Janet van Dyne

Wasp (Former Codename)

Nadia Pym (Daughter)

Hope van Dyne (Stepdaughter)

S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ally, Former Member)

San Francisco, CA

## Background

### **1958 - 1978: Janet van Dyne**

Janet van Dyne was born to world-renowned scientist Dr. Vernon van Dyne & the successful fashion designer, Amelia. The two were high school sweethearts but complete opposites. Vernon was an introverted & kept to himself while her mother was extremely outgoing. After college, the two got married then waited a year before having Janet. She was never exceptionally close with either one of her parents. Her father was always busy working on a new project while her mother was constantly traveling the world for inspiration.

When she was nine, the three of them would get in terrible car accident & her mother would suffer a traumatic brain injury. Janet would watch her vibrant & creative mother slowly wither away & die over the next year, causing herself much trauma & stress. After her mother's death, her father dove deeper into his work as he blamed himself for what happened to his wife.

Janet coped differently, she became self-centered socialite that lived off of her parent's fortune. Every time her father ignored her, she bought something else. If he cancelled on their dinner plans, she went on a shopping spree. It was a never ending cycle. But things had started to look better for them when Janet decided to enroll in college & study biology like her father. It gave the two of them something to bond over & she could not have been more excited.

She started losing her way though when she began dating the socialite, Paul Dennis. Her father didn't approve as the man had nothing go for himself except his parent's money. He then went on tell Janet how proud he was for setting goals for herself. While she admired the praise, she continued seeing Paul. The relationship would cause some strain between them but after seeing Janet staying focus on her schoolwork, Vernon let his disdain of Paul go.

While on a date with Paul, she would come home to complete silence & her father's corpse in his labs. She figured it was the men who tried to buy her father's invention as it was also missing from the lab. Her father had refused to give it up as he knew they would use it for the wrong reasons. Not knowing what else to do, Janet sought out her father's most trusted colleague Hank Pym.

## Romantic Relationships

* Paul Dennis: Boyfriend (1977 - 1979)
* Hank Pym: Boyfriend (1979 - 1986); Husband (1986 - )

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Energy Projection:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Fighting Ability:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She loved her father, but never told him how much she appreciated him.
* She became the Wasp some months after meeting Hank. Right before battle, she admitted to him that she was falling in love with him. She wanted to tell him before either of them died in battle. He then got mad at her for her timing but shared his same feelings after the battle was over.
* She is a Protestant.
* After her & Hope got on good ground, the two considered themselves mother & daughter. They became so close that Hope legally changed her last name to van Dyne when her & Hank were separated.

## Notes

* The original character of Janet van Dyne belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* Paul Dennis is an alias of Paladin, an ex lover of Janet.