Everything You Need to Know About Ant-Man

One of Marvel's latest projects is bringing one of the founding members of the Avengers; Ant-Man (not Aunt-Man), to the big screen. From my experience, the general public does not really know or care to know who Ant-Man really is. This truly hurts me right in the thorax since I find the character so interesting (that's an ant joke in case you missed it).

I am sure that this film will change the public's views once it's released, but I can't wait that long. So here is everything you need to know about Ant-Man.

Just to let you know, there were three different characters which donned the alias: Ant-Man (Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Eric O'Grady), but let's concentrate on the original, and creator of the technology; Dr. Henry 'Hank' Pym. Hank Pym is a biophysicist credited for discovering Pym Particles, the chemical in Ant-Man's suit which allows him to either shrink or increase in size.

He is arguably the most complicated Avengers character, constantly battling between a life of science and peace vs being a superhero, using powers for violence. As he struggles within himself, he constantly joins and quits the Avengers. He struggles in his relationship with fellow avenger, The Wasp, and is even driven to a period of insanity.

Hank Pym's superhero life is almost complicated as his personal life. He adopts multiple aliases throughout the years, Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket and Wasp. It's one of the biggest superhero identity crises in comic books.

Ant-Man

Ant-Man is the most popular name of the superhero. As previously mentioned, Ant-Man has the ability to shrink down to the size of an ant. The cool part is, he still keeps the strength of a full-sized human, as you can see in the above image. In addition to altering his size, Hank Pym also wears a special helmet which gives him the ability to communicate with all insects, which can be very useful when you're out on a picnic. 

Giant-Man

It may seem confusing, but Giant-Man and Ant-Man are not two separate characters. Giant-Man is simply the name that Hank Pym is given whenever he increases in size. The same suit and and superhero have the ability to either shrink to the size of an ant, or tower over skyscrapers. Obviously, different situations require different versions of the same superhero.

Goliath

Goliath is essentially Giant-Man with a new costume. Not much to say here, but it is an interesting costume. 

YellowJacket

If you're unfamiliar with insects, a Yellow Jacket is also a wasp found in North America, which explains the black and yellow color scheme. 

When Hank Pym adopts the persona YellowJacket, no one knows his true identity. He claims to have killed Hank Pym. He goes about crime fighting in a seemingly brutal or violent way, but it turns out that this was also a front. It is not until he kisses the Wasp, that she realizes that Yellowjacket is actually Hank Pym.

Ultron

While this character is associated with Hank Pym, this is a completely different "person". Ultron is a robot with artificial intelligence created by Hank Pym and Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), but mostly Hank Pym. Ultron was designed to help the Avengers and help rid the world of crime. However, it took Hank Pym's thoughts on crime and came to his own conclusion that to eliminate crime, he must eliminate humans. Ultron is one of the Avengers' greatest super villains.

The introduction of Hank Pym, may or may not be connected to the upcoming film, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. I'm not exactly sure how or if they will make the connection.

So there you have it, that's everything you need to know about Hank Pym, plus a little more. By the way, this is simply a summary. There is a lot more to the character that I am hoping that the film will capture.

So what's your favorite thing about Ant-Man so far? What are you hoping to see in the film?