Wasp (Janet van Dyne)

## Overview

### Partnership(s)

Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Wasp (Nadia Pym), Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)]]

## Living Status

### Identity

Public

Janet Nadia van Dyne (formerly Janet Nadia Pym) is a former agent of S.H.I.E.L.D who would go on to become the superheroine called "the Wasp". Early in her life, she was the daughter of a wealthy scientist Dr. Vernon van Dyne. She never wanted to go the scientist route, prioritizing partying and having fun as opposed to studying science. She would go on to drop out of college and apply to S.H.I.E.L.D's Operations Academy. For a few years she would be a very effective field agent and would gain somewhat of a reputation within the organization. Then, she would meet S.H.I.E.L.D scientist Hank Pym. The two would form a friendship and would begin dating around the year 2005. As they were dating, she would help Pym as he struggled with bipolar disorder. Sometime during the year 2009, van Dyne would discover she had superpowers. After discovering this, she applied to join the Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies (S.T.R.I.K.E), something Pym disagreed with. Fortunately for Pym, S.T.R.I.K.E was incomplete and thus she could not yet join, but Pym still worried for her. In 2010, she would come to the aid of Pym when his lab was attacked by David Cannon using the Whirlwind armor. The two would then become renowned as a superhero duo, something Janet enjoyed and something Pym resented, due to his violent past and current pacifist ideals. The two would be the line of defense when Loki attacked S.H.I.E.L.D in 2012. Pym and Janet were unfortunately knocked unconscious shortly before Iron Man and Thor arrived. The two would help the other Avengers defeat Loki. After the battle, Pym proposed to Janet and she accepted. They would take a leave of absence from the Avengers for a few days to get married and have their honeymoon. In 2013, the two heroes would bear a child named Nadia. In 2014, Janet would be called to action again to respond to Ultron's attack on Hank Pym. She would be knocked unconscious and ordered to return to Nadia by Iron Man. She would then return for the final fight against Ultron. After that, Janet divorced Hank (since prior to Ultron, he had become the Yellowjacket and had hit her) and then retired as the Wasp to focus on Nadia full time. A couple of years later, she would train Scott Lang to use the Ant-Man suit to fight the new Yellowjacket. Janet would willingly sign the Superhuman Registration Act, but would not participate in the fight against Captain America. In 2018, Nadia was an unfortunate casualty of the Snap. Fortunately, a future version of Nadia Pym would come to 2023 with a new version of the Wasp suit. Janet would meet this future version of her daughter and tell her that she needs to help the Avengers fight against Thanos. This version of Nadia would then join the Young Avengers.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Bio-Electricity Generation** - Janet can shoot bio-electric blasts that she uses to fight enemies.
* **Size Manipulation** - Janet can shrink down to the size of an insect.
* **Flight** - Janet has wasp-like wings that sprout from her back. These allow her to fly, but only when shrunk down as her body-mass is too heavy for the wings to lift her off the ground at average size.

### Abilities

* **Expert hand to hand combatant** - Janet was trained in various forms of hand to hand combat at the S.H.I.E.L.D Operations Academy.
* **Expert martial artist** - Janet was personally trained by Natalia Romanova in various forms of martial arts.