So, you know how the Ant-Man stories seemed to be on an upswing, what with the new writer, the addition of the Wasp, and trying to make Henry Pym a bit less bland as a character? Well... said upswing may have run its course. This is turgid stuff.
Yes, Egghead is back- a villain whose only real traits are cleverness and arrogance, and he's suspiciously similar to the Wizard in both respects. He just, well... goes into a bit of a sulk after last time, but eventually decides on revenge, conveniently picking up a couple of very generic henchmen. And then proceeds to set a very generic trap, using the Wasp as bait, heavily relying on the assumption that Janet will go to his lecture on wasps, without Henry.
Oh, and Ant-Man and the Wasp literally have a race- his catapult (still a thing!) versus her wings. Yes, really. Also, the word "flickers" appears, never a wise word to use in a comic book. We end with the baddies using, and I can't believe I'm typing this, water pistols filled with "liquid gas". And, right at the end, Ant-Man scolds the Wasp, calling her "young lady", while her thought bubble reminds us that she's still supposed to be in love with him.
I think, by now, it's clear that these Ant-Man stories are not working,
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