The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in "Tales to Astonish" #44 (June 1963). She is usually depicted as having the ability to shrink to a height of several centimeters, fly by means of insectoid wings, and fire bioelectric energy blasts.

She is a founding member of the Avengers as well as a longtime leader. She

Appeared in the first issue and gave the team its name. It is with the Avengers that Janet became most well known. At first she was the weak link of the team, but later on became one of the smartest and craftiest of its members. Though she takes leaves of absence throughout the series, she is one of the longest active members and has acted as leader of the team for longer than anybody besides Captain America.

She became the Wasp to avenge the death of her father, scientist Vernon van Dyne. She co-starred in "Tales to Astonish" from issue #44 to issue #69 (1963–65). She was also the star of her own backup feature in issues #51–58 (1964).

The Wasp appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Ant-Man" (2015) in a cameo role, while Michelle Pfeiffer portrays Janet van Dyne in the films "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) and "Avengers: Endgame"(2019).

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