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'''Ant-Man''' is the codename of three characters in the [[Marvel Universe]]: Hank Pym, Scott Lang, and Eric O'Grady.
'''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym'''
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The original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym was created by [[Stan Lee]], Larry Lieber, and [[Jack Kirby]]. Making his [[Silver Age]] debut in ''Tales to Astonish #27'' (January, 1962), Hank Pym was an ordinary, but brilliant biochemist. Happily married to Maria Trovaya, a political refugee, Hank was devastated when she was murdered on a trip to Hungary. Her death led to Hank's first mental breakdown, one of his defining attributes in later years. After recovering, Hank threw himself into his work, leading to the creation of a rare group of subatomic particles. Pym then uses the particles to create two serums: one that shrinks objects and one that makes them larger. Testing the first serum on himself, Pym shrinks to insect size for the first time but is unable to reverse the procedure. Now trapped in a nearby anthill, Pym nearly drowns in honey before being rescued by a friendly ant. The new friends fend off an attack by other ants looking for an easy meal before Pym makes it back to his lab. Using the second serum to return to normal size, Pym recognizes the danger of his discovery and decides to destroy the serums before they can do more harm.
Realizing that he was destroying a breakthrough, Hank recreated his serums a few weeks later. Inspired by his experience in the anthill, Pym uses the shrinking serum to become the superhero Ant-Man in ''Tales to Astonish #35'' (September, 1962). He would pick up a partner a few issues later in the form of Janet van Dyne, a young socialite who closely resembled his dead wife. With her father dead thanks to the arrival of the creature from Kosmos, Janet volunteers to undergo genetic alteration at the hands of Pym to become "[[The Wasp]]". Together, the heroes defeat the Kosmosian and become partners. Later, the duo would join [[Iron Man]] and [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] in battle against the [[Incredible Hulk
'''Scott Lang'''
The second Ant-Man, Scott Lang was created by David Michelinie and [[John Byrne]]. Lang first appeared in ''Avengers #181'' (March, 1979). He assumed the Ant-Man identity ''Marvel Premiere #47'' (April, 1979).
An electronics expert on the brink of poverty, Scott Lang turned to crime to support his family. A poor criminal, Lang is arrested during a botched robbery and sent to prison. Studying electronics in his free time, Lang earns himself a job offer from Stark International after being paroled early for good behavior.
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'''Eric O'Grady'''
The third Ant-Man, Eric O'Grady was created by Robert Kurkman and Phil Hester. He first appeared in ''The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1'' (September, 2006). Introduced as a low-level [[SHIELD|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agent assigned to the [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|Helicarrier]], Eric O'Grady was the kind of guy who'd lie, cheat, and steal his way through life. Fortune struck one day when O'Grady and his best friend, Chris McCarthy, are put on guard duty outside Dr. Hank Pym's lab after [[Wolverine]]'s dead body is brought aboard. Brainwashed by HYDRA, Wolverine is revived and starts killing everyone in sight. Panicking, O'Grady knocks Dr. Pym unconscious when the alarms start blaring. Messing around with the prototype Ant-Man suit in Hank's lab, Chris becomes trapped at insect size, causing O'Grady to panic again as HYDRA launches a full-scale attack on the helicarrier. Lost in the Helicarrier, Chris returns to full size only to be shot in the head. Looking for a place to hide, O'Grady stumbles across Chris's dead body and steals the Ant-Man suit. The Helicarrier sustains heavy damage during the attack, eventually crash landing in Arkansas. Surviving the crash, O'Grady retains his job as S.H.I.E.L.D agent during the day while experimenting with the Ant-Man suit at night.
== [[Comics]] ==
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'''Storylines'''
* ''[[Secret Wars]]''
* ''[[JLA-
* ''[[Marvel Zombies]]''
* ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''
* ''[[Secret Invasion]]''
* ''[[Dark Reign (
* ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]'':
* ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'': The next MCU installment, in 2016, had Scott Lang recruited to fight in Captain America's side.
* ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'': The 2018 sequel, also by Peyton Reed.
* ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'': Again an ''Ant-Man'' movie led to him appearing in the crossover that followed, and the 2019 epic had much plot importance to Scott Lang's contributions.
* ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]'': The third solo movie, released in 2023 and again directed by Peyton Reed.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'': An unplayable [[Science Hero]], Hank Pym appears between missions to offer advice. One objective for the Omega Base mission is to find Pym's Ant-Man helmet.
* ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'': Pym appears in his Yellowjacket persona as a boss for the Anti-Registration side.
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[The Avengers: United They Stand]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Four:
* ''[[The
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=== Tropes common to all versions of Ant-Man: ===
* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: Ant-Man, obviously. Hank Pym also used the code names Yellowjacket and Wasp.
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]
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* [[May-December Romance]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: He provides the picture for the page, bitch-slapping his wife Janet/The Wasp. Sometimes he has trouble living this down in-universe as well.
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: While starting out as "merely" a brilliant biochemist, Hank's story arc eventually led to him becoming an innovator in numerous fields, including particle and quantum physics ("Pym Particles"), electronics/robotics/programming (Ultron) and of course, entomology. Loki at one point even posed as [[Cosmic Entity|Eternity]] and convinced Hank he was Earth's "[
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Replacement Love Interest]]: Janet van Dyne was a dead ringer for Hank's dead wife, Maria.
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* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: The instability of the Pym Particles trapped Hank at various sizes over the years.
* [[Tangled Family Tree]]
* [[Ten
* [[Wedding Smashers]]: The Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime attack during Hank's wedding to Janet, prompting a return of Pym's Giant Man persona.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, Hero]]: Pym has gotten this more than a few times, but probably the biggest came when Pym led the Mighty Avengers. It turned out a member of their team, the [[Scarlet Witch]], had in fact been [[
* [[Working
* [[Wrathful Wasps]]: Yellowjacket is the superhero identity Hank Pym assumed during the mental breakdown that led to his brief outing as a supervillain: after being court-martialed for excessive force, Hank would create a robot that would endanger the Avengers while he would stop it and make himself look like a hero in an insane, desperate bid to avoid punishment. However, this stunt is greatly overshadowed by him striking his wife in a fit of mania, and despite Jim Shooter intending it to be the result wild, careless gesturing, the artist decided to frame it as him intentionally, viciously slapping her to the ground which has saddled him with the [[Never Live It Down|reputation of being an unstable wife-beater]] that he's never been able to entirely shake.
=== Ant-Man II (Scott Lang) ===
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* [[Ill Girl]]: Cassie Lang. At least when she was a child.
* [[Part-Time Hero]]: Scott only donned the Ant-Man costume for brief periods early in his career, preferring to raise his daughter and, later, run his own electronics store.
* [[Romantic Runner
* [[Sympathetic Criminal]]: Scott turned to burglary as a last resort after his daughter is diagnosed with a congenital heart condition.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Lang was killed in an explosion at the start of the ''Avengers Disassembled'' storyline. [[Scarlet Witch]] later brought him back.
=== Ant-Man III (Eric O'Grady) ===
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Eric's Achilles tendons become vulnerable when he's in giant form.
* [[The Adjectival Superhero]]: The ''Irredeemable'' Ant-Man.
* [[The Atoner]]: The reason why he's in the Secret Avengers now. That, and [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]] decided to give him a second chance.
* [[Clear My Name]]: Subverted {{spoiler|O'Grady did indeed steal the Ant-Man suit and evade SHIELD while on the run. But in order to get back in their good graces after he was found by SHIELD he passes most of the blame for the serious stuff onto Mitch Carson(who was revealed to actually a serial killer and about to brutally kill him anyway when SHIELD caught up to where Carson was holding him) and sold out Black Fox at the end of his series as well.}}
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Although by Secret Avengers he is doing this less often.
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* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Black Fox was this for O'Grady early on, aiding in crimes as well as playing video games on their down time. The relationship went south however after Black Fox stole his [[Wii]].
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: With [[Taskmaster]] from his days in with the [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers Initiative]].
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Eric went through a trial and error stage after he stole the Ant-Man suit, burning Mitch Carson's face with his rocket boots and nearly killing an attempted rapist because he underestimated his own strength at insect size.
* [[Jet Pack]]: The G.I. Ant-Man suit [[Flight|flies]] using a set of rocket boots. They can also be used as a [[Weaponized Exhaust|weapon]] in the right circumstances.
* [[Jerkass]]
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* [[Sticky Fingers]]
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: His role in the Secret Avengers seems to be this, though he tries hard to prove himself.
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'''War Machine''': Not to me. Not until you live up to it. }}
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