The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Ant-Man and the Wasp

Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s (WCL) Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character. This post is about the Marvel Comics characters who grow and shrink with the power of Pym Particles: the Astonishing Ant-Man and the Wasp!

Who are Ant-Man and the Wasp?

Ant-Man is an identity adopted by a number of heroes (and one villain) based around the discoveries of Dr Hank Pym. Using the incredible 'Pym Particles' which can add or subtract mass, size, and strength to anything, Ant-Man can grow and shrink between human and insect size at will while maintaining his regular human strength.

The Wasp is an identity adopted by two heroines, fashion designer Janet van Dyne and teen prodigy Nadia van Dyne. Hank Pym also briefly donned the identity of the Wasp during a period where Janet was lost in the Microverse. Using Pym Particles, the Wasp can shrink to insect size, with the addition of having wings to fly and 'bio-electric stingers' to zap opponents.

Updated June 5, 2025
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Civil war : a Marvel Comics event
Millar, Mark.
Paper Book
Collects Civil War (2006) #1-7. Whose side are you on? A conflict is brewing that threatens to pit friend against friend, brother against brother and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams,...
Mighty Avengers - Volume 3: Secret Invasion - Book 1
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Mighty Avengers - Volume 4: Secret Invasion - Book 2
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
'Elektra is a Skrull ' Words that have echoed through Marvel Comics for the last two years. But how did this happen and for how long has this been true? Plus, the return of MAR-VELL has brought with it more questions than answers, but now all those questions will finally be answered.
Avengers Academy. [Vol. 1], Permanent record
Gage, Christos.
Paper Book
Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them. The future is in their hands...andin the hands of the six young...
What If? Age of Ultron
Keatinge, Joe
Ebook
Secret Empire. Volume 1
Spencer, Nick
Ebook
Infinity Countdown. Volume 1
Duggan, Gerry
Ebook
Iron Man. The Ultron agenda
Slott, Dan
Paper Book
The Ultron Agenda is here! Watch out, Iron Man, the robot uprising of the Marvel Universe has begun! But it's not Ultron leading the charge... it's Machine Man?! The A.I.s are on the attack - and they might be in the right, as robotic and A.I. rights are being threatened in America. Battle lines are...
Ant-Man. Volume 1, Second chance man
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
Scott Lang has never exactly been the world's best super hero. Most people don't even think he's been the best Ant-Man! And the last guy invented Ultron and joined the Masters of Evil, so that's saying something. But when the Superior Iron Man calls with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and an old...
The Astonishing Ant-Man. Volume 1
Spencer, Nick
Ebook
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Lost and Found. Volume 1
Waid, Mark
Ebook
Hulk: World War Hulk: X-Men. Volume 1
Slott, Dan
Ebook
Avengers : the initiative. [Vol. 3], Secret invasion
Slott, Dan
Paper Book
From fires to ghosts, and from flowers to surrealist apparitions, the bombsites of London were both unsettling and inspiring terrains. Yet throughout the years prior to the Second World War, British culture was already filled with ruins and fragments. They appeared as content, with visions of...
Thunderbolts: Dark Reign
Jenkins, Paul
Ebook
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 1, Back to basics
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
An alien invasion attacks New York City and the only one who can stop it is...Spider-Man?! But that's far from all you'll find here - a revelation from the past puts Peter Parker's job, relationships and whole life in jeopardy! And if even that's not enough, you'll see a new roommate, new love...
The Amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 2, Friends and foes
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
Wondering when Boomerang's status as Spider-Man's roommate would blow up? Well, the time has come and it's all here in this continuation of Nick Spencer's action-packed take on everybody's favourite web-head! Collecting: Amazing Spider-Man 6-12
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 3, Lifetime achievement
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
J. Jonah Jameson, former publisher of the Daily Bugle, former mayor of New York City, has a new job - as a shock jock! It's the perfect job for the outspoken Jonah, but is the world ready for a JJJ who's... pro-Spider-Man?! More importantly, is Peter Parker ready? His post-secret-identity...
The amazing Spider-Man. Volume 4, Hunted
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
When Kraven returns, Spider-Man becomes the hunted! Sergei Kravinoff and his minions have been kidnapping animal-themed superhumans for months, and they need one more to complete the collection: the Spider. But what does Kraven want with all of them?! In Central Park, the prey is let loose, and the...
The Ultimates. Civil War II
Ewing, Al
Paper Book
Once he was the Devourer of Worlds - but now, at long last, his endless hunger has been cured. But is there a hidden price? What does it mean to wring new life from death? What does it mean to be Galactus?COLLECTING: ULTIMATES 6-11
Agents of Atlas: Pandemonium. Volume 1
Pak, Greg
Ebook
Secret invasion : Runaways/Young Avengers
Yost, Christopher.
Paper Book
Avengers: The Korvac Saga. Volume 1
Mantlo, Bill
Ebook
The mighty Avengers. [Vol. 2], Venom bomb
Bendis, Brian Michael.
Paper Book
The ultimate Spider-Man super-team of Bendis and Bagley reunite and just in time for the Avengers' biggest problem ever. A venom virus hits the city of New York
Uncanny Avengers. The red shadow
Remender, Rick.
Paper Book
The Marvel Universe's greatest era starts NOW! as the all-new, all-different Avengers assemble! Captain America creates a sanctioned Avengers unit comprised of Avengers and X-Men, humans and mutants working together. The Red Skull has returned - straight out of the 1940s and full of hatred - and his...
Uncanny Avengers. Volume 2, The apocalypse twins
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
The future begins in the past! It's a clash of the titans in the 11th century, as Thor battles Apocalypse. The Avengers' ancestors are being hunted and only a young Thor can save his future companions. And with Rama-Tut and Kang pulling the strings, nothing good can come from any of it. And in the...
Uncanny Avengers. Vol. 5, Axis prelude
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
The march to AXIS begins here as the Uncanny Avengers are reunited! The threat of Kang is over, but what are the repercussions? A dark secret is revealed in Genosha, Havok and his team are defeated at the hands of the sinister S-Men...and the Red Skull's revenge is now unstoppable. Meanwhile,...
Avengers & X-Men. Axis
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
The Red Onslaught is broadcasting waves of telepathic hate across the globe - and Marvel's greatest heroes have turned on their moral axis! What will the Avengers and X-Men find in the Red Skull's bleak 're-education camps'? What is Tony Stark's dark secret? And with the heroes 'inverted' to evil,...
Uncanny Avengers. 1, Counter-evolutionary
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
From the ashes of AXIS an all-new, all different Avengers assemble! The tragedy at the end of AXIS has left the Uncanny Avengers vulnerable and someone is taking advantage of it. One of the Avengers' oldest foes returns with a terrible secret that will, all hyperbole aside, shatter the lives of two...
Tony Stark, Iron Man. Vol. 1, Self-made man
Slott, Dan
Paper Book
From the cusp of tomorrow's dreams to the forefront of imagination, one man always soars on the cutting edge of adventure! You know his name. Everyone knows his name! Tony Stark is Iron Man. And Iron Man... is an idea. Always changing. Always evolving. Now Dan Slott and Valerio Schiti propel the...
The Darkhold
Orlando, Steve
Ebook
The unstoppable Wasp. 1 / Unstoppable
Whitley, Jeremy
Paper Book
After escaping the Red Room, Nadia Pym is ready to spread her wings and change the world, but she has to get her citizenship and battle a mad scientist's robot with Ms. Marvel and Mockingbird. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.
The unstoppable Wasp. 2 / Unstoppable
Whitley, Jeremy
Paper Book
With Jarvis by her side, Nadia begins recruiting girl geniuses to her lab, and fights a giant man-eating rat with Lunella Lafayette, the Miraculous Moon Girl. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.
The Unstoppable Wasp: A.I.M. Escape!. Volume 1
Whitley, Jeremy
Ebook
All-New, All-Different Avengers. Volume 2
Waid, Mark
Ebook
Avengers: Unleashed. Volume 1
Waid, Mark
Ebook
Avengers unleashed. Vol. 2, Secret empire
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
Doctor Doom: Avenger?! The impossible is real! Doom has turned to the light side in a fresh suit of armor as the Infamous Iron Man. And now he is about to take Shell-Head's place in the Avengers -or, to hear Victor tell it, they're joining him! But how will Earth's Mightiest Heroes react to one of...
Champions. Volume 3
Waid, Mark
Ebook
Champions. Volume 4
Zub, Jim
Ebook
Spider-Island: Warzones!. Volume 1
Gage, Christos
Ebook

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