10 Most WTF Moments In Comics History

10. What Happens In Vegas...

Hank Pym’s had it rough over the years. The infamous wife-beating storyline that’s plagued the character for nearly four decades was the result of slack editorial control over the comic back in 1981; an absent-minded shove that the artist decided to interpret as a full-blown punch to Janet Van Dyne, aka the Wasp.

They ran with the end result, and it skewed the character for all time. In 2003, there was an attempt to redress at least a little of the damage to Pym’s character, as Geoff Johns scripted a reconciliation of sorts between the former husband and wife in Las Vegas in Avengers #71.

However, popping up immediately before all the insightful dialogue between the two over their ruined relationship is the opening scene of that book, in which Pym makes a FEAT roll and uses his size-manipulation powers for some Rated-R power stunts.*

Context clues make it obvious what Pym was up to (for anyone who’s ever had sex before, at least). What’s a little unclear is how he expected Wasp to return the favour - it’s pretty unlikely that her Avengers training regimen included the caber toss.

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*This will only make sense if you used to play the Marvel Superheroes RPG back in the day.