Wasp Hate

What's with Marvel's Wasp hating?

I picked up the Free Comic Book Day All New All Different Avengers and was really saddened to come across this.

A one, two punch of Wasp disrespect. I mean, come on a founding member of the team who went on to be the second longest serving Avenger's Chair behind Captain America. I can't accept that Iron Man, even if it isn't Tony Stark in the armor, would not know who the Wasp is, let alone would completely write off her years of tenure with the team. I call bullshit.

My theory about the disappearance of the Wasp has more to do with the desire to use Hank Pym. Pym, Wasp's husband, famously struck her back in Avengers v1 213. Ever since he has been branded as a "wife-beater." Jim Shooter addressed what he intended by this scene, but that isn't how it was drawn so we're left with a wife slapping hero. 

Meanwhile we have a Marvel Movie property, Ant-Man coming out that features Hank Pym. How do you get rid of the wife-beating problem of one of your cinematic universe properties? 

Easy get rid of the wife.

That's one possible theory. Another theory is less fantastic, but more terrible. Writers are afraid of the Wasp. More than any other character she is a fully realized version of a powerful woman. She runs her own business. She has transformed from a part-time hero to a Chairwoman. She uses her body however she wants, having slept with a fair number of folks, and avoided any sort of "slut-shame" for it. 

 Spider-Woman is angsty. Black Widow is a killer, damaged by her relationships, Captain Marvel doesn't really seem to have it together. Scarlet Witch has the whole killed the mutants problem. Every other female Avengers has tons of issues, while the Wasp is who she is, and doesn't care what you think.

I honestly think today's comic writers are scared of the little ol' Wasp. Which is too bad, because she has good history, and makes for a great team member when written correctly.