Because You Demanded It! Marvel Announces The Return of THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP!
The acclaimed series returns with original writer Jeremy Whitley, featuring all-new artist Gurihiru!
New York, NY—June 12, 2018—You asked for it – you got it! In response to popular demand, one of Marvel’s most acclaimed books is returning to the Marvel Universe along, featuring the return of best-selling and award-winning writer Jeremy Whitley along with a brand new series artist, Gurihiru (The Unbelievable Gwenpool)!
This October, get ready to welcome Nadia Van Dyne and the Agents of G.I.R.L. back to the Marvel Universe in THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP #1!
Nadia’s new story finds her teaming up with Agents of G.I.R.L. and Janet Van Dyne to uncover mysterious connections between A.I.M. and Nadia’s father, Hank Pym. “I think we're going to see a lot more of the Nadia we got to know in the last two issues of the first volume, one who doesn't have all of the answers,” Whitley told Marvel.com. “It wasn't so long ago that Nadia was a part-time Avenger with very few social obligations. Now she's a Champion, has responsibilities with G.I.R.L., and has a lot more people in her life than she ever has before. A lot of this first story is going to be about how Nadia reacts to having so many more commitments in her life. We're also going to deal a lot more with what she's inherited from Hank, both in her civilian life and as the Wasp. Hank's had more than his fair share of enemies -- and right now, he's off making more.”
For more information about THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP, check out Marvel.com and This Week In Marvel!
THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP #1
Written by JEREMY WHITLEY
Art by GURIHIRU
On Sale 10/3/18
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Um. Obviously well out of this loop - can anyone explain....?
I thought Nadia was the daughter of Hank Pym and his first wife Maria?
Why / how is she using 'Van Dyne' for a surname?
And why is it coming out in October when the movie is out in July? DVD release?
At least, they didn't rename her "Hope"....yet.
There's an Ant-Man and Wasp miniseries starring Scott and Nadia that launched 6/6 that will run through the movie release, so don't worry about that.
Nadia doesn't need to be re-named Hope. It's already her name. "Hope" in Russian is nadyezhda -- or, for short, Nadia.
Nadia has taken the last name Van Dyne because she didn't have a surname in Russia (she was raised in the Red Room), and Jan adopted her, given that both of her birth parents were dead. (Or dead-ish -- I'm not really sure what Hank's status is, given the end of Avengers: Rage of Ultron. He was "merged" somehow with Ultron and ejected into space. I suppose that means he's alive-ish, but Ultron has appeared in various space-based titles since, and he seems 100 percent Ultron, so I dunno.)