Hank Pym

Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by penciler Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and scripter Larry Lieber, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27 (January 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 and the creator of the robotic villain Ultron.
Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, Hank Pym has since featured in several Marvel-endorsed products such as animated films, video games, and television series. Michael Douglas plays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and reprises his role in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Additionally, Douglas voiced alternate timeline versions in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021).
== Powers and abilities ==
*Genius-level intellect
*Expert biochemist and myrmecologist
*Superhuman strength, stamina, durability and mass in giant form (as Giant-Man, Goliath and Yellowjacket)
*Bio-Energy Projection, also known as a Bio-Sting (particularly during his periods as Ant-Man and Yellowjacket)
*Telepathic communication with ants via cybernetic helmet (as Ant-Man)
*Size-shifting from nearly microscopic to ~100 feet gigantic (both at extremes)
*Flight using grafted wings (as Yellowjacket)
*Ability to transfer his size-shifting ability to other beings and objects
*Maintains strength of normal size in shrunken state
== Idea Wiki appearances ==
=== Iago PUC's ideas ===
* Pym (based on Michael Douglas' character in the MCU) appears in Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion and Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles, voiced in all of them by Jim Meskimen. Both versions are depicted as the maternal grandfather of Gwen Stacy and Cassie Lang, and Scott Lang's father-in-law.
** In Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion, Pym first appeared in "The Parker Errand", on which he is consulted by Peter Parker about his deceased parents' work, which Pym reveals to be researches about alternate dimensions which he and the Parkers explored through the Quantum Realm. Later, after Peter retrieves the Tesseract from the forces of A.I.M., Pym, Tony Stark and Nick Fury congratulate Peter, entrusting him to keep the Tesseract as long as he uses it responsibly, and presenting him his parents' old research building the Triskelion.
*** Pym also has non-speaking appearances in the show's Disney+ sequel TV movies A Marvel Christmas Carol and Marvel's Superhero Adventures: Infinity War.
** Appearing as a supporting character in Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles, Pym makes regular supporting appearances in the series. Depicted as the head of Pym Industries, Pym is also a teacher in Baxter Institute.
* Pym / Ant-Man appears as a playable character in Marvel Superhero Adventures: Intergalactic Grand Prix, voiced by Wally Wingert. One of the superheroes participating in the titular racing tournament hosted by the Grandmaster, Pym owns two karts: the Quantum Beetle, a race car based on the Rover Airship from West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #21, and the Inferno Ace, a three-wheeled autocycle based on a fire ant.
*Pym appears in Marvel Girl Power, voiced again by Wally Wingert.
=== Coolot1's ideas ===
* Hank Pym is the primary protagonist in The Subatomic Ant-Man, voiced by Jack DeSena.
=== Joint ideas ===
*TBD
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== Gallery ==
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File:Yellowjacket What If....png|A twisted version of Hank Pym as Yellowjacket as he appears in the Disney+ TV series What If...? Season 1 Episode 3: "What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?"
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