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Scott Lang
Ant-Man
Nadia Van Dyne
Notable aliasesAnt-Man
Abilities
  • Genius-level intellect
  • Ant-Man suit granting:
    • Ability to shrink to sub-microscopic size and enter the
      subatomic universes
    • Size-shifting from nearly microscopic to ~100 feet gigantic (both at extremes)
    • Ability to transfer his size-shifting ability to other beings and objects
    • Uses Pym particle discs that allow Ant-Man to will himself and other objects to reduce in size or enlarge
    • Maintains strength of normal size in shrunken state
    • Helmet with a retractable plexiglass face shield and a limited air supply
    • Telepathic communication with ants using a cybernetic helmet (as Ant-Man)
    • Superhuman strength, stamina, durability and mass at giant or regular form

Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Michelinie, Bob Layton and John Byrne, Scott Lang first appeared in The Avengers #181 (March 1979) and in Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979) as the second superhero character to use the Ant-Man name in the Marvel Universe. He is a reformed thief and an electronics expert. He was a member of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the Guardians of the Galaxy, the main character in the comic-book series FF and, in 2015, he became the title character in the series Ant-Man.

Scott Lang is an ex-convict and electronics expert hired by

Avengers: The Children's Crusade mini-series. Following his resurrection, Lang heads the Future Foundation
and founds his own company, the Ant-Man Security Solutions.

Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), the web series WHIH Newsfront (2015), and the animated series What If...? (2021).

Publication history

Created by

cover-dated March 1979) and as the second Ant-Man in Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979).[2][3] Michelinie had long been an enthusiast of shrinking heroes, and saw Hank Pym's return to the Yellowjacket guise as an opportunity to take over the discarded Ant-Man identity.[4] He explained how he came up with the character:

I wanted something completely different, in both origin and motivation, from Pym. So I came up with the idea of a reformed criminal - not an unjustly accused innocent, which would have been the expected angle. And I figured that, as a burglar, he probably enjoyed the adrenaline rush of his previous 'job,' so the excitement of heroic adventure could fill that need in him, but legally.[4]

Though Ant-Man's two-issue tryout in Marvel Premiere failed to garner the character his own series, the dynamic of a single father and reformed criminal in the superhero role struck a chord with readers and led to Ant-Man enjoying modest popularity and frequent appearances in Marvel Comics thereafter.[4]

Ant-Man appeared prominently in the 2012's FF series by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred.[5]

An ongoing series focusing on Lang, titled simply Ant-Man written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Ramon Rosanas, began in January 2015.[6] After Marvel's Secret Wars event, the series continued with the title Astonishing Ant-Man.

Fictional character biography

Early life

Scott Lang was born in

Stark International to work in its design department. Under Tony Stark's direction, he helped install a new security system in Avengers Mansion.[9]

The second Ant-Man

When his daughter

Cassie became seriously ill, Scott Lang sought out Dr. Erica Sondheim, the only person capable of helping her. However, at the very moment he attempted to contact her, Sondheim was forcibly taken away to Cross Technological Enterprises, and to get her out, he decided to return to burglary as a final resort.[10] He broke into Hank Pym's home and stole the Ant-Man suit and shrinking gas canisters.[11] Garbed as Ant-Man, Lang broke into Cross Enterprises and discovered that Sondheim was being held prisoner by Darren Cross. He rescued the doctor from Cross' clutches and was relieved when Sondheim was able to save his beloved Cassie's life. Upon being confronted by Pym (as Yellowjacket), Lang intended to return the Ant-Man suit to Pym and turn himself in for its theft, but Pym, aware of the use to which Lang had put the stolen goods, offered to let him keep them, provided he only use them to uphold the law.[12]

Hero

Shortly after, Scott Lang donned the Ant-Man costume on various occasions, primarily to assist

Thing in battle against its denizens.[20]

Scott was instrumental in helping Iron Man discover who possessed copies of his technology during the "Armor Wars" storyline.[21]

He also aided the Avengers in infiltrating Taskmaster's henchmen-training facility, battling the Taskmaster alongside

Dragonfly.[26]

Lang was briefly hired by the Fantastic Four to serve as their technical consultant when Reed Richards was missing and presumed dead.[27] It was during this period that Lang learned that Cassie had long since found out about his double life as a superhero.[28] Lang later returned to form a temporary Fantastic Four with the Human Torch, She-Hulk and Namorita when the other three were temporarily trapped in the Negative Zone.[29]

Lang played an important role in helping

Leader, Lang shrank down to microscopic size, entered Hulk's genes, and replaced the damaged genes causing the disease with healthy genes taken from the corpse of Bruce Banner's father, the energy surge released when Hulk returned to human form integrating the new genes into Hulk's system and curing of the disease.[30]

After his ex-wife Peggy Rae gained custody of their daughter, Lang accepted an offer to join the Avengers officially.[31] His personality clashed immediately with fellow Avenger Jack of Hearts. However, in The Avengers vol. 3 #76, Jack helped save Cassie from a child-murderer, shortly before committing suicide by traveling into space with the murderer and exploding rather than return to the containment cells required to control his power.[32]

He also appeared in the series Alias by Brian Michael Bendis, where he dated the leading character Jessica Jones, a former costumed superhero named Jewel who left that avocation to become a private investigator.[33]

He assists her in a matter with Mattie Franklin, one of the many female heroes to take the Spider-Woman name. Assisting the duo is S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Clay Quartermain.[34] Purple Man uses his powers to make it seem as if Scott had been consumed by ants.[35]

"Death"

When Jack of Hearts reappears on the grounds of Avengers Mansion in a zombified state, Scott Lang rushes to Jack, only for Jack to blow himself up, destroying much of the mansion and seemingly killing Scott. This Jack may have been some type of "apparition" created by an insane Scarlet Witch rather than the actual Jack of Hearts, starting the crisis known as Avengers Disassembled.[36]

His daughter Cassie Lang subsequently takes the name Stature as a member of the Young Avengers, having apparently taken enough Pym particles over the years to enable Cassie to automatically grow and shrink in size whenever she wants.[37]

His Ant-Man helmet falls into Amadeus Cho's possession for a time with Cassie's blessing, choosing to focus on the insect mind-controlling abilities.[38]

Return

During the events of the limited series

retconned as having never actually happened, as he was merely taken from his time and brought forward).[39] Scott is proud that his daughter followed in his footsteps.[40] However, a subsequent battle ensues (regarding the fate of the Scarlet Witch) involving the Avengers, Young Avengers, X-Men, Magneto, X-Factor and Doctor Doom. In the course of the fight, Scott is seemingly killed by Doom, although he actually survives relatively unscathed; enraged, Cassie attacks but Doom kills her, much to Scott's grief.[41]

Afterwards, Scott joins the new Defenders team composed of

Ms. Thing. It is to Darla that Scott confessed that he killed a fellow inmate while in prison.[44]

After a heated battle, Scott managed to exact his revenge on Doctor Doom by gradually overwhelming and defeating him, and by having him believe he had killed Valeria Richards. He also determined the true meaning of Pym Particles, and how they operate on three distinct axes determining size, strength and durability.[45]

During the "AXIS" storyline, a now-heroic and repentant Doctor Doom used Scarlet Witch's powers to resurrect Cassandra Lang, seeking to atone for at least one of his crimes; she turned out alive and well on Scott's doorstep.[46]

Following this, Lang moved to Miami to start a new life as well as to spend more time with his daughter.

Crossfire on behalf of Augustine Cross to use Cassie's Pym-particle irradiated heart could revive the very first villain Scott had fought, Scott was forced to turn to Grizzly and his fellow supervillain Machinesmith to infiltrate Cross' plant to save his daughter. With Machinesmith disabling all the security Scott was able to get into Cross Technologies and fight his way to Darren Cross, whom Dr. Sondheim was blackmailed into reviving using Cassie's heart.[49] Darren engaged in combat against Ant-Man while the hero tried to buy time for Sondheim to transplant another heart into Cassie. After Cross was forced to flee when the Pym Particles now in his body caused him to shrink down, Scott shrank down to microscopic size, and was guided by Sondheim to attack Cassie's white cells and allow her body accept the new heart's tissue. Even though the procedure was difficult, Scott was finally able to help Cassie survive the experience. When Peggy and Blake arrived, Sondheim told her that Cassie suffered an infraction and Scott took them to her. Although he saved his daughter, Scott decided to distance himself from her so that she could have a normal life.[50]

Some months ago, Ant-Man helped Giant-Man into rescuing a computer technician named Raz Malhotra from Egghead. Months later after the incident where Hank Pym and Ultron were fused together with Pym seemingly perishing as a result of the fusion, Scott received one of Pym's labs. Recalling his encounter with Raz, Scott sent Raz a present in the form of the Giant-Man suit.[51]

During the "Last Days" part of the "

Cassandra Lang. Peggy puts Scott in his place due to him making no effort to visit her since she was in the hospital. Peggy also tells Scott that Cassandra is at a school excursion to Atlanta. While drinking at a nightclub, Ant-Man encounters Janice Lincoln and tries to take her down, only to get blasted. Janice states to Ant-Man that he should party like there is no tomorrow since it is the last night on Earth. Ant-Man takes in Janice's suggestions as they both hit the dance floor. He wakes up the next morning with Janice in his bed as the final parts of the Incursion occur.[52]

As part of the "

Magician (the son of the original Magician) when he was hired by a publicist named Marlena Howard through the Hench App to pretend to have a grudge against her.[54]

Scott Lang later reunited with Raz Malhotra and took him to confront Power Broker at his public promotion of the Hench App 2.0. They ended up coming into conflict with a female

Blacklash who Power Broker hired to guard the event. Due to Raz's inexperience in crimefighting, Blacklash got away. Following the incident, Scott Lang gave Raz an offer come with him to Florida to be trained while looking over Hank Pym's lab there. Raz accepted the offer.[55]

Scott later recruited Hijacker, Whirlwind, Beetle, Voice, and Magician to his Ant-Man Security Solutions.[56] As a team, they fought Darren Cross, Crossfire and Augustine Cross to save Stinger, aka Cassie Lang.[57] After that battle, the NYPD arrested Scott for his crimes. After a trial, he was released.[58]

During the "

Kobik. This ultimately allows Kobik to bring back the original Steve Rogers, who defeats his HYDRA doppelganger.[63]

With his reputation tarnished due to his betrayal, Scott joins the Guardians of the Galaxy to get away from Earth for a while.[64] During a later attempt to coordinate a return to Earth for Cassie's birthday with Nadia van Dyne's aid, things go quickly awry, and the two of them experience a series of bizarre adventures in the microverse before returning home. However, in the process the two of them became quantum-entangled with each other.[65]

Hero for Hire

Trying to pick up the pieces of his lost life on Earth, Scott takes up residence in an ant-hill in Florida and begins offering his service for pay.

Swarm against a new enemy called Macrothrax.[67]

Powers and abilities

Using a gaseous form of "Pym particles" kept in a compartment in his belt,

He retains his normal strength in ant size.

Lang also discovered the true secret of Pym Particle technology, using it along an axis of three enhancement and reduction vectors. Enabling access of phy. augmentation without growing or shrinking to various sizes.

insects
, and is equipped with sound amplification equipment allowing normal-sized humans to hear its wearer. The helmet also has a retractable plexiglass face shield and a limited air supply.

Lang has advanced training and expertise in electronics, having earned an electronics technician certificate, plus additional advanced electronics training he received while in prison. At times, Lang even made his own modifications to the Ant-Man equipment, such as installing the Pym gas dispenser in his helmet rather than leaving it on his belt,[13] or mounting an electric disruptor into his helmet for offensive purposes.[13]

Other versions

MC2

In the MC2 universe, Lang appears in two distinct versions. The Lang of the main MC2 continuity has long retired from the Avengers and has acted as a mentor for Cassie, who has taken up the role of the family superhero.[69] Also, the Thunder Guard, a group of Nazi Avengers from an alternate universe who fought A-Next, included a mentally highly unstable version of Scott called "Pincer" who had killed that universe's version of Cassie.[70]

Ultimate Marvel

The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is David "Dave" Scotty, one of the Giant-Men that was utilized on the Ultimates' Reserves.[71] During a legion of vampires' attack, he was among those that guard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion. After vampires attack and bit him multiple times, Scotty turned into a vampire. In the ensuing battle, Dave gets killed by Peter, a fellow Giant-Man.[72]

The actual Ultimate version of Scott Lang is the second major version of

Gregory Stark's forces in North Korea.[73] His daughter Cassie later joins the Ultimates.[74]

What If?

In "What If Iron Man Lost the Armor Wars", Lang is captured while spying on Justin Hammer, and taken prisoner along with Cassie. When Hammer is later assassinated and his knowledge over the Iron Man armor claimed by A.I.M., Scott and Cassie are taken hostage by them as well, but are eventually freed by Stark clad in the Firepower armor.[75]

In other media

Television

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Paul Rudd portrays Scott Lang / Ant-Man in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.[79] Additionally, Rudd voices alternate timeline variants of Lang in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[80][81]

Video games

Miscellaneous

The MCU incarnation of Scott Lang / Ant-Man appears in the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! attraction, with Paul Rudd reprising his role from the films.[91]

Collected editions

Title Material collected Published date ISBN
Ant-Man: Scott Lang Marvel Premiere #47-48, Iron Man #131-133, 151, Avengers #195-196, 223, Marvel Team-Up #103, Marvel Two-In-One #87, material from Avengers #181, Iron Man #125 June 2015 978-0785192664
Ant-Man Vol. 1: Second-Chance Man Ant-Man (vol. 1) #1-5 June 2015 978-0785193876
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 1: Everybody Loves Team-Ups The Astonishing Ant-Man #1-4, Ant-Man: Last Days #1, Ant-Man Annual #1 May 2016 978-0785199489
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 2: Small-Time Criminal The Astonishing Ant-Man #5-9 October 2016 978-0785199496
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 3: The Trial of Ant-Man The Astonishing Ant-Man #10-13, Guardians Team-Up #7 April 2017 978-0785199526
The Astonishing Ant-Man: The Complete Collection Ant-Man (vol. 1) #1-5, Annual #1, Ant-Man: Last Days #1, The Astonishing Ant-Man #1-13 June 2018 978-1302911324
Ant-Man and the Wasp Ant-Man and the Wasp #1-5 November 2018 978-0785194620
Avengers Assemble: Living Legends Ant-Man and the Wasp: Living Legends #1 and Thor: Where Walk the Frost Giants #1, Black Panther: The Sound and the Fury #1, Avengers: Shards of Infinity #1, Captain Marvel: Braver & Mightier #1 April 2019 978-1302916381
Ant-Man: World Hive Ant-Man (vol. 2) #1-5 September 2020 978-1302922580
Ant-Man: Ant-Niversary Ant-Man (vol. 3) #1-4 and material from Tales To Astonish #37, 43 January 2023 978-1302945428
Ant-Man: The Saga Of Scott Lang Ant-Man and the Wasp: Living Legends, Ant-Man and the Was #1-5, Giant-Man #1-3, Ant-Man (vol. 2) #1-5, Guardians Team-Up #7 January 2023 978-1302950651

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