Marvel Comics/Giant-Man

**Giant-Man** (Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym) is a human mutate and cyborg from *Marvel Comics*.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Size Manipulation:** Pym possesses the power to reduce himself to the size of an ant, approximately one-half inch in height, by means of the subatomic particles known as the Pym Particles. The nature, source, and mechanics of the Pym Particles remain unrevealed. Originally, when Pym inhaled a gas or drank a potion containing the Pym Particles, they would interact with the electrical impulses of his brain to create an organism-wide "reducing field". Thus activated, the field reduced his entire body at a uniform rate to the size he desired. Although he usually chose to reduce himself to his ant-like size, he could reduce his size to any size between that and his normal size. Typically, Pym did not compress his mass into any smaller sizes. Instead, his mass was somehow extended into an extra-physical dimension that is opened by the activation of the Pym Particles. Despite his mass being extra-dimensionally shunted, he retained his full human-size strength at his ant-like size. To return to normal size, Pym inhaled another gas or drank another potion, either of which contained another type of Pym Particle. These particles interacted with his brain to create an "enlarging field", which was energized by mental command. Thus, Pym could grow back to his normal height and reclaim all of his extra-dimensionally shunted mass.

Pym also discovered Pym Particles that interact with his brain to enable him to grow to a gigantic height. The growth process requires the rapid acquisition of bodily mass that comes from an extra-dimensional source. This extra-dimensional mass fortifies all of his cellular tissue, including his bones and muscles, enabling him to support his increased weight and granting him superhuman strength and durability. Early in his career, this caused health problems due to the strain, and he was subject to various limitations of his size and the duration of his transformations. Currently, he is capable of growing hundreds of feet tall to exceed the height of the tallest buildings in New York. He can grow past the barriers of the Microverse to enter Overspace, a point above and apart from all other realities where it is possible to confer with abstract cosmic entities.

* **Enhanced Strength**
* **Enhanced Durability**

#### Former Powers

**Electricity Manipulation:** As Wasp, Pym was capable of firing powerful bioelectric blasts from his hands, much like the original Wasp could.

**Wing Manifestation:** As Wasp, synthetic and specialized cells implanted beneath his shoulder blades that expanded into insect-like wings when he shrank allowed him to fly. When he returned to normal size, the wings would disappear beneath a nearly undetectable layer of genetically engineered callus. He could presumably match the original Wasp's top speed, flying up to 38 miles pe rhour for up to an hour long before tiring. He was able to maneuver in flight, including hovering and darting forwards and backwards in addition to sustained forward flight. Since abandoning the Wasp identity, Pym no longer uses the wings, although it is possible that he still retains them.

* **Flight**

### Abilities

* **Gifted Intellect:** Pym is one of the world's foremost biochemists and also possesses considerable expertise in numerous scientific fields, such as particle physics, robotics, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, programming, emergency medicine, optics, and entomology. He has referred to himself as one of the five smartest people on the planet, making him capable of rivaling others such as Mister Fantastic and is regarded by Eternity as Earth's "Scientist Supreme". During his career, he created the robot Ultron, explored and repaired Vision often, and created much of the Avengers' equipment.
	+ **Biochemistry**
	+ **Particle Physics**
	+ **Robotics**
	+ **Computer Proficiency**
	+ **Emergency Medicine**
	+ **Optics**
	+ **Entomology**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat:** Pym is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant using special styles of unarmed combat depending on his size. If he is small, he takes advantage of his opponent's larger form by assaulting points on their body that they would not expect and move to another before they can detect him. If he is giant, he takes advantage of his own massive form and uses attacks that will either throw his opponents off balance or render them unconscious before they can concoct a better strategy against him. He has had some training in judo, karate, and wrestling.
* **Scuba Diving:** He is a trained scuba diver.
* **Aviation:** He is a capable pilot of aircraft ranging from conventional helicopters to high tech vehicles, such as the Avengers Quinjets.

### Weaknesses

* **Mental Illness:** He has suffered a series of mental breakdowns over the years. At one point, Pym created a separate personality for himself as the "Yellowjacket" but claimed to have actually killed Pym. He was eventually identified as suffering from bipolar disorder.

## Equipment

* **Stinger:** Pym currently carries a small, technological firearm that converts his body's mutated, bioelectric aura and fires it as a powerful stun beam.
* **Cybernetic Helmet (formerly):** As Ant-Man, Pym wore a cybernetic helmet that permitted him to achieve rudimentary telepathic communication with ants and other higher insects to control their minds.
	+ **Insect Manipulation**
* **Yellowjacket Suit (formerly):** As Yellowjacket, Pym carried miniaturized versions of his Ant-Man helmet's devices in his cowl that enabled him to perform the same feats it could. His costume also had artificial wings which enable him to fly while reduced in size.
	+ **Enhanced Vision:** Pym wore a pair of specially-designed goggles that enhanced his peripheral vision and could make video recordings of whatever he saw. They also contained a retinal scanner and analytical sensors, including devices that analyzed different kinds of energy, transmit his thoughts as radio frequencies, and communicate with insects.
		- **Cyberpathy**
	+ **Flight**