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dantastic's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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.
w0nd3rl4nd's review against another edition
2.0
I hate that the first review I've given in months is a negative one, but I feel like I need to explain my 2 star rating.
To be honest, I didn't finish this volume out of boredom. The story did not grab me, but I think a lot of it had to do with not being the target audience of this series. Now, I read a lot of YA, so I am used to not being the target anyways, but what bothered me about this volume is that it felt like it was trying too hard to appeal to the youth. I can't help comparing this to Batgirl of Burnside, where Batgirl seems to trust it's audiences with the story, and her young voice and character felt natural, but Unstoppable Wasp felt like it needed to explain and prove to the audiences that Nadia is a hip, tech savvy teenager. The story was "telling" itself to the audience, not "showing" it.
I understand what the story was aiming to do, but it was a miss for me.
To be honest, I didn't finish this volume out of boredom. The story did not grab me, but I think a lot of it had to do with not being the target audience of this series. Now, I read a lot of YA, so I am used to not being the target anyways, but what bothered me about this volume is that it felt like it was trying too hard to appeal to the youth. I can't help comparing this to Batgirl of Burnside, where Batgirl seems to trust it's audiences with the story, and her young voice and character felt natural, but Unstoppable Wasp felt like it needed to explain and prove to the audiences that Nadia is a hip, tech savvy teenager. The story was "telling" itself to the audience, not "showing" it.
I understand what the story was aiming to do, but it was a miss for me.
cassie_grace's review against another edition
5.0
Nadia loves so deeply and so fiercely. I love spending time with her.
bgprincipessa's review against another edition
4.0
This was super fun, and I can't help but love a bunch of badass science women teaming up. I wish there were fewer words on the page? It feels like a weird thing to say about a comic but it just felt SO inundated with words and explanations.
mjoyner's review against another edition
4.0
Nadia is a little ray of sunshine, maybe to an unbelievable amount.
aimmyarrowshigh's review against another edition
5.0
I cried at Nadia trying to reconcile her hero-worship of Hank with his abuse of Janet, and again when she chose the last name "Van Dyne."
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
A bit cutesey and unbelievable. But Nadia is a different take on the super smart girl genius. And a book of girl geniuses could be interesting. She does have that born yesterday feel to it but doesn't seem sexed up, at least not yet. A fun book with a lot of potential interesting new characters. But still mostly fluff. 3.5 of 5.
watch_brandy_go's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0