Tales To Astonish # 44

In This issue Henry Pym meets a scientist by the name of Vernon Van Dyne, who just shows up one day to compare scientific notes. He brings along his young daughter Janet. Vernon Van Dyne has a problem though, he made a mistake in one of his experimentswhich leads a criminal from outer space named Kosmos right to him. The two scientists become friends and Henry Pym becomes very interested in Vernon Van Dynes Daughter Janet. Unfortunately when Kosmos catches up to Vernon Van Dyne they fight and Kosmos ends up killing Vernon Van Dyne. At the same time, Hank is wooing Janet Van Dyne back at his place, and what better way to impress a girl than to cover her with Pym particles and have her become a shrinking Superhero by the name of The Wasp. When they find out what happened to Vernon Van Dyne, the two heroes chase after Kosmos and in the end defeat him.
  I know this sounds weird, but I like reading old comics, or watch old movies that took place in a time where the political correctness we are subjected to holds no weight. In this case the attitude shown Janet by both her father and Henry Pym is absolutely sexist.
 The story itself is the usual 1960's simple, same as the art. It was not really a bad book, but i can't in all good conscience say that it wowed me either. There are worse origins, but to tell the truth, I like that there is a heroine who got her powers because a scientist wanted to get lucky.