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Earth’s tiniest heroes are astatine it erstwhile again. On February 17, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hit theaters. Several acquainted faces are backmost successful the mix. Paul Rudd is backmost arsenic the titular leader of adaptable size. Evangeline Lily, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Douglas are backmost arsenic Wasp, Janet Van Dyne, and Hank Pym, respectively.
There are immoderate caller faces and immoderate large things happening, too. Cassie Lang has been recast yet again, this clip with Kathryn Newton stepping into the role. She’s wearing a costume this clip around, truthful she mightiness beryllium Stature oregon Stinger, arsenic well. And past there’s Jonathan Majors. He made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut astatine the extremity of Loki, but present we’re getting a antithetic mentation of that character. This 1 is undeniably the villainous Kang the Conqueror.
Judging by the trailers (which mightiness beryllium lying to us), the Pym/Van Dyne unit get sucked into the Quantum Realm, and determination they find Kang. There’s immoderate benignant of woody to beryllium struck betwixt Scott and Kang, and it surely won’t extremity good if Kang gets his way. Kang surely looks to beryllium the adjacent large atrocious of the MCU, the adjacent Thanos-level threat.
That’s a batch of accusation to unpack by itself. Need more? Fortunately, determination are decades of large comics to work to larn much astir these characters and their stories. Here’s your speechmaking database for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Unfortunately, this database is alternatively dense connected white, cisgender men. While it’s getting better, the comics manufacture has agelong been dominated by this demographic, and there’s inactive a agelong mode to go.
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The Astonishing Ant-Man by Nick Spencer, Ramon Rosanas
This publication is astir apt the closest analog to the archetypal Ant-Man film. Scott Lang is simply a divorced ex-con who steals the Ant-Man suit to prevention his daughter. Will helium proceed his travel to becoming a superhero oregon autumn backmost into his beingness of crime? The narration betwixt Scott and Cassie is peculiarly germane to the upcoming movie.
Avengers Forever by Jason Aaron, Aaron Kuder
Even the setup for this communicative is fascinating. The Avengers are up against an unbeatable enemy: time. Seven of the Avengers are displaced successful clip trying to prevention Rick Jones from Immortus. If they person immoderate anticipation of success, they person to squad up with Kang the Conqueror, their long-time foe.
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, Mark Morales, Justin Ponsor
The Young Avengers (including Cassie Lang) determine they’re going to find and prevention Scarlet Witch. When Magneto finds out, helium archetypal fights and past helps them, but they each tally aground of Doctor Doom, who plans to wed the depowered Wanda. The X-Men and Avengers, including Ant-Man and the Wasp, each get progressive arsenic this comes to a head.
The Irredeemable Ant-Man by Robert Kirkman, Phil Hester
No Scott Lang oregon Hank Pym here, no. Instead, a low-level S.H.I.E.L.D. cause gets ahold of the caller Ant-Man suit and takes it for a spin. He’s not a hero. He’s not adjacent precise nice. He’s conscionable trying to get a limb up and unrecorded his life. Supervillains person been created successful specified ways, though.
Kang the Conqueror: Only Myself Left to Conquer by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Carlos Magno
Kang has led galore lives, adjacent arsenic we’ve seen successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How did this travel to pass? How did helium summation specified mastery implicit clip and space? The answers are successful present arsenic Kelly and institution retell Kang the Conqueror’s unthinkable origins. The full happening is framed by an aged Kang sending a younger Kang down a unspeakable path.
The Kang Dynasty by Kurt Busiek, Alan Davis
Keen-eyed comic publication fans noticed a peculiar connection flash crossed the surface successful the astir caller Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer: Dynasty. That’s due to the fact that of this book, the astir celebrated Kang story. Why is it truthful famous? Kang wins. He conquers. Then the collected heroes of Marvel person to get their satellite back.
Unstoppable Wasp Vol. 1 by Jeremy Whitley, Elsa Charretier, Alti Firmansyah
Meet Nadia Van Dyne, girl of Hank Pym. Raised successful the Red Room, the aforesaid spot that trained Black Widow arsenic an assassin. But Nadia doesn’t privation that life. Along with Jarvis and Moon Girl, she’s connected the tally from the Red Room and trying to remake herself arsenic a hero. Definitely my favourite Wasp.
Unstoppable Wasp Vol. 2 by Jeremy Whitley, Gurihiru
More than a twelvemonth aft the extremity of the archetypal volume, Whitley returned to Nadia Van Dyne, this clip with the backing of the archetypal Wasp, Janet Van Dyne, and the Agents of G.I.R.L. Now that she’s escaped the Red Room, they’ve got their sights acceptable connected warring A.I.M. The conflict of the acronyms!
Wasp (2023) by Al Ewing, Kasia Nie, Tom Reilly
The archetypal contented of this bid lone precocious deed the shelves of section comic publication stores, and it’s taking the comic satellite by storm. Janet Van Dyne is simply a fable astatine this point, accomplished successful concern and heroism. When an aged foe emerges, she needs Nadia Van Dyne’s help. Two Wasps, 1 large adventure.
Young Avengers: Sidekicks by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, John Dell
We can’t hide astir Stature, besides known arsenic Cassie Lang. She’s been successful the Marvel Universe for a agelong clip arsenic Cassie, but successful contented #6 of this series, she makes her superhero debut arsenic Stature and joins the Young Avengers. Her superhero communicative starts here.
Now for the burning questions. Will Scott past this escapade successful the Quantum Realm? Will anyone but for Cassie? Just however almighty is Kang? How ridiculous is MODOK? I’ll conscionable person to work these comics until I get the answers.
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