Finished reading The Astonishing Ant-Man: Everybody Loves Team-Ups, relaunching Marvel's Ant-Man series in the wake of Secret Wars as writer Nick Spencer continues his run with the character as Scott Lang is still trying to make a living in Miami only for things to constantly become more and more complicated. The book opens with Scott Lang along with his employees Grizzly and Machinesmith in a local bar when they hear news of Hank Pym's apparent death at the end of the Avengers: Rage of Ultron. This leads to Scott to mourn his predecessor by remembering their last team-up together to fight against Giant Man villain Egghead. The next story set just before the final incursion that lead to the events of Secret Wars as Ant-Man is hired by his investor Mary Morgenstern to steal an artefact form drug lord the Slug, to allow the residents of the residential home to have their youth back for one last time before the world ends. While Scott ends up drowning his sorrows in a local bar after being unable to reconcile with his daughter before the end of the world. The rest of the book jumps to eight mouths after the events of Secret Wars with Scott reflecting back on the events that have transpired over the past few months as he has found himself back in prison, while in the past Scott is still try to get a contract of work for his security firm which he eventually gets from his ex-girlfriend Darla Deering, and is also still try to avoid his daughter Cassie in hope that it would keep her safe for any super villains. As all of this is going on in the background tech entrepreneur and super villain the Power Broker who has made his own app called Hench which allows for people to call upon a super villain who as been matched by an algorithm to face a hero. Overall this was a great book as it continues to make Scott Lang feel very much a relatable character with how he try's to make it through life thanks to the way he is portrayed and how everything around him affects his life. The comedy is great as writer Nick Spencer use of lower tier Marvel super villains as a great source of comedy form the antics of villains using the many phone apps in hope to make it big, which the bring back the current Beatle who steals every scenes she's in as the way her and Scott interact between each other is completely hilarious. The art by Ramon Rosanas throughout the book is great as the action scenes are drawn incredibly well, while the art also complements the books comedic tone greatly. Additionally the art of the flashback team-up by Brent Schoonover has a classic vibe to it with Egghead's robot version of an older Avengers roster looks as if they have been ripped out of a classic story. 8/10.
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