Bowen Designs also released statues and busts of Hank as Goliath. Fantastic, Dr. Hank Pym, She-Hulk First Appearance : Avengers Annual#13 (1984) Powers/Abilities/Functions : Numbering perhaps a dozen, the Pseudo-Hulks were created by Arnim Zola from cell samples taken from the Hulk, and were similar to clones. 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. It is however during the events of Ultimatum that Hank's former wife Janet dies by a flood caused by Magneto. An Ant-Man figure was also produced. I would say, 'Draw a matchbook cover next to him, so we see the difference in size.' This eventually lead to Father taking out the satellite base the secret avengers operated out of and the capture of Hank Pym. 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Hank is abducted by the Red She-Hulk for the group known as Intelligencia. While arguing, Starfox arrives and warns the Avengers that Ultron has taken over the moon Titan and is coming for Earth. As Giant Man or Goliath, his strength varied depending on his height. Relationships. Hank told the Avengers that trying to play superhero was the biggest mistake of his life. John Michael Morris physically portrayed Hank Pym in 1970. Having saved reality from chaos by defeating Chthon Eternity thanks Hank and calls him his champion, Hank Pym is Earth's Scientist Supreme. [116], Giant-Man was later revived alongside his fellow Ultimates when the Superflow that separated the different universes was destroyed by Maker and High Evolutionary.[117]. Pym began what would be a constant shifting of superhero identities in Tales to Astonish, becoming the 12 ft-tall (3.7 m) Giant-Man in issue #49 (November 1963). The robot Jocasta became dormant for months. Hank then uses one of the infinite doors to Asgard to help Thor and his Mighty Avengers save Asgard. Vibranium was strictly forbidden to posses by Battleworld's ruler, Victor von Doom. Ultron covers the earth with nano machines and is starting to send out more nanobots to other worlds. He constructed a body for his wife, but lacked the skill necessary to bring her to life. Giant Man laughs at her and grabs Wasp. To free himself from this future, he decides to betray his teammates to Immortus. A future of misery and failure, as he will eventually return to being the over-sized sap known as Henry Pym. 's team to leave with the Cosmic Cube fragment, arguing that he will leave Hydra Supreme's plans with Hydra alone as it appears to be the best chance for world peace. The Avengers also held a hearing into the incident and Hank testified on Hawkeye's behalf. Indeed, unlike the MCU Ant-Man, he didn't need to wear a special suit to shrink - and didn't have any type of superhero costume to speak of! He was a skilled geneticist and roboticist. At Pym's funeral and following a eulogy by Tony, Nick Fury presents evidence to Tony and Jan that Hank may have in-fact been murdered. After the ceremony, Ultron ask Hank why he shouldn't destroy him now. Bowen Designs released a Yellowjacket bust. Doctor Pym But upon doing so, an explosion goes off in Hank's lab, and the former Avenger is presumed dead. Hank Pym was created by Stan Lee, co-created and drawn by Jack Kirby, and scripted by Larry Lieber. Hank Pym appears as Ant-Man in Lego Marvel's The Avengers as part of Ant-Man DLC Season Pass. The travel back in time again and this time try explaining things to Hank in and effort to fix things. Another version of Henry Pym Jr. surfaced in the pages of the Avengers, where he was part of the Kid Avengers. Wasp also on occasion acted as a framing-sequence host for backup stories in the title. After the experiment goes awry, Pym confirms he is alive and implies his wife Rosalie is dead. Weeks later, Janet is attacked in her apartment by a strange being, a synthezoid named the Vision. First appearance Hank Pym as Yellowjacket. [16] During a botched experiment, Pym accidentally inhales chemicals that induce changes in his mind, manifesting as a personality crisis. Millar, Mark (w), McNiven, Steve (p), Vines, Dexter (i). Eventually, the active ingredient in the serum, Pym Particles, so infused Hank and Janet that they could alter their size simply by concentrating. He was unable to shake off Morgan Le Fey's enchantment and served her loyally until Scarlet Witch defeated her. Scientific Adventurer The Hank was sued by the Superhuman Law Firm of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg and Holliway when Holden Holliway's Granddaughter, Southpaw, got sent to the penitentiary. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. He was born and raised in East Nowhere, Nebraska the son of Brad Pym and Doris Pym. Pym rejoined the Avengers and adopted the new identity Goliath in Avengers #28 (May 1966). After dismissing Jan, Hankproposes a new micro-prison to Tony in an attempt to recify the original inititative. His costume was later modified to contain hydraulic boots that could launch him short distances and allow him to land successfully. [75], Hank is later presented as having fathered a daughter Nadia through his ex-wife Maria Trovaya, and Nadia became the latest Wasp. A classic Hank Pym Ant-Man figure was released in the Marvel Legends Vintage line. When 100 feet tall, Pym can lift almost 100+ tons. Yellowjacket Various versions of Hank (including Giant-Man, Yellowjacket, Goliath, Wasp, Doctor Pym and Ant-Man) were featured in the HeroClix figure game. He explained, "I argue that Hank Pym's mental issues were first brought forth in a major way in Avengers # 14. Janet found Hank's research boring and battled Whirlwind. Hank watched as an out of control Stark nearly attacked a Latveria United Nations delegate in a drunken rage brought on by Wanda while the mansion suffered attacks by the reanimated corpse of Jack Of Hearts, an out of control Vision, a group of Ultron robots, and finally an enraged She-Hulk. [46] Yellowjacket briefly betrays the team to Immortus and the powerful Time-Keepers try to create a timeline where he will not turn back into Pym,[47] but he rejects this decision in time to help his allies. Greer Nelson (née Grant) first appeared, as The Cat in the comic, of the same name. Following the publication of Civil War, Marvel's Secret Invasion storyline uses flashbacks to present the then-current version of the character as an impostor who replaced the real Pym at some point in the books' fictional history prior to the events of Civil War. [141], Hank Pym was ranked as the 93rd-greatest comic book character by Wizard magazine. 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,[105] and setting out to consume a new universe even after learning that the hunger can be beaten. He uses his brilliance to fight first as Ant-Man, and then under many more monikers. After discovering a particle that allows one to shrink, Henry Pym decided to use it towards fighting crime as Ant-Man as well as developing devices that allow him to control ants. The robot called him father and tried to kill him, Hank resisted but was defeated by Ultron-1. Thor called for a formal hearing to begin in three days and Hank was suspended in the meantime. He told them that in order to be free of their enslavement they should bring Ant-Man to a designated spot to be trapped. Fantastic), Hank decided to have his Avengers storm the Baxter Building. Hank found that if he grew to a height of more than 12 feet, he would be unable to stand properly. Eaglemoss Publications released a Giant-Man figurine for their Marvel Classic Figurine Collection. It became increasingly difficult for Hank to grow in size without causing himself great pain. At the time, Tigra was having issues controlling her own behavior and Hank provided her moral support in reclaiming her humanity. [69] Months later, Pym, again using the Yellowjacket identity, is shown as a member of the Illuminati. Some of these villains included the Protector, the Hijacker and the Voice . 1 Biography 1.1 Ultimate Avengers 1.2 Ultimate Avengers 2 2 Character traits 3 Relationships 4 Appearances/Voice Actors 5 Behind the scenes 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 … Hank and Jan briefly suited up for the Avengers' Day celebration that the city of New York threw to welcome the heroes back. Originally, Pym started out as Ant-Man after the discovery of … Near the end of the Avengers West Coast's tenure, Hank was a member of the Earth-616 team of Avengers during the events of Operation: Galactic Storm. Gideon Giovanni Zatara Gizmo (Mikron O'Jeneus) Glenn Rhee Glenn Talbot Glob Glob Herman (Robert Herman) Glorian Goddess Golden Glider (Lisa Snart) Goodnight Gordon Nobili Gorgon Gorilla Grodd Gosamyr Grace Choi Insulted, Hank demands that they both leave. Previously operating as Ant-Man, he is a former member of the Avengers and leader of the Resistance. His skill at stopping criminals became so widely regarded that many criminals decided they needed to eliminate Ant-Man before they even began their nefarious careers. Later, during an attack on a Hydra Helicarrier Pym grows to tremendous size in order to take down the carrier and causes it to crash and explode. Eric attempts to warn Hank about an impending theft of one of his inventions, but he dismisses Eric's claims; he is in the middle of solving a dimensional scale problem with Reed Richards and informs Eric that he can't waste any of his considerable intellect insulting him. Teamed with Grim Reaper, Man-Ape, Black Talon and Nekra, Ultron was able to capture much of the Avengers West Coast. Hank Pym's rank 1 appearance is a white lab coat over a red sweater with a blue dress shirt and jeans. While stopping these drones from attacking a hospital, the team found a levitating, amnesiac woman named Alexis. The Avengers were able to interrupt the process and Jan was saved. Biochemist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels "Pym particles". Hank Pym developed two serums that could be used to increase the size or decrease the size of an object or person. Pym also uses a cybernetic helmet he created for achieving rudimentary communication with ants and other higher order insects. Hawkeye was also found innocent of any wrongdoing in the death of Egghead. Giant Man is one of the main characters of the zombie heroes and story line. Amazing artwork by John Romita, story by Roy Thomas. He built a device that allowed him to speak with ants. [11]) Pym and the Wasp develop a romantic relationship. Yellowjacket masqueraded as Goliath, but the signs of personality shift were clearly present. Hope first appeared in the 2015 film Ant-Man. Created by penciler Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and scripter Larry Lieber, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27 (January 1962). In order to save his lab and all of its contents Hank needed the 'Dimensional Wave Inducer' invented by Bill Foster before his death. [14] A mishap traps the character in giant form for several issues and affects his self-esteem. Pym decided to focus on mentoring the people who are most likely to become villains or lose control of their powers. With the perpetrator of the original theft now exposed, Pym is cleared of all charges. During the final stages of this project, the SHIELD Helicarrier he was working on came under attack by a Hydra controlled Wolverine. Little did the Avengers realize that when they selected Goliath to rejoin the team full time, so too did they gain a Yellowjacket. They would have continued to fight evil as just Ant-Man and Wasp if one day they did not receive a radio signal from the teen brigade stating the Hulk must be found... Ant-Man and Wasp were not the only heroes to answer the call, both Iron Man and Thor also heard the call for help. Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, who has had several other superhero identies, including Ant-Man, Giant-Man and Goliath, is the first character to take on the Yellowjacket codename. [115], 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. He also was one of the few to eat Galactus and gain Galactus's powers. He was able to find out that if he bit an uninfected person, they would be infected. [68] The team is later joined by Alexis,[69] who is eventually revealed to be one of six sentient A.I.s to be spawned from the Ultron virus along with Dimitrios. [32], Left penniless, Pym is manipulated by an old foe, the presumed-dead Egghead, who tricks Pym into stealing the national reserve of the metal adamantium. Its not clear whether he did this to better hide his secret identity or to hide the method by which he changed size (by first splashing size-altering serum on himself then later by inhaling size-altering gas). Ultron Pym allows the Tony Stark A.I. Some time a… Nathan Fillion was in … Hank, Wasp, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor sat down as the founders of the Avengers to decide who would stay on the team. Pilai, an alien criminal from Kosmos, rode the telescope beam back to Earth and scared Vernon to death. Hank turned down the offer and Janet almost slipped out of his life. He eventually discovered a type of particles that could shorten the distance between an object's molecules, effectively reducing its size while maintaining its mass. When Janet awoke to find that Hank had stayed with her long enough to grow a beard without moving while she was comatose, she decided to give their relationship another chance. After recruiting other heroes and mercenaries, Pym leads them to victory though fatalities are heavy on both sides. After constant experimentation with size-changing via ingested capsules and particle-filled gas, Pym is eventually able to change size at will,[volume & issue needed] and mentally generate Pym particles to change the sizes of other living beings or inanimate objects. 's team and the Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers alongside Hydra's Avengers confront each other, they are captured by Ultron Pym who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. [79] When Tony Stark A.I. Using technology Hank had in the lab to stimulate his memories, he remembered building a robotic life form with artificial intelligence. Hank's time in custody was made worse by the fact that Iron Man started to date Janet just a month after her divorce from Hank. Before Hank was able to free himself from a lifetime of doubt, regret, failure and inadequacy, a guardian angel named Espirita (see Firebird) appeared to save him. He consequently falls asleep, which allows a SleepWalker from the Mindscape to gain access to the Mansion through his mind. He was sent behind 'The Wall', a place that was ruled by zombies and homocidal robots. But on her death, he became more serious and decided to stop with his wild ideas.He attended university where his own professors dis… He used to work with Henry Hank Pym in college. TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #49. Division Chief of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., assemble a new team called the Avengers A.I., consisting of Pym, Victor Mancha (his "grandson" by way of Ultron), the Vision, and a Doombot. Ant-Man Prelude (First appearance) Ant-Man: Larger Than Life; Behind the scenes. Today, we look at the surprisingly early debut of Hank Pym's mental problems in the comics. Hank's ability to empathise with the troubled students made him the perfect mentor for the new era of heroes. A perpetual loser who lost his wife and was kicked out of the Avengers. Norman Osborn located his lab and sent H.A.M.M.E.R. He eventually returns to the Ultimates in the identity of Yellowjacket. He bites her head off and spits it back out, revolting the taste. In a post-credit scene, he gives Hope the new Wasp costume he and his wife were working on before her supposed death, believing that Jan would want Hope to carry on her legacy. In the movie, it is established that Hank was a once agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Thus renewed Pym brought a technical and analytic mind to the team that could not be matched. They argued and Hank tested the robot on her to show her what a good plan he had made. He has great expertise in the field of robotics, artificial intelligence and sub-atomic physics. 1 Appearances 2 Story 3 Cast 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 6.1 Videos 6.1.1 Trailers 7 See Also 8 Links and References 8.1 Footnotes Featured Characters: Avengers Iron Man (Tony Stark) Thor / Donald Blake (Odinson) Captain America (Steven Rogers) Hulk (Bruce Banner) Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Joins team) Kate Bishop (First appearance) (Joins team) Black … As Ant-Man and Wasp, the new dynamic twosome tracked down the monster responsible for her father's death. She quickly takes the invention she came for and escapes through Eric's head. [72], Pym/Ultron resurfaces after helping the crew of a spaceship under attack. He can restore them to the original size at will. In a way, Hank has always been the Avengers' greatest threat. All looks lost until Starfox shows up and uses his love powers to force Hank/Ultron to love himself turning all of his self loathing against himself. [21], After aiding fellow superhero team known as the Defenders[22][23] as Yellowjacket, Pym returns to the Avengers. Yellowjacket's stability deteriorates in a confrontation with Diablo. Hank Pym: Place of birth: Elmsford, New York: First appearance (as Pym) TALES TO ASTONISH #27, (as Ant-Man) TALES TO ASTONISH #35, (as Giant-Man) TALES TO ASTONISH #49, (as Goliath) AVENGERS #28, (as Yellowjacket) AVENGERS #59 : Alignment: Good: Connections. Eventually, Tigra decided she needed to free herself of the Balkatar’s curse. Hank appears as Ant-Man during one of Hawkeye's Level 3 Hyper Combo in, Voiced by Wally Wingert, Hank Pym appears in the game, Henry Pym appears in his civilian identity in, Toy Biz released a figure of Hank as Ant-Man for their line from the short-lived, An Ultimate Giant-Man figure was released as part of Toy Biz's, Giant-Man (in his classic costume) was the subject of a Build-a-Figure wave for Toy Biz's.