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Nick Spencer, as ever, excelling on his home turf of half-smart schmucks getting in way over their head on ridiculous capers. Which makes me wonder if, in a decade or two, he might not write a killer autobiographical comic about the crazy story of a writer who makes Captain America a Nazi and then has to stay one step ahead of the outraged fans.

I feel like Spencer's Astonishing Ant-Man never really clicked. Oh, it was lovely seeing Cassie again (as well as folks from both FF and Superior Foes of Spider-Man), and it was great going back to Scott's origins, but overall the story was stretched out too long and the book was rarely as funny as it thought it was and I never felt as close to the characters as I should. (Which is all a terrible disappointment after Spencer's superb work on the thematically similar Superior Foes of Spider-Man.)...

Boy Howdy!!Poor Ant-Man! Trying to be all super-heroic with his teeny-tiny powers, but he generally gets this typical reaction…Okay, that was the typical reaction I used to get in high school.Ant-Man? He’s behind bars. In the pokey. Hangin’ in the hoosegow…Why? He made the big sacrifice for his daughter Cassie.Insect-messaging is the coolest…Not much falls right for poor Scott Lang. His hiring radar is a bit askew.His heist falls flat, most of his team of cheesy villains abandons him and Cassie

Nick Spencer has become one of my favourite writers in comics after his other comedy/crime series 'Superior Foes of Spider-Man' and 'The Fix'. I've been following Ant-Man since Spencer took over on 'Ant-Man Vol. 1', and found it to be a light-hearted, charming and funny comic. I've loved reading about these quirky characters' misadventures and laughed out loud at their dialogue at times (which was by far the best part of this volume). (view spoiler)[ Other highlights included the callbacks to Ma...

We finally learn why Ant-Man went to jail after all this time. And of course, it turns out it was for his daughter Cassie. Which goes perfectly with the series. After all, the heart of the series is the love that Scott has for Cassie. He takes the fall, goes to jail, and this volume is the story of the courtroom battle, with She Hulk representing Scott. And of course, this being the type of book that it is, we get plenty of courtroom hijinks. We also get plenty of cameos from characters that hav...

It wraps up pretty well, but it starts to lose a lot of the fun from the earlier volumes.

A satisfying ending to Nick Spencer's run of Ant-Man. Why did Scott end up back in jail? What's Cassie up to presently? Who's this new villain? Who will defend Scott in court? What is even going on?It's a big mess of action, wise-cracks, and a surprising depth of emotion that one would come to expect from this run. While it was more focused upon Cassie than I was expecting, that wasn't entirely a bad thing. It was a good run overall, and one I'm definitely going to pass to at least one person i...

I thoroughly enjoyed this series. While there were a lot of laughs, at its core, this is a story about a father and daughter. The end result was a story that was as sweet as it was exciting. The general conflict was a simple one--a father trying to keep is daughter safe--but that didn't mean it wasn't also well-layered. Another plus was that this was the first time I'd really read anything with She-Hulk. I was surprised by how much I liked her character. I also really enjoyed the bonus issue tha...

Spencer wraps up his run on Ant-Man by finally showing us why Scott is in jail and we get to go to court. A lot of it is a little silly (like a lawyer admitting in court that she made an illegal deal and no one even blinks twice at it.) But this story has a lot of heart. It focuses on Scott's relationship with his daughter Cassie and the love and respect between them. Best volume of the series.

Yep, they pulled it off. The ending was very satisfying, with Scott and his daughter going out on patrol together, after she "finished her homework," with her mom's blessing. The overall actual plot of this book was a bit "eh" as the whole conceit behind Scott Lang being on trial is that he was lying about anyone else being involved in the previous book's heist, and that sort of willful miscommunication gets tiring real fast. She-Hulk being his lawyer was a treat, and near the end of the book wh...

Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas (with a little help from Brent Schoonover) bring Scott Lang's story full circle as the mystery of what trapped him in prison once again is finally revealed, with the heist on Cross Technologies falling apart around Ant-Man and his crew, before we get a two issue trial that rounds out the story in a mostly satisfying fashion.At it's heart, this story has always been about Scott and his daughter Cassie, and much as I don't like Cassie as a character, their interactio...

How did Scott Lang end up in prison? Being a good dad...This final Volume of the Astonishing Ant-Man wraps some of the loose ends from the previous two Volumes. We find out that he's in jail because he didn't want his daughter to go to jail for crimes committed to help him. We find out that wowing a jury with your stints on various super teams does nothing to help your case. (LOL) We find out that sometimes your child needs to save you. A showdown with Yellowjacket, courtroom comic relief, and a...

... aaaaaannnd another one of my favourite comicbooks comes to an end. Damnit, Marvel, gimme a flarkin' break, will you?! I'm just going to have to hold out hope for an Ant-Man & Stinger book at some point in the future... Pfff...

i did it for cassie lang

How many damn times do they have to recap why he is in jail? If you are reading this in order it gets really frustrating as they waste 2 pages every issue with a recap!

Why cancel such a fun title, Marvel?! Whyyyyyyyyyyy?!But aside from that complaint, this was a good ending to a really fun title. Everything has been building toward the question Why is Ant-man in jail?, and volume 3 finally answers it. Of course, because it's Scott Lang it'll be a fun ride to the pokey. Scott is put on trial for (basically) B&E and he's hoping his attorney (She-Hulk) can get him off without revealing that he had actually taken the fall for his daughter, Cassie. <--she's not a b...

This is a review for the entire series so keep that in mind!The followup to 2015's Ant-Man comes... 2015's Ant-Man! Because Secret Wars threw everything off the rails and this kind of continued after a somewhat unnecessary 8-month break.Things pretty much pick up where they left off with Scott Lang (The titular Ant-Man) trying to keep his life together after being part of an extremely unreliable security firm (that he himself founded) and essentially cutting himself off from his daughter, who he...

Seems like Spencer can only write impenetrable mystery or "dude-bro" humor and this one follows in the latter category again. It's a definite step down from Superior Foes of Spider-Man and a bit of a step back from the previous volume in this series, as Scott goes back to being an idiot and a bit of a douchebag once again (after making some strides forward in the last arc). The art never really climbed above functional in this series.

So many ridiculous moments, so many unbelievable things, such a bad book. I have read comics for a long time so I am not above suspending belief when it comes to superheroes, but for that to really work the story has to have some kind of realistic grounding. Ant-Man gets arrested for rescuing his daughter from the man who tried killed her by stealing her heart (it's ok though, she's alive again like every Marvel character who has died because that never gets old or stupid). The prosecutor tells