Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne)

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  • Real Name: Nadia Van Dyne
  • (legally changed from solely Nadia)
  • AKA: Wicked Wasp, All-New, All-Different Wasp, Unstoppable Wasp, Baby Wasp, Nadia Pym, Nadia Trovaya
  • Family: Angela Pym (paternal great-grandmother, deceased), Brad Pym (paternal grandfather), Doris Pym (paternal grandmother), Janos Trovaya (maternal grandfather), Hank Pym (father), Maria Pym (mother, deceased), Janet Van Dyne (adoptive mother), William Grant Nelson (genetic half-brother), Ultron (“brother”), Dimitrios (“brother”), Mark Twelve (“brother”), Vision (“nephew”), Victor Mancha (“nephew”), Alkhema (“niece”), Jocasta (“niece”), Vivian Vision (“great-niece”), Vin (“great-nephew”, deceased), Vivian 2.0 (“great-niece,” deceased), William Kaplan (“great-nephew” via a previous incarnation), Thomas Shepard (“great-nephew” via a previous incarnation)
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Gender: Female
  • Height: –
  • Weight: –
  • Eyes: Brown
  • Hair: Brown
  • Unusual Feature: Insect-like wings coming out of her back
  • Origin: Human who was born in captivity and followed in her father’s footsteps by mastering Pym Particles, ultimately escaping to become the new Wasp
  • Universe: Marvel Prime Universe (Earth-616)
  • Identity: Public
  • Citizenship: Russian
  • Occupation: Adventurer and scientist; former spy
  • Education: Red Room Academy
  • Base of Operation: Pym residence, Cresskill, New Jersey; Pym Labs, Cresskill, New Jersey; Champions Mobile Bunker, Formerly The Mount, Nevada; Red Room Academy, Moscow, Russia

She is the daughter that Hank Pym never knew he had. Introduced in Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Civil War II) #1 (2016) by Mark Waid and Alan Davis, Nadia was born after Hank’s first wife, Maria, was kidnapped by Soviets and brought to Russia. After Pym failed for save his wife, Nadia was taken by the Soviets and raised in the Red Room to become an agent, including being trained by Winter Soldier. As a child she show a brilliant mind and managed to get Pym Particles through the Black Market and began studying it after she learnt of her parentage. She used this particles to escape the Red Room and travelled to the US in search of her father.

However, she found out that her father had sacrificed his life to stop Ultron. Using his tech, she developed a new suit and tech to become the newest Wasp. Hoping to meet her stepmother Janet Van Dyne, she went to the Avengers. After meeting with the team and revealing her origins, she meet with Jarvis, who took her to meet with Janet, who zoomed out of her house to diffused a Microverse Bomb. Janet took Nadia under her wing and adopted her. After the second Civil War, she joined the Avengers and gained her US citizenship. She would later help established GIRL, a research group for female scientists. She would remain with the Avengers during the Kang Wars, before moving over to the Champions soon after.

Possible Figures

  • Original
  • Weird world
  • Which has the best chance of being made? – As a relatively newer character, that was introduced to being a version of the MCU’s Hope Pym into the comics, she really only has one costume worth making into a figure (The original) with the other just being a Weirdworld variant.
  • How can it be made? – Another easy one. Using the teenage body as a base, They have add a new upper torso for the wings, add a few new sculpted parts. This can be placed in an Avengers wave, an Ant-man wave or a variety of two-packs or box sets.

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