As a founding Avenger, first female Avenger, and perennial best dressed Avenger, Janet Van Dyne, aka the Wasp, deserves a lot more recognition.
Below you’ll find a complete guide to Wasp comics in the Marvel Universe, from her beginnings as Hank Pym’s assistant to one of the best Avengers leaders of all time.
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Collects: Tales To Astonish #27, 35-59
Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp #1
Collects: Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp (2013) #1
Wasp and the Avengers
Collects: Avengers (1963) 1-30
Janet Van Dyne hasn’t gotten her proper due as a founding Avenger, due to her absence from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s adptation of the team. Believe it or not The Wasp was a founder, named the team, and served as leader of the Avengers from Avengers #217 to Avengers #278.
Collects: Marvel Team-Up #59 To #60
Collects: Secret Wars #1 to #12
The heralded Kurt Busiek and George Perez turn on Avengers (beginning in 1998 and barrelling into the new millenium) made room for Janet Van Dyne as the Wasp in a way Avengers comics hadn’t for some time.
Collects: West Coast Avengers #32 To #37
Collects: Avengers Forever #1-12
Wasp During 2000’s Avengers Events
Collects: Avengers #500-503; Avengers Finale
Collects: Beyond! #1-6
Mighty Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis – The Complete Collection
Collects: Mighty Avengers (2007) 1-20
Frank Cho drawing Ultron impersonating Janet Van Dyne if you’re into that sort of Wasp. Note that Mighty Avengers issues #12 to #20 are Secret Invasion tie-ins.
Collects: Secret Invasion (2008) #1-8
The full CBH Secret Invasion reading order.
Mighty Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest
Collects: Mighty Avengers #21 To #26
Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis – Volume 5
Collects: Avengers (2010) 31-34, New Avengers Annual (2011) 1, Avengers Annual (2012) 1
After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men
Collects: Avengers Assemble #20
Collects: Uncanny Avengers 1-25, 8Au , Annual 1
The Unstoppable Wasp
Collects: Ogn
Collects: All-New Wolverine #5
The Unstoppable Wasp Vol. 1: Unstoppable!
Collects: The Unstoppable Wasp 1-4; All-New, All-Different Avengers 14
The Unstoppable Wasp Vol. 2: Agents of G.I.R.L.
Collects: The Unstoppable Wasp 5-8, Tales To Astonish 44
Collects: Champions 1-6
Collects: Champions 6-11
Janet confronts Hanktron
Avengers & Champions: Worlds Collide
Collects: Avengers 672-674, Champions 13-15
Collects: Champions 16-21
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 2: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Collects: Uncanny Avengers 7-12
The New Ant-Man and the Wasp
Collects: Ant-Man & The Wasp 1-5
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Latest Additions:
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 3: Civil War II
Collects: Uncanny Avengers #13 to #17
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 4: Red Skull
Collects: Uncanny Avengers #18 to #23
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 5: Stars & Garters
Collects: Uncanny Avengers #26 to #30
The Unstoppable Wasp: Unlimited Vol. 1: Fix Everything
Collects: The Unstoppable Wasp (2018) #1 to #5
The Unstoppable Wasp: Unlimited Vol. 2: G.I.R.L. vs. A.I.M.
Collects: The Unstoppable Wasp (2018) #6 to #10
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Living Legends
Collects: The Darkhold Alpha (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Blade (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Wasp (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Iron Man (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Black Bolt (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Spider-Man (2021) #1, The Darkhold Omega (2020) #1
Collects: Avengers: Beyond (2023) #1 to #5
Wasp: Small Worlds by Al Ewing
Collects: Wasp (2023) #1 to #4, Tales to Astonish (1959) #44 (Ant-Man & The Wasp Story)
Collects: Avengers Inc. #1 to #3