Wasp (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Wasp (Janet van Dyne) is a fictional Character, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe and founding member of the Avengers. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish (June 1963).
"The Winsome Wasp", as she is sometimes called, is usually depicted
as having the ability to shrink to a height of perhaps several
centimeters, grow to giant size, fly by means of insectoid wings, and
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In May 2011, the Wasp placed 99th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time. The character was ranked 94th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. Her early partner and fellow Avengers member, Henry Pym, temporarily took the codename of "The Wasp" while she was presumed dead.
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Fictional Character Biography
Janet Van Dyne was born in Cresskill, New Jersey.
She is initially a shallow, self-centered, flighty heiress and
debutante, daughter of wealthy scientist Vernon Van Dyne. During an
experiment, however, an alien monster is unleashed from an alternate
dimension and Dr. Van Dyne is killed. Her father's associate, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, has created a substance called "Pym particles", which allows the user to grow or shrink in size, and has become the superhero Ant-Man. When Janet's father dies, she convinces Pym to help her. He gives her a supply of "Pym particles" and subjects her to a
biochemical procedure which grants her the ability to grow wings upon
shrinking. Initially, she uses a pin to poke people as means of a
weapon, and she later uses a miniature air gun, the original wasp's
sting.
Eventually, she gains the ability to harness her body's bio-electrical
current and fire blasts of energy which she calls her "wasp's stings".
Ant-Man and the Wasp defeat the monster and send it to its own
dimension. Janet becomes Pym's partner and falls in love with him before their
first adventure, but Pym rejects her at first, afraid of what would
happen if he were to lose her as he has lost his first wife, who has
been killed. Janet openly muses about her apparently unrequited feelings, often in front of him. Pym rejects his feelings for her, but he later accepts them and tries to act on them. Later, they begin dating.
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Powers and Abilities (Wasp)
Making use of the cellular implantation of sub-atomic Pym particles,
the Wasp possesses the power to alter her physical size, causing her
body's mass to be shunted to or gained from an alternate dimension known
as Kosmos. She is able to shrink to a minimum of several centimeters or
grow to a maximum of several hundred feet. Smaller or larger sizes are
possible but the exertion puts a strain on her body. Initially, these
abilities stem from use of a Pym particle gas released from special
capsules, and later biochemical augmentation by Henry Pym. Over time,
however, her body absorbs enough particles to cause cellular mutation
due to repeated exposure to Pym particles, allowing her to alter her
size at will.
At miniature size, her strength level increases as her body's mass is
compacted. At giant size, her strength and endurance increase
geometrically with her height, reaching superhuman levels. Despite the
advantages of giant size, Janet usually prefers to remain the diminutive
Wasp, calling on her growth power only in times of extreme emergency.
At miniature size, the Wasp grows a pair of translucent insect wings
from her back, a result of genetic modifications provided by Hank Pym.
These grant her the power of flight, at speeds up to 40 mph (64 km/h).
The Wasp is able to harness and augment her body's natural
bio-electric energy, releasing it from her hands in powerful electrical
force bursts, which she calls her "stinger blasts", "stingers", or
"wasp's stings". Originally, she requires special wrist devices to
produce these, but again, Pym particle absorption allows her to create
the ability unaided.
The Wasp's genetic modifications also grant her the ability to sprout
small prehensile antennae from her temples which allowed her to
telepathically communicate with and control insects. However, this is an
ability she rarely uses.
Van Dyne displays several non-superhuman abilities that garner her
special fame and attention, foremost of which is her fashion sense; in
nearly all of her early appearances, she sports a new costume,
presumably designed and manufactured on her own as she is a gifted
fashion designer. She is also a skilled amateur screenwriter. The Wasp
is trained in unarmed combat by Captain America
and in combat utilizing her special powers by Henry Pym. In addition,
the Wasp is one of the most intuitive, if not deductive, members of the
Avengers, and is an experienced leader and strategist. She effectively
determines that a chemical accident has created a schizophrenic break in
Henry Pym and that the relationship between the Scarlet Witch and the Vision is the result of the infused personality of Wonder Man, and guesses the identity of Iron Man when Tony Stark fakes his own death.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
- In the animated direct-to-video movies Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2, the Wasp is voiced by Grey DeLisle. This version is adapted primarily from the Ultimate Universe continuity.
- Janet and Hank's son, Henry Pym, Jr., appears in the film Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow.
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