{"id":330,"date":"2009-01-26T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2009-01-25T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T20:46:23","slug":"secret-invasion-requiem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/26\/secret-invasion-requiem\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Invasion: Requiem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sorry if this is a spoiler for you, but the Wasp is dead.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really bummed about this.\u00a0 My thanks to Marvel for publishing &#8220;<a title=\"Secret Invasion: Requiem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marvel.com\/catalog\/?id=11172\" class=\"broken_link\">Secret Invasion: Requiem<\/a>&#8221; to celebrate Janet Van Dyne&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marvel.com\/catalog\/?id=11172\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Secret Invasion: Requiem\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/wasp_death.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"607\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its just a shame that such a cool character is gone.\u00a0 In case you missed her death, I&#8217;ve reprinted the relevant pages below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Wasps Death\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/wasp_death1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"724\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Wasps Death\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/wasp_death2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"734\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There you go.\u00a0 The Wasp&#8217;s death in &#8220;Secret Wars&#8221; (1984).\u00a0 &#8230; ummm, excuse me? &#8230; What?!?! &#8230; What do you mean she died in &#8220;Secret Invasion&#8221; (2008)?\u00a0 She died in &#8220;Secret Wars!\u00a0 You can clearly see that above.\u00a0 &#8230; She got better?\u00a0 And died again in &#8220;Secret Invasion&#8221;? &#8230; You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me &#8230; okay.\u00a0 whatever.\u00a0 I guess I won&#8217;t be too upset then.\u00a0 Fool me once, shame on you.\u00a0 Fool me twice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you a speedy resurrection, Janet!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-330\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/26\/secret-invasion-requiem\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow 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