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* SleeperHit: The comic initially sold poorly and went largely unnoticed during Marvel's DorkAge before being unceremoniously cancelled. However, strong and consistent sales of trade paperbacks showed ''Unstoppable Wasp'' had some legs, and so Marvel brought the title back for their ''[[ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart Fresh Start]]'' relaunch a year later.

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* SleeperHit: The comic initially sold poorly and went largely unnoticed during Marvel's DorkAge AudienceAlienatingEra before being unceremoniously cancelled. However, strong and consistent sales of trade paperbacks showed ''Unstoppable Wasp'' had some legs, and so Marvel brought the title back for their ''[[ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart Fresh Start]]'' relaunch a year later.
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* BigNameFan: Elsie Fisher, lead actress of ''Film/EighthGrade'', loves the comic and [[https://twitter.com/elsiekfisher/status/1096859295793045505?s=21 has expressed interest in playing Nadia onscreen one day.]]
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* FakeBrit: In issue 8 of the 2018 series it’s noted that Jarvis [[IAmVeryBritish acts like he’s British]] but he’s not.
** This is actually a {{Retcon}} - when originally introduced Jarvis was indeed British, and canonically flew for the RAF in World War Two. Of course, what with the Sliding Timeline, he might by now be a Vietnam veteran...
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** This is actually a {{Retcon}} - when originally introduced Jarvis was indeed British, and canonically flew for the RAF in World War Two. Of course, what with the Sliding Teimline, he might by now be a Vietnam veteran...

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** This is actually a {{Retcon}} - when originally introduced Jarvis was indeed British, and canonically flew for the RAF in World War Two. Of course, what with the Sliding Teimline, Timeline, he might by now be a Vietnam veteran...
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** This is actually a {{Retcon}} - when originally introduced Jarvis was indeed British, and canonically flew for the RAF in World War Two. Of course, what with the Sliding Teimline, he might by now be a Vietnam veteran...
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* FakeBrit: In issue 8 of the 2018 series it’s noted that Jarvis [[IAmVeryBritish acts like he’s British]] but he’s not.
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* FromEntertainmentToEducation: Every issue of the Unstoppable Wasp ends with a two page interview with a real scientist where they discuss their work, their favorite comics, and issues that pop up in the pages of the Unstoppable Wasp. For example, when Nadia [[spoiler: goes through her first Bipolar episode and suicide attempt]] the team presents an interview with a psychologist who goes through the facts of what the reader just read.

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* FromEntertainmentToEducation: Every issue of the ''The Unstoppable Wasp Wasp'' ends with a two page interview with a real woman scientist where they discuss their work, their favorite comics, and issues that pop up in the pages of the Unstoppable Wasp. For example, when Nadia [[spoiler: goes through her first Bipolar episode and suicide attempt]] the team presents an interview with a psychologist who goes through the facts of what the reader just read.
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* FromEntertainmentToEducation: Every issue of the Unstoppable Wasp ends with a two page interview with a real scientist where they discuss their work, their favorite comics, and issues that pop up in the pages of the Unstoppable Wasp. For example, when Nadia [[spoiler: goes through her first Bipolar episode and suicide attempt]] the team presents an interview with a psychologist who goes through the facts of what the reader just read.
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* BigNameFan: Elsie Fisher, lead actress of ''Film/EighthGrade'', loves the comic and [[https://twitter.com/elsiekfisher/status/1096859295793045505?s=21 has expressed interest in playing Nadia onscreen one day.]]
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* SleeperHit: The comic initially sold poorly and went largely unnoticed during Marvel's DorkAge before being unceremoniously cancelled. However, strong and consistent sales of trade paperbacks showed ''Unstoppable Wasp'' had some legs, and so Marvel brought the title back for their ''[[ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart Fresh Start]]'' relaunch a year later.
* UnCancelled: A year after the cancellation, ''Fresh Start'' is bringing the series back thanks to the aforementioned strong trade sales.

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