Hope Pym

Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz, the character first appeared in A-Next #7 (April 1999). She is the daughter of superheroes Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne in the MC2 universe. Hope Pym is a supervillain known under the codename Red Queen.

Hope Pym
Hope Pym / Red Queen. Art by Ron Frenz.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	A-Next #7 (April 1999)
Created by	Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz
In-story information
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Revengers
Notable aliases	Red Queen
Abilities	Suit granting: Retractable claws on her gloves Flight via bio-synthetic wings Bio-electric energy blasts Skilled hand-to-hand combatant

Evangeline Lilly portrays a different version of the character, Hope van Dyne, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man (2015) and appears as the successor of the Wasp in the films Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Lilly returned in the animated series What If...? (2021) as an alternate version.

Hope Pym debuted in A-Next #7 (April 1999), created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz.

After the deaths of their parents, 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 Avengers. Using their parents' fortune, the twins put together the supervillain Revengers team and gained access to the Avengers Mansion via their parents' security codes. When they ambushed A-Next, Hope set about to torture Cassandra 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.

The Red Queen was later seen using Silikong, a criminal that was mutated with a crystalized human, and his clones to get revenge on the A-Next, but her plans were thwarted by them and American Dream.

Sometime after the Spider-Verse event, the Red Queen teamed up with Entralla to take control of A-Next using hypnosis and planned to make Cassandra Lang/Stinger execute her own father, Scott Lang/Ant-Man. Her plans were thwarted by Spider-Girl (now known as Spider-Woman), the New Warriors and Uncle Ben/Spider-Man of Earth-3145.

Hope Pym / Red Queen uses implanted bio-wings to fly. She has bio-electric blasters installed on the gloves on the back of her hands, and extendable claws built into her gloves. However, she apparently does not have the ability to alter her size.

Critical response

Deirdre Kaye of Scary Mommy called Hope Pym a "role model" and a "truly heroic" female character. Screen Rant included Hope Pym in their "10 Most Powerful Variants Of The Wasp In Marvel Comics" list.

Television

• Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears in the fourth season of Avengers Assemble, voiced by Kari Wahlgren. This version is a member of the All-New, All-Different Avengers.
• Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears in Ant-Man (2017), voiced by Melissa Rauch.
• Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures, voiced by Marlie Collins.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Evangeline Lilly portrays Hope van Dyne / Wasp in media set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Madeleine McGraw portraying the character as a child in flashbacks depicted in Ant-Man and the Wasp. Hope appears in the live-action films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Additionally, alternate timeline versions appear in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.

Video games

• Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers via DLC.
• Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions, Marvel: Future Fight, Marvel Strike Force, Marvel Puzzle Quest and Marvel Avengers Academy.

Miscellaneous

Hope van Dyne / Wasp appears in the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! attraction at Hong Kong Disneyland, with Evangeline Lilly reprising the role.