes designs had such a wide variety to them. She never felt constrained to have her costume design or colour scheme match her code name and power set. She has costumes using basically every colour of the rainbow -- some going with the logical black-and-yellow theme, and many going in entirely different directions. Some that go more risque and show a lot of skin, and some that cover her almost completely from head to toe. Some that are definitely "superhero costume" outfits, and some that she could double as civilian clothing in certain situations.

Janet clearly just had fun with her costume designs for herself.

That's why she's the best Superhero fashionista in the Marvel Universe .

[Shadowcat]

Didn't Jan have flings with Paladin and Hawkeye also?

She did. The Paladin fling was during the Stern run, while the Hawkeye thing was during the Chuck Austen run.

[ed2962]

If you're talking about the Joe Mad version, then that's the one that I remember...

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I remember Joe Mad's first issue of The Ultimates he drew Jan as looking Caucasian even though the Ultimate Jan was supposed to Asian-american

[Thirteen]

The one just above the signature is Ultimate Wasp. That version only ever had one costume, right?

I think she had a red suit in Jeph Loeb's run.

There was a black/yellow striped midriff baring Ultimate Wasp outfit as well...

[K7P5V]

Carlos Pacheco (R.I.P.)

[Phoenixx9]

Carlos Pacheco (R.I.P.)

Some great looking Avengers!

[kcekada]

That's a lot of costumes... and I'm guessing nowhere near all of them, since Janet changed costumes a lot in the 20th century - it's only around 2000ish when she finally settled on one look, that one at the front right is I believe her longest running suit, lasting from pre-Bendis Avengers all the way to All-New Wolverine after Secret Wars (a period of around 15 years) - then she got the current one (shown here to the left of her mutated mid-90s self) in Uncanny Avengers.

The one just above the signature is Ultimate Wasp. That version only ever had one costume, right?

It looks pretty thorough -- even her one-shot from Avengers #100 -- though it's a bit obstructed by the FA Wasp in the foreground. But from Perez era, the one from #201 is missing, I think he got the rest -- even the one in which Michael/Korvac debuted and she teamed with Nighthawk to fight the Porcupine. I love that violet/purple one from #161. Looks like something from the Cockrum era of Legion of Super Heroes.

[Holt]

[ComicNoobie]

Are those scans for the Wasp mini coming out next year? If so I am intrigued by what the plot could be.