Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant - Manrevealed Janet van Dyne had been trapped in the Quantum Realm for years , and she was eventually deliver inAnt - Man & The Wasp – but how did she survive there for so long ? After establishing its main superhero team with the Avengers and introduce many villain on Earth , theMarvel Cinematic Universebegan explore its cosmic side . Ant - Mandid its part by preface the Quantum Realm , a dimension in the multiverse that can only be accessed through very specific ( and complex ) method .
head by Peyton Reed , Ant - Manfollows master thief Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd ) , who takes part in the experiments of Hank Pym ( Michael Douglas ) postulate a super - suit of clothes that gives the wearer the power to squinch in scurf but increase in strength . Pym bring out that his married woman , Janet van Dyne , vanish into the Quantum Realm after going subatomic during a deputation to disable a Soviet atomic missile . Pym was finally able-bodied to rescue her inAnt - Man & The Wasp , and while she expose some interesting abilities gained during her time in the Quantum Realm , it was n’t explained how she survived there for so long .
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TheQuantum Realmcan be accessed through witching energy , mystical transferral through a Sling Ring ( as Doctor Strange can do ) , or by subatomic shrinkage , which is how Janet got trapped there in the first place . Little is experience about the Quantum Realm in theMCU , but one of its most important characteristics is that space and time seem irrelevant , as seen with Lang when he was leave there for five years following Thanos ’ snap , and it could also be used to time - travel , as see inAvengers : Endgame . Janet spent ten in the Quantum Realm , and aside from some superpowers ( such as quantum particle handling , healing , and web ) , she was unhurt when she come back , which has made devotee question how she managed to hold up there , and they consider the answer could be in the comics .
In the origin material , the Quantum Realm is love as the Microverse , and it ’s formed by many different dimensions . The Microverse is the home plate of the Micronauts , a superhero team , and Wasp was also trapped there duringSecret Invasion . Marvel Studios ca n’t use the name “ Microverse”due to the rights belong to Paramount , but they can use the construct of it . take all that into account , Janet could have find a refinement within the Quantum Realm , which provided her of sustenance , somewhere to live , and anything else she might have need ( though some argue that due to her shrinking to a subatomic spirit level , she would n’t have needed food or anything to pull through ) . This would also explain why she was also mentally unharmed and show no signs of imbalance or insanity , as she was n’t alone and was teach how to live in theQuantum Realm .
Of course , Marvel left this intentionally unreciprocated as there ’s a lot to search and find out about the Quantum Realm within the MCU , and it will surely be an crucial topic to turn to inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandAnt - Man 3 , but given that Janet showed no signs of terms upon her payoff , it could be good to assume ( for now , at least ) that she get helped while in the Quantum Realm , though exactly from who will stay on a mystery .
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