Finished reading Astonishing Ant-Man: Small-Time Criminal, continuing the series with writer Nick Spencer with the reveal of what lead to Scott back behind bars getting closer. The book opens to Scott still reflecting on what lead to him being thrown back into prison as he recounts the time he had to travel to meet with the new Giant Man, Raz Malhotra who is in need of some well over due training. While in San Francisco Scott teams up with Raz to hopefully stop a conference that the Power Broker is hosting which is showcasing the Hench App's newest feature. The book then tells a story focusing on Cassie Lang with how she's trying to come to terms with her new life without superpowers and trying to adapt to her new life in Miami when her former teammate Kate Bishop comes to town to spend time with her friend and to stop a criminal organisation. This leads to Cassie applying to the Hench App in hope that the Power Broker will be able to give her powers back. However the Power Broker what's Cassie to brake into Cross Technological to sabotage a similar app to Hench which the company stole, in exchange for her new powers as Cassie is completely up for when she discovers that she went through another heart transplant when Augustine Cross kidnapped her to save his father. However once Scott is told about Cassie by his employees Machinesmith and Grizzly who have taken a part time job at Cross Technological to work on their copycat app, Scott decides to use the Hench App himself to build a team to hopefully stop Cassie from going the same road that lead to him going to prison the first time. Overall this was a great book as it continues reveal the events that lead to Scott finding himself back in prison while also giving the spotlight to Scott's daughter Cassie and the villains he requires for the heist on Cross Technological. The is a great amount of character development and insight to Cassie as she becomes a superhuman again while the amount of interactions and insight to the villains that come from the Hench App is great and extremely hilarious especially when the heist part of the book begins with how the characters interact and the way the plan is executed. The art throughout is great as the art by Ramon Rosanas continues to work for Ant-Man's story by bringing the emotion, action and comedy to life extremely well. While the additional art by Annapaola Martello on the story cantering around Cassie and Brent Schoonover art on the story of the villains that Scott hires coming together, both do a great job in give each story their own look and feel with the spotlight being away for Scott, while also making it still feel a part of the series. 8/10.
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