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CBR News: Cassie plays the role of normal teenager in the first issue, but she has a lot in common with her dad given that they've both come back from the dead and both have been super heroes. How does that impact her relationship with her father? And do you have plans for the super powered aspect of Cassie's life in "Ant-Man?"

Nick Spencer: Yeah, definitely! Part of the fun of Cassie is that she's very much her father's daughter. So I think a lot of the parallels of their careers as super heroes is a great part of their relationship.

Cassie really became Stature because of her dad and Scott really became Ant-Man because of his daughter. It's a funny thing because I think Scott is very much driven to make sure that Cassie turns out better than he did. The fun thing about that is the personal dynamic of wanting your kids to achieve so much more, but at the same time they can often mirror you. So that's definitely an interesting thing to explore.

3 pages each from Ant-Man #3-5...



Reading and reviewing Ant-Man Vol. 1 by Nick Spencer stood out to me. Other than being Diet Marvel Indie, I couldn't help but feel... Cassie was not written all that well. It got worse especially in the final three issues of this five issue "series"...









Onto #4...







Then we wrap with #5...



Scott saves her in a pretty cool scene (though in his flashback, there's no indication or mentions she was a superhero...)







"... is let them go."

Brilliant move dude. Leave her alone in this time where she is recovering from getting the Heart of Hush treatment where your presence may be beneficial to her recovery mentally while two psychopaths with grudges against you and your family are out and about (neither of whom are exactly stable).


Sooooooo bad. It felt like Cassie Lang got the shaft this entire run and her past as a hero was flatout ignored (no one mentioned it at all like they were ashamed of it. She didn't even address it herself!)... but that could be me.

What did you guys think of this storyline and Nick Spencer's use of Cassie? Do you think it was good or bad? Do you hope he'll give her more to do in the next Ant-Man series?