2020
WISE Score
Amazon
Scott Lang tries to stop being a 'loser' dad and ends up fighting a global bee conspiracy. It’s funny, weird, and surprisingly sweet.
4.5
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This is a great 'palate cleanser' book. It’s not trying to reboot the universe or change everything you know about Marvel; it’s just a well-told, funny story about a guy who talks to ants and loves his daughter.
It’s safe, imaginative, and avoids the 'brain rot' territory of some tie-in media. If your kid likes the movies, this is a much better way to spend an afternoon than scrolling through Ant-Man TikTok edits.
Perfect for the 9-12 crowd who are aging into Marvel but still appreciate a story centered on a kid and her dad. Adults will enjoy the witty dialogue too.
The entire plot is driven by Scott Lang's desperate, clumsy desire to be a hero in his daughter Cassie's eyes. It's a sweet father-daughter story wrapped in a bug-themed spy thriller.
Zeb Wells leans into the weirdness of the 'micro' world. Dealing with global bee conspiracies and hive-mind logic is exactly the kind of creative scale-play that makes Ant-Man stories work.
Standard Marvel comic fare. There's cartoonish action and 'deadly' foes, but it stays within the bounds of what a middle-schooler can handle without surprise gore or mature themes.
Beyond the action, it's a solid study in humility and the effort required to rebuild trust in a family. It also makes entomology look surprisingly cool.
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