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Ant-man is a Marvel character and an American Superhero. He is armed with a super suit which has the powers to the shrink down a human body to the size of an ant. This character is the smallest among all Superheroes of marvels, but not in powers. Ant-Man first Movie came out on July 17,2015 and its second movie “The Ant-Man and the Wasp” has released on 13 July 2018. Now that the movie is in the theaters we need to know about the Ant-Man.

Now let’s know everything about Ant-Man in detail.

  • Real Name: Scott Edward Harris Lang.
  • Height: 6ft.
  • Weight: 190 lbs.
  • Eyes: Blue.
  • Hair: Blonde.
  • Place of Birth: Coral Gables, Florida.
  • Occupation: Electronics technician.
  • Citizenship: U.S.A.
  • Marital Status: Divorced.
  • Father: Bob Lang.
  • Ex-Wife: Peggy Rae.
  • Daughter: Cassandra Eleanor Lang.
  • Sister: Ruth.
  • Brother-in-law: Carl.
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Yesteryear

Scott Lang was born in Coral Gables and was an electronic engineer by profession. Later on he married Peggy Rae and together they had a daughter Cassandra Lang. He used to do repair work but was not earning much so was not able to support his family. So he turned his talents to burglary. Later on he was caught by police and served his prison sentence.

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After some time he was paroled for good behavior. During the time in prison his wife divorced him. While in prison he continued his electronics studies and was soon hired by Stark international in his design department. But after some time his daughter was diagnosed with having a serious heart condition. In order to help her, he decided to return to thievery.

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How Scott Lang became Ant-Man

He became Ant-Man by stealing the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym house. He found this suit in the locker and so he took it with him. He then goes into the bathroom and examines the suit that he had stolen. He notices that it had tubes full of red liquid.

So he tries the suit and presses the button on the suit.As soon as he pushes it, he instantly starts shrinking to the size of an Ant. At the same time Hank Pym was watching this all. He saw something in Scott and asked him to keep the suit and help people.

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Strengths of Ant-Man

Ant-Man possesses a normal human strength. He does normal moderate exercises but when he shrinks to the size of an ant, he retains full size human strength. Not only shrinking, he can also increase his size to about 64 ft, which is a very powerful thing. He also have connection with the ants, as he can make them to do anything.

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Weapons of Ant-Man

Ant-Man has it’s suit which help him to shrink to the size of an ant or to become a giant body about 64 ft tall.

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So that was the basic introduction on Ant-Man.

Now, let’s have a look at some of the lesser-known facts about Ant-Man.

1. Stan Lee wanted to make the Ant man way back in 1980’s

Stan Lee was the Iconic Marvel writer and editor. In 1980’s Stan Lee wanted to make a movie on Ant-man. But nobody was interested in this idea at that time. The screenwriter Boaz Yakin once told that “Stan Lee loved Ant-Man beyond all reason, and nobody ever gave a damn.

At that time the Marvel makers did not care about this concept and they gave up on this idea. They used to think that Ant-man has only shrinking powers and nothing else.

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2. Ant-Man is nothing without his suit

Technically Ant-Man does not have any super powers. Powers are all because of his suit. Do you know how his suit works? The suit is based on the Pym particle technology that allows the Ant-Man to shrink down to the size of an Ant.

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If he wants to change the size he uses the button on the suit. The Pym particles then change the distance between the atoms which helps in increasing or decreasing the size.

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3. Hank Pym was married before he met Janet Van Dyne

Janet Van Dyne plays the role of wasp and wife of Hank Pym in the movie. But she was not actually his first wife. According to the comics The first wife of Hank Pym was the daughter of Hungarian geneticist and entomologist ‘Janus Trovaya and a political prisoner in Hungry who managed to escape the United States of America.

There she met Hank Pym and they both got married. They went to Hungary for their Honeymoon. There she was kidnapped and killed by communist agents.

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4. Janet Van Dyne was one of the superhero of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Janet Van Dyne operated as the Superhero Wasp in S.H.I.E.L.D. She married Hank Pym, a scientist who developed a way to shrink a normal human body to the size of the ant. She convinced Hank to let her join his missions for S.H.I.E.L.D. She also developed her own shrinking suit and then she was called as the Wasp.

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5. Hank Pym was the first Ant-Man

Hank Pym was the first Ant-Man. He invented the Pym Particle technology and also Ant-Man suit. So he decided to become an Ant-Man and help the S.H.I.E.L.D in their missions. But his mind was a mess, he was aggressive and insecure. His mind became more fragile after the death of his first wife. But on the other hand we was a genius.

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6. Hank Pym as an Ant-man in the comics earned up-to $2000,000

In 1962 a comic was released on Ant-Man in which Hank Pym was the hero.The people liked it so much that this comics did the business the business of $2000,000 at that time.

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7. He provided sexual satisfaction to his wife with his powers

It is mentioned in comic that Hank Pym used to shrink down to a very small size. Then he used his tiny body to enter into his wife and provide her pleasure. He also used to crawl between her breasts which made her feel excited. There is a scene in comic that after doing all this Hank asked his wife to do the same.

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8. Flashback of Hank Pym in Movie Ant-Man was created by computer

In the starting scene of Ant-Man movie, the makers of the film used the technology of VFX to make 70 year old Hank Pym and 57 year old Martin Donovan to look them younger, because Marvel wants perfection!!

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9. Hank Pym is the best scientist in the Marvel Universe

Despite of being insensitive or rude, he was one of the most genius scientist in the Marvel History. He invented Pym particles. He has a very good knowledge of Subatomic physics and cybernetics and about everything. Ant-Man power is his invention only and now with the movie. The Ant-Man and the Wasp the increasing powers of Ant-Man is the proof of intelligence of Dr. Hank Pym.

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10. In reality Ultron was invented by Hank Pym

In Marvel comics it is written that Ultron was created by Hank Pym. Later on the robot developed its own intelligence and quickly developed the rebellion mind. He felt hatred for his father Hank Pym and then started upgrading itself almost seven times and becomes powerful.

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Also read- Everything You Need To Know About Captain Marvel MCU’s Most Powerful Superhero

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