WHAT IF...? Head Writer Reveals Who Was Beneath The Wasp's Helmet In Yesterday's Captain Carter Episode

WHAT IF...? Head Writer Reveals Who Was Beneath The Wasp's Helmet In Yesterday's Captain Carter Episode

Ant-Man and The Wasp not being among the MCU's founding Avengers remains one of Marvel Studios' biggest missteps, but after the latter assembled with the team in What If...?, we have major new details.

By JoshWilding - Dec 27, 2023 11:12 AM EST
Filed Under: What If
Source: Toonado.com

Hayley Atwell's Captain Carter has cemented herself as What If...?'s breakout star and the hero returned for a new take on Captain America: The Winter Soldier in "What If... Captain Carter Fought The HYDRA Stomper?" (the less said about that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cameo, the better).

The episode kicked off with Peggy Carter assembling Earth's Mightiest Heroes at the Battle of New York in 2012, though the team looked a little different. Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye were present, but in place of The Hulk was The Wasp! 

A founding Avenger in the comics alongside Hank Pym/Ant-Man, the main reason she didn't appear in The Avengers is because former Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter didn't want another female superhero on the team (it was a fight for Marvel Studios to even get Natasha Romanoff in there). 

Now, What If...? Head Writer A.C. Bradley has shed new light (via Toonado.com) on how The Wasp came to join The Avengers, confirming it's actually Hope Van Dyne beneath the helmet and not Janet.

"Since Captain Carter - a woman - ended WW2, the feminist movement occurred immediately after the war," she explains in the X posts below. "This had a ripple effect across society leading to more female S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, heroes, [and] women in positions of authority."

"Since Peggy Carter wasn’t around to found S.H.I.E.L.D., that responsibility fell to Hope’s parents, Hank and Janet, and also Bucky, and his good friend, Howard Stark," Bradley continued. "All this [led] to Hope taking on the Wasp mantle earlier."

Bradley later shed new light on "What If... Iron Man Crashed Into The Grandmaster?" Revealing it was written way back in 2019, she explains that, "The original pitch was a Tony/Pepper love story with Tony [meeting] Peter Quill."

How do you feel about Hope being a founding Avenger in this reality? As always, head to the comments section below to share your thoughts.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/27/2023, 11:07 AM
Riveting. What a game changer.. this show needs to go the comic route. Nobody wonders and ponders these questions.. lol
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 12/27/2023, 11:18 AM
SWEET! More things REVEALED!!!!!
BassMan
BassMan - 12/27/2023, 11:29 AM
Makes sense. Been really enjoying this season so far, hope it keeps up.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 11:38 AM
Half of you lots worst nightmare 🤣
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 1:54 PM
@FireandBlood - and that marvels box office is your worst nightmare 🤣
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 2:07 PM
@Origame - It’s weird you think that since idgaf if The Marvel’s flopped, but okay. 😂

Remember, it’s you and your lot who’s been bringing that movie up in every article, obsessed as you are. Not me, buddy.
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 2:24 PM
@FireandBlood - dude, stop acting like that doesn't bother you since it's the ultimate proof people not only don't like this sh!t but are tired of it in every movie.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 2:29 PM
@Origame - It doesn’t bother me, tho 😂

Why would it? Like I said, you’re the one obsessed with the movie, not me. It was never one of my most anticipated. Go back to those trailer articles. You won’t see me praising it.

You’re the one that invested so much of their time into it, posted up on every The Marvels article like your life depended on it. For the rest of us, it was just another Marvel movie that came and went, while you’re still here talking about it daily 🥴
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 2:33 PM
@FireandBlood - dude, you're clearly obsessed with the politics, as you're here calling people who don't like them "the usual suspects".

FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 2:37 PM
@Origame - That’s all you’re gonna do, huh? Whataboutism 🙄

Here’s a challenge for you. Why don’t you try and not bring up The Marvels for a week? Try that. 🫵😂
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 2:44 PM
@FireandBlood - ...it's not a whataboutism.

And dude, try not calling people you disagree with some form of bigot for a week. There's a challenge for you 🤣
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 2:57 PM
@Origame - Your first response after saying it’s not whataboutism was to say “why don’t you try”…

I’m starting to think you’re a pisstake user or something because you can’t seriously be a grown ass man lacking this much self awareness 🥴
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 3:02 PM
@FireandBlood - ...you're seriously arguing that's a whataboutism? Dude, you insisting on calling people bigots is literally the reason I responded to you 🤣

Again, try one week not calling anyone a bigot.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 3:07 PM
@Origame - I don’t need to argue that it is, because it is, lol. And you responded to me because you wanted to talk about The Marvels, like you do on every article because you have an obsession with a movie nobody gives a shit about, and it’s weird.
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 3:15 PM
@FireandBlood - fine. Keep saying that, while you remain a laughing stock because you call everyone you disagree with a bigot 🤣
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 3:18 PM
@Origame - Not everyone, buddy. Just the bigots. ☺️
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 3:25 PM
@FireandBlood - bigots, being people who disagree with you 🤣
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 3:28 PM
@Origame - Bigots being people that are against anything and everything non-white male, like you 🫵
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 3:36 PM
@FireandBlood - yet you won't find me saying anything about shang chi. I've also been pro recasting tchalla, recommending Alita battle angel and atomic blonde, and I've stated blade is my last hope for the mcu. But sure, so against non white males 🙄
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 4:18 PM
@Origame - I bet your cousins, step-sisters boyfriend is black too, right? 😂
Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 4:32 PM
@FireandBlood - yeah, I have nothing to prove to you. Look in the history of this site and you will see everything I said here is true.

Go to any article on the announcement tchalla wouldn't be recast and you will see me calling that a mistake.

See any article on captain marvel when that's coming out and you'll see me recommending Alita and highlighting atomic blonde as a fantastic movie.

You'll see several times where I'll praise blade as the last hope of the mcu (until the leaks for the story came out).

And good luck finding anything on me hating on shang chi.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/27/2023, 4:46 PM
@Origame - “yeah, I have nothing to prove to you.”

*proceeds to type a load of spiel to try prove himself*

Origame
Origame - 12/27/2023, 5:02 PM
@FireandBlood - ...if you genuinely think that proves anything more than my previous comment, you should definitely go back to school.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/27/2023, 7:38 PM
@FireandBlood - Who says?
dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/27/2023, 7:40 PM
@FireandBlood -
@Origame -


Seems, to me, like you both are indulging in whataboutism.
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