Hope Pym is a character appearing in

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s published by

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. Created by

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and

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, the character

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in ''

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'' #7 (April 1999). She is the daughter of

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and Janet van Dyne in the MC2 universe. Hope Pym is a

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known under the codename Red Queen.

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portrays a different version of the character, Hope van Dyne, in the

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(MCU) films '' Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023). She dons the mantle of the

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, inheriting it from her mother Janet. Alternate versions of the character returned in the animated series '' What If...?'' (2021–2024).

Publication history

Hope Pym debuted in ''

'' #7 (April 1999), and was created by writer

and artist

Fictional character biography

Hope Pym and her twin brother Big Man (Henry Pym, Jr.) became outraged when people began referring to A-Next as the "next generation" of

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after their parents' deaths. Using their parents' fortune, the twins put together the supervillain

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team and gained access to the

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via their parents' security codes. When they ambushed A-Next, Hope set about to torture Cassie Lang, feeling that she's the Avengers' rightful heir. Hope was finally stopped when Henry Jr. prevented her from initiating the mansion's self-destruct sequence, which would have killed both A-Next and the Revengers.''A-Next'' #12 The Red Queen was later seen using Silikong, a criminal that was mutated with a crystallized human, and his clones to get revenge on the A-Next, but her plans were thwarted by them and

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. Sometime after the

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event, the Red Queen teamed up with Entralla to take control of A-Next using hypnosis and planned to make Stinger execute Ant-Man. Her plans were thwarted by Mayday Parker (now known as Spider-Woman), the

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, and Spider-Man of Earth-3145.

Powers and abilities

Pym utilises a specialized suit of armor with synthetic wings grafted onto her body, alongside bio-electric blasters and extendable claws built into her gloves. She can also shrink in size but can't grow. ''

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'' included the character in their list of the most powerful Wasp variants.

In other media

Marvel Cinematic Universe

portrays a reimagined version of the character, Hope van Dyne / Wasp, in the

(MCU) franchise, with

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portraying the character as a child in flashbacks. Van Dyne has appeared in the live-action films '' Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023). Additionally, alternate versions of the character appear in the

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animated series '' What If...?'' (2021–2024) voiced by both Lilly and McGraw.

References

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