History ComicBook / TheUnstoppableWasp

* ShipTease: Every time ComicBook/AmericaChavez and [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] cameo in the comic, it's always around each other, [[https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/1126159988609703937 which according to Whitley is intentional]].[[note]]It may also be a reference to the [[https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/1059905288508239872 the cancelled comic]] Whitley wrote where America and Kate [[RelationshipUpgrade began dating]], which would've been published with ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.[[/note]]

''The Unstoppable Wasp'' is a 2017 comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics, written by [[ComicBook/{{Princeless}} Jeremy Whitley]] with art by Elsa Charretier and Creator/{{Gurihiru}}. It stars Nadia Pym, later Van Dyne, as the all-new [[ComicBook/TheWasp Wasp]], who first appeared in ''Free Comic Book Day 2016: ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'', created by Creator/MarkWaid and Alan Davis (dated May 2016) with a costume designed by Alex Ross.

* ShipTease: Every time ComicBook/AmericaChavez and ComicBook/KateBishop cameo in the comic, it's always around each other, [[https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/1126159988609703937 which according to Whitley is intentional]].[[note]]It may also be a reference to the [[https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/1059905288508239872 the cancelled comic]] Whitley wrote where America and Kate [[RelationshipUpgrade began dating]], which would've been published with ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.[[/note]]

''The Unstoppable Wasp'' is a 2017 comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics, written by [[Comicbook/{{Princeless}} Jeremy Whitley]] with art by Elsa Charretier and Creator/{{Gurihiru}}. It stars Nadia Pym, later Van Dyne, as the all-new [[ComicBook/TheWasp Wasp]], who first appeared in ''Free Comic Book Day 2016: ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'', created by Creator/MarkWaid and Alan Davis (dated May 2016) with a costume designed by Alex Ross.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Nadia is actually a humongous fan of superheroes, particularly genius heroes. For some reason, though, she ''really'' hates Franchise/SpiderMan. She ends up bringing Mockingbird to tears when she remembers the fact that she's actually a GeniusBruiser.

Shortly after introducing herself to the superhero community, Nadia joined the new Avengers roster as a full member and, with the advice of fellow crimefighting scientist [[ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]], decided to become a champion for the smartest (and oft-ignored female) minds of the MarvelUniverse -- making her the ''Unstoppable'' Wasp.

Character tropes for Nadia van Dyne can be found [[Characters/AntManHeroes here]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: Issue #4 of the 2018 relaunch has Janet worry that Nadia might have an undiagnosed case of bipolar disorder as she recognizes the signs of a manic episode similar to what Hank went through. Nadia goes from full blown Mania to a [[spoiler: suicidal]] depressive episode between Issues 4 and 5. Unlike Hank, she chooses to seek help.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: [[invoked]][[ZigZagged Zig-zagged]]; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian. WordOfGay would later clarify that Nadia is {{UsefulNotes/Asexual}}.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: [[invoked]]{{ZigZagged}}; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian. WordOfGay would later clarify that Nadia is {{UsefulNotes/Asexual}}.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Zig-zagged in issue #7 of the 2017 series. Janet gets her nose broken and shows a small trickle of blood, but looks completely fine immediately afterward. Later, she has some bruising on her face after a fight in which she gets hit in the head with a chair, but her face is again unmarked in the last panel of the issue, which takes place the same night.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Zig-zagged; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian. WordOfGay would later clarify that Nadia is {{UsefulNotes/Asexual}}.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Zig-zagged; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian. WordOfGay would later clarify that Nadia is UsefulNotes//Asexual.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Zig-zagged; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian. WordOfGay would later clarify that Nadia is [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Zig-zagged; Nadia has no male love interest, expresses disgust when Jarvis recommends “kissing boys”, and spends her first volume only ever thinking about Ying, who she shares a deep, long-standing friendship with. There is a ''lot'' of subtext between her and Ying, but ultimately the two don't get together... because Ying instead gets together with Shay - another girl in Nadia's GIRL project - who happens to be a butch lesbian.

After a brief misunderstanding with a mind-controlled [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]], their long-serving butler Jarvis introduced Nadia to her step-mother Janet Van Dyne --the original Wasp herself-- with whom she quickly bonded with, readily endorsing her identity as the new Wasp.

* VerySpecialEpisode: Issues #4-5 of the second volume, where Nadia has her first serious manic episode. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped On the other hand]], as the essay at the end of #5 points out, superhero comics have traditionally not been noted for their [[InsaneEqualsViolent accuracy]] or [[{{Idiosyncrazy}} sensitivity]] when depicting mental illness and its [[PsychoPsychologist treatment]].