The Unstoppable Wasp, Vol. 1: Unstoppable! by Jeremy WhitleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Nadia Pym, daughter of Hank Pym and his first wife, spent the first part of her life in the Red Room, learning to best hone her genius. Now she's tasting life for the first time and looking for other female geniuses and fighting crime as The Unstoppable Wasp!
Every once in a while, I get in the mood to read super hero comics published in the last few years. It's at that point I'm glad I keep forgetting to cancel my Marvel Unlimited description. Since my wife and I rewatched Ant-Man last week, I gave this a got.
The Unstoppable Wasp is one of those quirky books I can't imagine Marvel taking a chance on five years ago. Not that they gave it much of a chance since it's already been cancelled. Because we need more comics rehashing the same shit rather than breaking new ground or some shit. Sour grapes aside, I really enjoyed this.
First off, the art: Elsa Charretier reminds me of the art on Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run. It's delightfully retro but has a style all it's own, understated but full of energy. Loved it.
The story is driven by Nadia's innocence after spending her childhood cooped up in a secret Russian facility. Jeremy Whitely's plot, Nadia gathering other girl geniuses, seems simple enough but the character of Nadia pulls it along. Maybe it's just because I'm getting older but I latched on to Nadia's innocence and youthful exhuberance right away. Nadia learning about the world while recruiting her girl geniuses charmed the shit out of me.
The same things that appeal to me about Mike Allred's Madman appeal to me about this book. It has a lot of what I loved about comics as a kid and still do. Giant robots, Devil Dinosaur, jokes about Jarvis being Nadia's grandpa, it's all here.
Rather than continuously restarting and rebooting books, Marvel needs to push books like this instead of the same old bullshit. Do we really need yet another X-Men or Avengers book instead of a fun book that would draw in new readers of all ages or, god forbid, make comics more accessible for young girls?
The Unstoppable Wasp. Fucking loved it. Five out of five stars.
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