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monition : Spoilers for Avengers Inc. # 5!Marvel Comics has officially gift a new role to the newWaspof their population , in effect rewriting the MCU ’s delineation of Hope van Dyne . While Michelle Pfeiffer was cast as Janet van Dyne beginning inAnt - Man and the Wasp , the main Wasp of theAnt - Mantrilogy was an original character played by Evangeline Lilly name Hope van Dyne . Hope was never in the comedian , though Marvel did produce a characterloosely inspire by Hope , name Nadia Pym , Marvel ’s new Wasp .
Nadia makes her restoration to Marvel with a more lineal connection to Hope van Dyne inAvengers Inc.#5 by Al Ewing , Leonard Kirk , Alex Sinclair , and VC ’s Cory Petit . The issuing serves as the close of the serial followingAvengers Inc. ‘sabrupt cancelation . As it goes out with a bang , the series reintroduces Nadia Pym as she meets her father , Hank Pym ( newly back from the bushed ) , for the first fourth dimension .
The dialogue directly connects Nadia to the Scripture " Hope . " It ’s a silky MCU reference that also showcases how Marvel can take something from another medium and make it feel refreshing .
The Unstoppable Wasp Finally Meets Her Father
Nadia Pym isone of the newer heroes to join the Marvel Universe , introduced as the secret daughter of Hank Pym and his first wife , Maria Trovaya . Years prior , Maria was kidnapped before Hank could determine she was fraught , forcing Nadia to beraised in the same Red Room that Black Widow was raised in . By reverse - engineering her father ’s Pym Particles , she not only escaped but created a Modern Wasp suit out of scraps of her late founding father ’s Ant - Man suit .
She never had the chance to meet her father before his apparent death duringRage of Ultron . But they ultimately have their first fundamental interaction inAvengers Inc.#5 when she ’s among the hero called upon to help oneself him face down a newly set up Lethal Legion . In reverence of his girl ’s magnificence , Hank utters , " You … you’re Nadia , are n’t you ? Maria named you Hope " ( Nadia means " Hope " in Russian ) . Later he says , " We have Hope . " Much like the relationship between Hank and Hope in the MCU , Hank is gallant of his girl ’s abilities as a scientist in the comedian .
Nadia is More Than an MCU Copy
Thanks largely to how like her appearance is to the MCU Wasp , readers rightfully assumed that Nadia was a pastiche of Hope van Dyne . However , this brief interaction between Hank and Nadia during the battle already sets her up to be so much more . With the tax return of Hank Pym , Marvel has the chance to redefine Hank through the daughter he never make love he had , and vice versa . Marvel is able to refresh up the mainstream version of the Wasp and posit herself firm in the 616 as something refreshing even outside the originalWasp .
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