The Astonishing Ant-Man #1 Review

Writer: Nick Spencer / Artist: Roman Rosanas / Marvel Comics Ant-Man is back with pathos to astonish. Nick Spencer and Roman Rosanas only put out 5 issues of Ant-Man in his last series volume, but that was enough to give him a quantum leap of character development. Scott Lang was the epitome of an underdog story, we bore witness to that via his trials and tribulations under this creative team; however, what makes him so unique is the way he is able to keep his humor when things get even bleaker. The issue is truly a continuation of the last volume as we jump straight into Scott taking care of his business but still risking it just to spend time with his daughter (unbeknownst to her). Lang is watching her life under the radar as not to put her in any more danger, a fact she doesn’t know. Spencer gives Scott a front row seat to her disappointment in him, believing that he shrinks away when times get hard.

The action comes when Scott tries landing a business deal that gets interrupted by Whirlwind. A new villain named Power Broker is using Ant-Man as an example of the proficiency of his Hench app. We saw this app way back in issue 3 and thought it was just a joke but we’re seeing a huge fleshing out of the idea behind the app. It’s as genius as it is hilarious, they so cold blooded they even asked Lang to rate the ass whooping via email review. Rosanas on art for this book is still the perfect extension and provides best platform to breathe Spencer’s work to life visually. He a…