In this issue, Hank figures out how to change size using a mentally activated helmet. Which is kind of strange because decades later, when Scott Lang steals Hank Pym’s equipment, he’s still using gas to shrink.
Anyhow, he’s still a supreme dick. He’s got a hottie like Janet Van Dyne around, and he barely notices her.
Of course, she’s written really really badly. Stan can’t write females for shit.
She redesigns her costume in this issue. I think it’s the first time she did that. During the Roger Stern run in the 1980s, she was designing new costumes for herself every issue, and also designed ones for Wonder Man and She Hulk, among others.
What else happens in this issue? It really doesn’t matter. The cover kind of says it all.
There’s also a “Tales of the Wasp” backup feature in this issue.
It’s not a great story, but she breaks the fourth wall by winking at the reader.
Not a terrible comic, and somewhat historically significant because of the new costume for Jan and skills for Hank.
Stan Lee and Dick Ayers (main story); Stan and Larry Lieber (Tales of the Wasp).