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Hank Pym
The character's alter egos (front to back): Ant-Man, Hank Pym, Goliath, Yellowjacket and Giant-Man (not all to scale), with Ultron in the background. Not all the character's costumes are shown.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(As Hank Pym) Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan. 1962) (As Ant-Man) Tales to Astonish #35 (Sept. 1962) (As Giant-Man) Tales to Astonish #49 (Nov. 1963) (As Goliath) The Avengers #28 (May 1966) (As Yellowjacket) The Avengers #59 (Dec. 1968) (As Wasp) Secret Invasion: Requiem #1 (Feb. 2009)
Created by	Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby
In-story information
Full name	Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym
Species	Human Mutate
Team affiliations	Avengers West Coast Avengers Mighty Avengers Secret Defenders Defenders Avengers Academy Secret Avengers Avengers A.I. Illuminati
Partnerships	Wasp (Janet van Dyne)
Notable aliases	Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Scientist Supreme, Ultron
Abilities	Leading authority in myrmecology research Genius-level intellect Size-shifting from nearly microscopic to ~100 feet gigantic (both at extremes) Ability to transfer his size-shifting ability to other beings and objects Bio-Energy Projection, also known as a Bio-Sting (particularly during his periods as Ant-Man & Yellowjacket) Maintains strength of normal size in shrunken state Flight using grafted wings (as Yellowjacket) Telepathic communication with ants using a cybernetic helmet (as Ant-Man) Superhuman strength, stamina and mass in giant form (as Giant-Man, Goliath and Yellowjacket)

Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciler Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan. 1962). The character, a scientist that debuted in a standalone science-fiction anthology story, returned several issues later as the original iteration of the superhero Ant-Man with the power to shrink to the size of an insect. Alongside his crime-fighting partner/wife Janet van Dyne, he goes on to assume other superhero identities, including the size-changing Giant-Man and Goliath; the insect-themed Yellowjacket; and briefly the Wasp. He is a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, Hank Pym has featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as animated films; arcade and video games; television series and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards. Michael Douglas portrays the character in the 2015 Marvel Studios film Ant-Man.

Publication history

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Hank Pym debuts as Ant-Man: Tales To Astonish #35 (Sept. 1962). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

Hank Pym debuted in a seven-page solo cover story titled "The Man in the Ant Hill" (about a character who tests shrinking technology on himself) in the science fiction/fantasy anthology Tales to Astonish #27 (cover date Jan. 1962). The creative team was editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, penciler Jack Kirby, and inker Dick Ayers, with Lee stating in 2008: "I did one comic book called 'The Man in the Ant Hill' about a guy who shrunk down and there were ants or bees chasing him. That sold so well that I thought making him into a superhero might be fun."

As a result, Pym was revived eight issues later as the costumed superhero Ant-Man who starred in the 13-page, three-chapter story "Return of the Ant-Man/An Army of Ants/The Ant-Man’s Revenge" in Tales to Astonish #35 (Sept. 1962). The character's adventures became an ongoing feature in the title. Issue #44 (June 1963) featured the debut of his socialite girlfriend and laboratory assistant Janet van Dyne. Janet adopted the costumed identity of the Wasp, and co-starred in Pym's subsequent appearances in Tales to Astonish. Wasp also on occasion acted as a framing-sequence host for backup stories in the title. In September 1963, Lee and Kirby created the superhero title Avengers, and Ant-Man and Wasp were established in issue #1 as founding members of the team.

Decades later, Lee theorized as to why "Ant-Man never became one of our top sellers or had his own book," saying,

I loved Ant-Man, but the stories were never really successful. In order for Ant-Man to be successful, he had to be drawn this small next to big things and you would be getting pictures that were visually interesting. The artists who drew him, no matter how much I kept reminding them, they kept forgetting that fact. They would draw him standing on a tabletop and they would draw a heroic-looking guy. I would say, 'Draw a matchbook cover next to him, so we see the difference in size.' But they kept forgetting. So when you would look at the panels, you thought you were looking at a normal guy wearing an underwear costume like all of them. It didn't have the interest.

Pym began what would be a constant shifting of superhero identities in Tales to Astonish, becoming the 12 ft (3.7 m) tall Giant-Man in issue #49 (Nov. 1963). Pym and van Dyne continued to costar in the title until issue #69 (July 1965), while simultaneously appearing in The Avengers until issue #15 (April 1965), after which the couple temporarily left the team.

Pym rejoined the Avengers and adopted the new identity Goliath in Avengers #28 (May 1966). Gradually falling to mental strain, he adopted the fourth superhero identity Yellowjacket in issue #59 (Dec. 1968). Pym reappeared as Ant-Man in Avengers #93 (Nov. 1971) and for issues #4–10 starred in the lead story of the first volume of Marvel Feature (July 1972 – July 1973). After appearing occasionally as Yellowjacket in the 1980s and battling mental and emotional issues, Pym would temporarily abandon a costumed persona. Pym joined the West Coast Avengers as a scientist and inventor in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #21 (June 1987). The character returned to the Avengers as the superhero Giant-Man in The Avengers vol. 3, #1 (Feb. 1998). When the team disbanded after a series of tragedies, Pym, using the Yellowjacket persona again, took a leave of absence beginning with vol. 3, #85 (Sept. 2004).

Following the death of van Dyne, a grieving Pym took on yet another superhero identity as the new iteration of Wasp, in tribute to the woman he had married and divorced by this time, in the one-shot publication Secret Invasion: Requiem (Jan. 2009). Giant-Man appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (Aug. 2010) through its final issue #39 (Jan. 2013). Pym returned as the Wasp in the mini-series Ant-Man & The Wasp (Jan. 2011), and also appeared as a regular character in the 2010-2013 Secret Avengers series, from issue #22 (April 2012) through its final issue #37 (March 2013).

Fictional character biography

1960s

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Hank Pym as Giant-Man in Tales to Astonish #56 (June 1964). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone.

Biochemist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels "Pym particles". Entrapping these within two separate serums, he creates a size-altering formula and a reversal formula, testing them on himself. Reduced to the size of an insect, he becomes trapped in an anthill before he eventually escapes and uses the reversal formula to restore himself to his normal size. Deciding the serums are too dangerous to exist, he destroys them. Shortly afterward, he reconsiders his decision and recreates his serums. Pym's experience in the anthill inspires him to study ants, and he constructs a cybernetic helmet that allows him to communicate with and control them. Pym designs a costume made of unstable molecules to prevent bites or scratches from the ants, and reinvents himself as the superhero Ant-Man. After several adventures, Pym is contacted by Dr. Vernon van Dyne asking for aid in contacting alien life. Pym refuses, but is attracted to Vernon’s socialite daughter Janet van Dyne. Vernon is subsequently killed by an alien criminal who teleports himself to Earth, and Janet asks for Pym's help in avenging Vernon's death. Pym reveals his secret identity to Janet, and uses Pym particles to graft wasp wings beneath her shoulders, which appear when Janet shrinks. Janet assumes the alias of the Wasp, and together they find and defeat Vernon's killer. The pair become founding members of the superhero team known as the Avengers.

Pym eventually adopts his first alternate identity as the 12-foot-tall Giant-Man. He and the Wasp develop a romantic relationship. In comics three decades later, a flashback reveals Pym adopted the Giant-Man identity out of feelings of inadequacy when compared to powerful teammates Iron Man and Thor. Shortly afterward, Pym and van Dyne take a leave of absence from the Avengers.

Pym adopts the new identity of Goliath upon returning. A mishap traps the character in giant form for several issues, and affects his self-esteem. After regaining control of his size-shifting ability, Pym creates the robot Ultron that accidentally achieves sentience and becomes one of the Avengers's greatest foes. During a botched experiment, Pym inhales chemicals that induce schizophrenia, and suffering from a personality crisis, reappears at Avengers Mansion as the cocky Yellowjacket, claiming to have disposed of Pym. Only the Wasp realizes it is Pym and takes advantage of his offer of marriage. Pym eventually recovers from the chemicals during a battle with the Circus of Crime at the wedding.

1970s

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Hank Pym debuts in his first Goliath costume in The Avengers #28 (May 1966). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia.

Hank Pym debuts as Yellowjacket with an allegorical scene standing over himself in the second Goliath uniform on the cover of The Avengers #59 (Dec. 1968). Art by John Buscema and George Klein.

After several adventures with the Avengers, including another encounter with Ultron, the pair take another leave of absence. The heroes reencounter Hank Pym at the beginning of the Kree-Skrull War, and once again as the Ant-Man persona and has a series of solo adventures.

After aiding fellow superhero team known as the Defenders as Yellowjacket, Pym returns to the Avengers. He is eventually captured by an upgraded Ultron that brainwashes his creator, causing the character to regress to his original Ant-Man costume and personality — arriving at Avengers Mansion, thinking it to be the very first meeting of the team. Seeing several unfamiliar members, Pym attacks the team until stopped by the Wasp. After Ultron's brainwashing is reversed, Pym rejoins the Avengers as Yellowjacket. Pym is forced to briefly leave the team when the roster is restructured by government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich.

Also at this time, he noticed Scott Lang's theft of the Ant-Man suit. After Darren Cross's defeat and aware of Lang's use of the stolen goods, Pym let Lang keep the equipment albeit only to uphold the law.

1980s

Hank Pym strikes his wife Janet van Dyne in Avengers #213 (November 1981). Art by Bob Hall.

Returning 14 issues later, Hank Pym participates in several missions until, after demonstrating hostile behavior toward Janet van Dyne, he attacks a foe from behind once the opponent had ceased fighting. Captain America suspends Yellowjacket from Avengers duty pending the verdict of a court-martial. Pym suffers a mental breakdown and concocts a plan to salvage his credibility by building a robot, Salvation-1, and programming it to launch an attack on the Avengers that he will stop using the robot’s weakness at the critical moment, in hopes of regaining his good standing. The Wasp discovers the plan and begs Pym to stop, whereupon he strikes her. Jim Shooter, the writer of this story, says he intended only that Pym accidentally strike her while gesturing at her dismissively, and that artist Bob Hall misinterpreted. Pym is subsequently expelled from the Avengers, and Janet divorces him.

Left penniless, Pym is manipulated by an old foe, the presumed-dead Egghead tricking him into stealing the national reserve of the metal adamantium. Pym is confronted by the Avengers (whom he had covertly summoned), and after being defeated is blamed for the theft, as Egghead erases all evidence of his involvement. Blaming an ostensibly dead villain is taken as further proof of Pym’s madness and he is incarcerated. During Pym’s imprisonment, Janet has a brief relationship with Tony Stark. Egghead later involves himself, and while attempting to kill Pym is himself accidentally killed by Hawkeye as the latter's brother had been murdered by Egghead years ago. With the real perpetrator exposed, Pym is cleared of all charges. After bidding farewell to Janet and his teammates, Pym leaves to devote his full-time to research.

Pym reappears in the West Coast Avengers, first in an advisory role, and then as a full member in a non-costumed capacity. He begins a short relationship with teammate Tigra, and after a verbal taunting by old foe Whirlwind contemplates suicide, but is stopped by the heroine Firebird. Pym and Janet eventually resume a romantic relationship.

1990s

The character eventually returns to the Avengers, joining the East Coast team as Giant-Man. The pair, together with many of the other Avengers, apparently sacrifice themselves to stop the villain Onslaught, but actually exist in a pocket universe for a year before returning to the mainstream Marvel Universe.

Hank Pym returns and aids the team as Giant-Man, and makes a significant contribution by defeating criminal mastermind Imus Champion and his flawed creation Ultron, simultaneously overcoming his old issues of guilt over Ultron's crimes — revealed to be due to him having used his own brain patterns to create Ultron, and so believing that Ultron's attitude reflects his darker side.

2000s

When Rick Jones becomes a key player in the Destiny War between Kang the Conqueror and Immortus, two versions of Hank Pym are drawn in: Giant-Man of the present and Yellowjacket immediately prior to his marriage to Janet van Dyne. The two versions begin to deteriorate from being apart, but are restored when the Wasp helps the two halves realize they need each other. Pym is eventually able to resolve his problems and adopts his Yellowjacket persona once again.

After the events of the "Avengers Disassembled" storyline, Pym takes a leave of absence, and in the one-shot title Avengers: Finale, the character and Janet leave for England to rekindle their relationship. Pym and Janet's relationship fails and it is revealed in flashback during the Secret Invasion storyline that he has been replaced by an alien of the shapeshifting Skrull race.

The impostor as Yellowjacket is a central character in the Civil War storyline, joining those heroes that support the Superhuman Registration Act. Together with Mister Fantastic (of the Fantastic Four) and Tony Stark, the character creates a cybernetic clone of Thor to battle the anti-registration heroes, although the clone shows no morals and kills Bill Foster (the second Goliath) in battle. Pym is kidnapped by the Young Avengers member Hulkling using shapeshifter powers to impersonate Pym and free several captive anti-registration heroes. At the conclusion of the Civil War, the impostor is named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine for his role.

The Skrull impostor Criti Noll becomes one of the chief administrators at Camp Hammond, a U.S. military base in Stamford, Connecticut, for the training of registered superheroes in the government program, The Initiative. The Skrull ends the attempt at reconciliation with Janet, and begins a romantic relationship with Tigra. The Skrull impostor eventually is exposed and defeated by the hero Crusader. Following a final battle between Earth's heroes and the Skrulls, the real Hank Pym is found with other "replaced" heroes in a Skrull vessel. After Janet is seemingly killed in the final battle, Pym takes on the new superhero persona known as the Wasp in tribute to her. He rejoins the Avengers and eventually leads the team.

The cosmic entity Eternity reveals to Pym that he is Earth's "Scientist Supreme", the scientific counterpart to the Earth's Sorcerer Supreme. The Norse trickster-god Loki later claims to have been posing as Eternity in order to manipulate Pym.

2010s

Hank Pym creates Avengers Academy, a program to help train young people with newly acquired superpowers. Pym returns to his Giant-Man identity in Avengers Academy #7. Pym later joins the team the Secret Avengers. When a future version of Pym's sentient-robot Ultron conquers the world of the present in the "Age of Ultron" storyline, a time-travel plan involving Wolverine and Iron Man succeeds in having the past Pym make a change in his creation of Ultron, which destroys the robot with a computer virus.

Pym and Monica Chang, A.I. Division Chief of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., assemble a new team called the Avengers A.I. in order to combat the threat of the A.I. Dimitrios, which was spawned by the virus Pym used to prevent the Age of Ultron. The team consists of Pym, Victor Mancha, the Vision, and a Doombot. The team is later joined by Alexis, who is eventually revealed to be one of six sentient A.I.s to be spawned from the Ultron virus along with Dimitrios.

Months later, Pym, again using the Yellowjacket identity, is shown as a member of the Illuminati. He is the one to discover that the Beyonders are responsible for the Universe Incursions that have been plaguing the Multiverse.

In Rage of Ultron, after a past iteration of Ultron returns and conquers Titan, Pym is one of the Avengers who fights against him. An accident leads to Pym and Ultron accidentally merging, creating a hybrid human/machine entity, the resulting creation accepting its new state due to Pym's self-loathing of his human weaknesses such as his emotional outbursts. The merged Ultron is defeated when Starfox forces him to love himself, and he flies off into space as he is finally capable of comprehending the horror of what he has become. A funeral service is held in Pym's honor, during which Janet reflects that Pym's ability to overcome his self-loathing and fears to be a hero prove that he was worthy of his role in the Avengers.

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

As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, the Hank Pym/Ultron resurfaced. While on his way back to Earth, the Hank Pym/Ultron helped the crew of a spaceship that was being attacked by a hostile insectoid alien. After coming aboard the spaceship, Hank Pym introduced himself as well as his "friend" Ultron (who was now Pym's armor rather than being merged to him) to the crew. He eventually returns to Earth and discovers all the changes that have occurred in his absence, including the formation of the Avengers Unity Squad.

Hank is later revealed to have had a daughter named Nadia through his ex-wife Maria Trovaya, and Nadia became the latest Wasp.

Powers and abilities

Hank Pym is a scientific genius with a Ph.D in biochemistry and nanotechnology, and expertise in the fields of quantum physics, robotics/cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and entomology. The character discovered the subatomic "Pym particles" that enable mass to be shunted or gained from an alternate dimension, thereby changing the size of himself or other beings or objects. Pym is the creator of the robot Ultron.

After constant experimentation with size-changing via ingested capsules and particle-filled gas, Pym is eventually able to change size at will, and mentally generate Pym particles to change the sizes of other living beings or inanimate objects. Pym retains his normal strength when "ant" size, and possesses greatly increased strength and stamina when in "giant" form, courtesy of the increased mass. Pym's costume is synthetic stretch fabric composed of unstable molecules and automatically adapts to his shifting sizes.

The character also uses a cybernetic helmet for achieving rudimentary communication with ants and other higher order insects. As Yellowjacket, Pym wears artificial wings and has bio-blasters called "stingers" built into his gloves. Pym also carries a variety of weaponry, provisions, and scientific instruments, which are shrunken to the size of microchips and stored in the pockets of his uniform.

After the death of his ex-wife Janet van Dyne, Pym took on the Wasp identity in her honor. He equipped himself with bio-synthetic wings and the ability to harness his body's bio-electrical energy as his "Wasp stings".

Successors

There are a number of characters in the Marvel universe that have also used the "Pym particles" to effect size changing. These include Janet van Dyne, Clint Barton, Bill Foster, Scott Lang, Erik Josten, Rita DeMara, Cassandra "Cassie" Lang, Eric O'Grady, Tom Foster, and Raz Malhotra.

Other versions

Marvel 1602

In the world of Marvel 1602, natural philosopher Henri le Pym is forced by Baron von Octavius to devise a serum that would cure him of a fatal disease. Pym is married to Janette.

The Last Avengers Story

In an alternate future in the miniseries The Last Avengers Story #1-2 (Nov. 1995), Ultron wishes for a decisive victory over the Avengers. After eliminating the team, he has Hank Pym gather a new group. After recruiting other heroes and mercenaries, Pym leads them to victory though fatalities are heavy on both sides.

Marvel Zombies

Hank Pym is featured in several of the Marvel Zombies miniseries, appearing as one of the cannibalistic zombies in Marvel Zombies #1-5 (Feb.-June 2006), Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5 (Dec. 2007 - April 2008) and Marvel Zombies Return #4 (Oct. 2009). Although he experiences a brief return to morality in Marvel Zombies 2, throughout most of the series he is presented as being comfortable with his transformation, noting to a captured Black Panther that he thinks he might still eat people even if he was cured of the infection, and setting out to consume a new universe even after learning that the hunger can be beaten. He is opposed in his expansion efforts by the zombie Spider-Man, who finally manages to defeat his own forces with nanites configured to 'eat' zombie flesh.

MC2

The MC2 imprint title A-Next, set in a futuristic alternate universe, stars Henry Pym and Janet Pym's twin children (Hope Pym and Henry Pym Jr.) who have turned into the supervillains Red Queen and Big Man respectively.

Earth-5012

In this reality, Hank Pym is an intelligent, Hulk-like brute. He also appears in issue #13.

Old Man Logan

In the post-apocalyptic "Old Man Logan" storyline, Hank Pym (as Giant-Man) is one of the numerous superheroes killed by the Red Skull's army of villains. Decades after his demise, a Connecticut settlement dubbed "Pym Falls" is built around his massive skeleton. In addition, his Ant-Man helmet is shown in the possession of a young boy named Dwight, who uses it to command an army of ants in order to enforce the payment of tolls across a bridge.

Ultimate Marvel

The Ultimate Marvel imprint version of Henry "Hank" Pym is portrayed as a brilliant but mentally fragile scientist. He takes Prozac to battle his mental instability and depressive episodes. He gains his Giant-Man abilities after transfusing the blood of his mutant wife Janet Pym. The character is expelled from the Ultimates after his abusive behavior ends his marriage and his Giant-Man serum is used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to make an entire Giant-Men team. Now a pariah, he briefly joins with both pseudo heroes and then anti-American villains in his Ant-Man persona. The character eventually rejoins the Ultimates in his Yellowjacket identity. During the events of "Ultimatum" storyline, he sacrifices himself against the Multiple Man's suicide bomber duplicates to save the remaining Ultimates' lives. After his death, the character's various formulas/devices are still in usage: the Giant-Man formula further replicated by S.H.I.E.L.D. to have multiple Giant-Women agents while his technology is eventually acquired by HYDRA.

Marvel Adventures

Henry Pym appears in issue 13 of Marvel Adventures: The Avengers as a scientist working for Janet's father with no superhero identity, and was the one who gave his wife superpowers. He is visited by Spider-Man and Storm when Janet van Dyne (Giant-Girl in this continuity) falls under insect mind-control. He tells them how to free her (severing the antennae on her mask), gives her a new costume, and uses an insect telepathy helmet (identical to his Earth-616 Ant-Man helmet) to create an illusion of several giant-sized people, scaring the insects away. He returns in issue 20, becoming Ant-Man. He not only joins the team but begins a relationship with Janet.

Marvel Apes

In the Marvel Apes universe, Henry Pym is a gorilla named Gro-Rilla, a member of the Ape-Vengers.

In other media

Television

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Hank Pym / Ant-Man in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

• Ant-Man / Giant-Man appeared in the animated television series The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.
• Hank Pym's Goliath appearance made a non-voiced cameo appearance in the X-Men animated series episode "One Man's Worth (Part 1)".
• Ant-Man / Giant-Man appeared in The Avengers: United They Stand, voiced by Rod Wilson. The decision to use Ant-Man as the Avengers' leader over more popular characters such as Captain America or Iron Man was met with derision by fans and the fact that Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man couldn't be used as main characters at the time.
• Ant-Man appears in the Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes episode "World's Tiniest Heroes", voiced by John Payne.
• Ant-Man appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "This Forest Green", voiced by Greg Grunberg.
• Hank Pym appears as a central character in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Wally Wingert. Under his Ant-Man and Giant-Man abilities simultaneously, he is initially a reluctant member of the Avengers for his wife Janet van Dyne and experiences guilt for Ultron's genocidal goals. After he hands over the Ant-Man suit to Scott Lang, his Yellowjacket alias makes his animated debut where he started focusing at fighting villains in this form after suffering a mental breakdown, becoming more aggressive and loses his pacifism. As Yellowjacket he also claims Hank Pym is dead and he had killed Pym.
• Giant-Man appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Yasunori Masutani.

Film

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Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in the 2015 film Ant-Man.

• Giant-Man / Ant-Man appears in the animated direct-to-video films Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2, voiced by Nolan North.
• Hank Pym's son Henry Pym, Jr. appears in the animated direct-to-video film Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. Pym was killed by Ultron prior to the film. Henry's tattered Giant Man costume is seen in Ultron's possession.
• Michael Douglas portrays Hank Pym in the Marvel Studios film Ant-Man. Dax Griffin stood in as a young version in a flashback sequence. In the film, Hank was formerly an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. until his wife Janet van Dyne shrunk to the Quantum Realm during one of their missions and discovered that the organization was trying to replicate his Pym Particle formula. After quitting he builds his own company Pym Technologies, but is outed as CEO by his former protege Darren Cross and his estranged daughter Hope van Dyne. Although they still kept an eye on Cross of any suspicious activity, Cross comes close to perfecting Pym's formula and plans to sell the Yellowjacket suit, Hank manipulated former thief Scott Lang into stealing the suit and eventually instructing Lang to be the new Ant-Man to stop Cross. He refused to have Hope in danger despite his daughter's superior experience, afraid that he'd lose Hope like Janet. In the mid-credits scene, Hank presents an updated Wasp costume to Hope, deciding to give it to his daughter.

Video games

• Giant-Man appeared as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm.
• Hank Pym appears as an NPC in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Jerry Houser.
• Yellowjacket appears as a boss character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Wally Wingert.
• Ant-Man makes a cameo appearance in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
• Ant-Man and Giant-Man are two separate playable characters in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
• Hank Pym appears as an unlockable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
• Hank Pym appears in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Wally Wingert.
• Ant-Man appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, again voiced by Nolan North.
• Ant-Man appears as a team-up character in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes.
• Giant-Man / Goliath is a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.

Novel

• Hank Pym appears in the novelization of Spider-Man 2. It's him instead of a nameless female scientist who asks Dr. Octo Octavius how he plans to control his metallic tentacles. Upon being informed of the inhibitor chip, he states having a cybernetic helmet which would make the process easier. After the failure of Octavius' experiment, Pym goes over to Otto to confirm he's alive, while implying that his wife Rosalie is dead. Additionally, Octavius described Pym as being a giant in a field where everyone else are ants.

Reception

Hank Pym was ranked as the 93rd greatest comic book character by Wizard magazine. IGN listed Hank Pym as the 67th greatest comic book hero, and 16th in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers".

External links

• Ant-Man at the Superhero Database
• Dr Henry Pym at the Comic Book DB
• Ant-Man at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.