Wasp Fact — October 31, 2026

Today's Fact

Checked against independent sources — the issues are cited below.

THE WASP MARRIED A STRANGER WHO CLAIMED HE HAD KILLED HANK PYM — BECAUSE SHE RECOGNISED THE GROOM BY HIS KISS!

The Featured Fact

In Avengers #59–60 (1968–69), a swaggering new vigilante called Yellowjacket broke into Avengers Mansion, announced that he had killed Hank Pym, and kidnapped the Wasp. By every reasonable standard, what Janet van Dyne did next was madness: she came back to her horrified teammates and told them she was going to marry him.

Janet was not fooled, and she was not reckless. Held captive, she had recognised the truth the moment Yellowjacket kissed her — the stranger was Hank himself, his inhibitions burned away by experimental gases he had inhaled in his laboratory, his mind insisting that Goliath had to be replaced by a bolder man who would finally propose.

She checked with a lawyer that a marriage to Hank Pym would stay legal even if he wed her under another name, then walked down the aisle at Avengers Mansion. The Circus of Crime crashed the reception disguised as caterers, and the sight of Janet in danger snapped the groom back to himself: Yellowjacket burst out of his costume as giant-sized Goliath, and the bride got her husband — name, size and all.

Why It's Obscure

Her teammates saw a founding Avenger marrying her boyfriend's supposed killer. Janet had already done the detective work, the legal work and the deciding.

#59

The boast — Yellowjacket storms Avengers Mansion claiming he shrank Hank Pym down and left him to die, then escapes with the Wasp as his captive.

The kiss

Identification by lip — Alone with her captor, Janet recognises Hank Pym the instant he kisses her — and starts planning a wedding instead of an escape.

#60

The wedding crashers — The Circus of Crime infiltrates the reception as caterers, python and explosives included, in Avengers #60, January 1969.

Legal

Valid under any name — Before the ceremony Janet confirmed with her attorney that marrying Hank as Yellowjacket still made her Mrs. Pym in the eyes of the law.

Gallery

Comic art of Wasp and the figures named in today's fact.

Wasp Janet van Dyne comic art — **The bride**Janet van Dyne, the Wasp — the only person at her own wedding who knew exactly who the groom was.

Janet van Dyne Wasp portrait comic art — **The detective**Janet solved her fiancé's disappearance from inside the kidnapping, then turned the solution into a marriage.

Yellowjacket Hank Pym comic art — **The groom**Hank Pym as Yellowjacket, the brash identity a lab accident built out of everything Goliath had been too inhibited to do.

Sources

Every claim above checks out against at least two of these independent sources.

Bullpen Bulletins

The Craziest Avengers Wedding Ever — CBRCBR's Comics Should Be Good column walks through Avengers #59–60: Yellowjacket's claim to have killed Pym, the kidnapping, and Janet recognising him by his kiss.
Avengers (1st series) #60 — Mighty AvengersThe Mighty Avengers issue record for the wedding itself: the Circus of Crime attack, Yellowjacket growing into Goliath to save Jan, and her explanation that she knew from the kiss.