Hank Pym/Celestial Invader Ego

Doctor Henry "Hank" Pym is an entomologist and physicist who developed the Ant-Man Suit after discovering the Pym Particles. For a time, he worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. as a consultant and became the superhero Ant-Man, fighting beside his own wife, Janet van Dyne. However, during one mission, Ant-Man witnessed his wife disappear from him, seemingly dying, resulting in Pym retiring as Ant-Man and leaving S.H.I.E.L.D.. A few years later, he retook his superhero mantle and joined a group of individuals with extraordinary abilities founded by S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat against the Celestial Ego and his son Peter Quill in their attempt to terraform Earth, during which Ant-Man persuaded Quill to stop his father's attack on the planet. Venturing off into outer space to try and defeat Ego for good, Pym and his friends became founding members of the Avengers.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
====Short-Lived Career====
Ant-Man used to work within S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside well-known figures such as Peggy Carter, Howard Stark and Bill Foster. However, he chose to leave the agency in the wake of his wife's disappearance, and raised his daughter Hope as a single father.What If...?: 2.02: What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
===Back to Duty===
====Skirmish at Coney Island====
Despite having left the agency, Ant-Man was contacted by Howard Stark to be enlisted in a team to contain the invasion of Earth by a young Peter Quill. Ant-Man was reunited with his former colleagues and teamed up with Black Panther, Winter Soldier and Wendy Lawson. Ant-Man and his team were then sent to Coney Island for a first confrontation against Quill.
While Quill was enjoying his time on a ride, Ant-Man unleashed a swarm of ants against him, forcing him to flee and steering him towards a house of mirrors where he was confronted by Black Panther. However, Quill ragingly resisted capture, causing Ant-Man to suggest falling back. The team subsequently boarded the Asis, where it was attacked by Quill, but the intervention of Thor enabled to defeat Quill.
====Avengers Meeting====
Locking Peter Quill in a S.H.I.E.L.D. Detention Cell, Ant-Man then listed to Thor's explanations regarding Ego's Expansion.
However, Ant-Man failed to realize that his daughter had stolen his keycard and his Pym Particles to release Quill from custody due to having befriended him. Ant-Man then learned that Quill was coming from Missouri and that he had been influenced by his father Ego. Ant-Man thus promised his daughter that the Avengers would try and help Quill instead of trying to kill him. Ant-Man was then flown by Lawson to the Missouri graveyard where his mother was buried, while the rest of the Avengers left to confront Ego who had landed on Earth as well.
====Befriending Peter Quill====
Knowing that they would not be able to win Peter Quill to their side through the use of brute force, Ant-Man gently approached him and listened to the boy expressing his loneliness. Ant-Man then shared his own feeling to get closer to Quill, detailing how he felt since his wife was gone and how the event had changed him, and offered to help Quill provide the support he needed. He then shared a hug with Quill, who agreed to join the Avengers.
With this new ally at his side, Ant-Man was able to come to assist his teammates in the Battle of Mojave Desert. Attacking at small size while riding an ant, they infiltrated the gigantic Ego-shaped mountain created by the Celestial and confronted Ego himself, leading to his destruction at the hands of Quill. In the aftermath of the blast, Ant-Man found Quill and hugged him once again to express his gratitude.
====New Mission====
In order to celebrate the victory, Ant-Man invited his allies - minus the Winter Soldier, who had defected - to his house, where he struggled to cook a decent meal. As Thor revealed that he planned to track down Ego's planet to destroy him once and for all, Ant-Man reminded him that they were supposed to work as a team, embarking the Avengers for their next mission.
==Personality==
Having lost his Janet van Dyne left Ant-Man disillusioned with S.H.I.E.L.D., but he nevertheless did his best to raise his daughter Hope on his own, as he profoundly loved her. Even though he had left his colleagues in pretty bad terms, Ant-Man remained willing to act to protect the Earth from global threats, and as such he quickly accepted to help S.H.I.E.L.D. after Howard Stark contacted him.
As demonstrated by his conversation with Peter Quill, Ant-Man felt a strong loneliness after his wife went missing. However, he realized that he could find support and solace from other people and that he had to let his loved ones help him, something he then taught Quill to get him out of his own sorrow.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Ant-Man Suit Capabilities: Ant-Man's suit provided him with a number of capabilities that help him in battle, usually through tactics involving approaching an opponent undetected in shrunken form.
**Size Manipulation: Through the use of Pym Particles, Ant-Man was able to considerably reduce his own size, which enabled him to ride a flying ant he controlled. This enabled him to attack opponents while remaining undetected, as he did with Peter Quill, and later to slip through the cracks of the massive stone structure manifested by Ego.
*EMP Communication Device Capabilities: Ant-Man owned a complex portable device which enabled him to give instructions to the ants he controlled.
**Insect Manipulation: Using his device, Ant-Man was able to control a massive swarm of flying ants directed at Peter Quill. He could also flawlessly direct his personal ant-mount.
===Abilities===
*Master Scientist: Pym was a world-class scientist, with his expertise making him worth of being recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D.. He specialized in quantum physics, which he jokingly considered easier than baking pies.
==Equipment==
*Ant-Man Suit: An advanced technological suit that most notably enabled Ant-Man to manipulate his size, being able to use it for infiltration missions.
*Pym Particles: Pym used these special subatomic particles to manipulate his size as well as elements around him.
*EMP Communication Device: A communication device used by Ant-Man to communicate with ants, giving them instructions to aid him during his missions.
*Keycard: A keycard used to access restricted areas in the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility. It was stolen by Hope van Dyne.
==Facilities==
*Pym Residence: A private residence where Pym lived with his daughter Hope
*Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility: A S.H.I.E.L.D. facility in which Ant-Man and his teammates established their headquarters to contain the invasion of Earth by Peter Quill.
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Janet van Dyne - Wife
*Hope van Dyne - Daughter
===Allies===
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Peggy Carter - Former Colleague
**Howard Stark - Former Colleague
*Avengers - Teammates and Friends
**Bill Foster/Goliath - Former Colleague
**Wendy Lawson
**T'Chaka/Black Panther
**Thor
*Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier - Former Teammate
*Peter Quill - Former Enemy and Friend
*Goose
===Enemies===
*Ego
==Behind the Scenes==
*Hank Pym and Mar-Vell were included in What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? due to Matthew Chauncey being a fan of , starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening, and wanting to have characters played by the two actors flirt with each other.What If..? Season 2 Live Q&A With Creative Team (A.C. Bradley, Matthew Chauncey, Bryan Andrews)
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