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It’s been a
while since we had to check out a different comic to better explain what’s
going on in The Avengers, but I think
I remember how to do it.
In Tales to Astonish #77-#78, we find out
what Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne have been doing since they left the team:
performing vital drilling experiments in the middle of the ocean, trying to
figure out the origins of life. However,
their drill is causing serious damage to Namor’s kingdom, and he destroys the
drill.
Of course,
instead of explaining that the drill
is wrecking his city, Namor just tells them to go away because he’s a prince,
dammit, now do what he says! Hank, Jan,
and the rest of the crew don’t take kindly to that, and one of them gets
trigger happy and shoots at Namor, setting the whole ship on fire instead. They get it under control fairly quickly, but
right then, a villain named the Puppet Master decides to take control of
Namor’s mind and compels him to swim to New York. With the radio gone and with Hank unwilling
to leave the job of fixing his equipment to others long enough to become
Giant-Man and walk to shore, that leaves Jan to shrink down to wasp-size and
fly to New York to alert the Avengers.
Got that? Good.
Now stick a pin in it and save it for later, because we have one issue
left before you’ll need to remember all that.
