![]() ![]() For instance, Mister Fantastic never has anyone confront him over the fact that he created a clone of Thor that went rogue and murdered Goliath, a really close friend to Reed's longtime partner, the Thing. RELATED: How Superman Comics Dealt With the 'American Way' in the Past THE NOTION OF WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN IN A SUPERHERO'S HISTORYįirst off, I guess we should address the somewhat controversial notion of, "Why do we even continue to bring up Hank Pym's abuse of Wasp?" What I mean to say is, the history of superhero comic book fiction is a long one, with characters written by many different people over a period of many decades and as a result, there are going to be some stories where we would really prefer not to think about them when it comes to certain superheroes and yet, for the most part, when it comes to forgetting events like these, we just, you know, DO. I thought it'd be interesting to revisit that moment in light of later revelations by Jim Shooter and reflect whether that one panel really did change the story or whether that one panel has much of an impact on the story as you might think. It has now been a little more than 40 years since the August 1981 release of Avengers #213 (by Jim Shooter, Bob Hall and Dan Green), where Hank Pym (then going by the name Yellowjacket) committed an act of abuse that will forever taint the character's name in comic book history. Knowledge Waits is a feature where I just share some bit of comic book history that interests me. Today, we look at how Hank Pym's downfall as a character predated his most infamous act of abuse. ![]()
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