In which we meet Janet Van Dyne, a millionaire heiress who has vowed to find out who killed her father, which inspires Hank Pym to tell her that he is secretly Ant-Man. He implants her with special cells (no, that’s not a euphemism–although it’s clear they have sex off panel) so that when she shrinks the grows wings. (Why doesn’t he do this for himself? It’s much better than shooting himself with a catapult or riding flying ants.)
She very quickly falls in love with him. But I mean he did give her super powers. They defeat a generic message and in the end…
What a strange panel. She’s moon eyed over him (literally–there’s a moon) and says she’ll win him over–but he’s on the phone pretty much saying he’s going to marry her. This is pretty typical sexist and dated writing–but in this case, it serves a purpose. The seeds of Jan’s utter adoration are planted right from the start–the kind of “putting Hank on a pedestal” that will lead to her accepting physical and emotional abuse from the man for decades to come.
Very “soapy” writing, but to be fair, they were still figuring out how to do superhero-specific comics–as opposed to Western/Horror/War/Romance, the standard genres of the time.