Hank Pym

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* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Identity

### Known Aliases

Ant-Man (Codename)
Agent, Doctor, Mister, Sentinel, Weapon M (Titles)

### Relatives

Angela Pym (Grandmother, Deceased)
Brad Pym (Father)
Doris Pym (Mother)
Nadia Pym (Daughter)

### Affiliation

Shield (Agent)
Sentinels (Former Member)
Weapon H Program (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Education

Multiple Doctorate Degrees
(Caltech)

### Marital Status

Married (Janet Pym, Second Wife)
Widowered (Maria Pym, First Wife, Deceased)

## Background Narrative

### Hank Pym: 1964 - 1980

Henry "Hank" Pym is the son of a factory foreman and a bookkeeper. As a rather inquisitive boy, Henry often tried to emulate things he saw on television, such as when he stained his skin blue to look like an alien in a movie. Hank's grandmother, Angela Pym, was the first to notice Hank's remarkable intelligence. Angela took it upon herself to have him tested — confirming her suspicion that he was a world-class genius. While his parents were uncertain how to hand this, Angela always encouraged Hank to pursue his unconventional curiosity and imagination.

When Hank was seven, his grandmother fell terminally ill. Saddened by this, young Hank attempted to build a device that he hoped would cure her. While flattered by the effort, Angela Pym had accepted it was her time to die and told her grandson to never stop reaching for the clouds. When Angela died, Hank smashed his device. After the funeral, Hank began to focus on more practical inventions. Pym invented a string of inventions, each duller than the last over the next nine years.

### Hank Pym: 1980 - 1984

At sixteen, Hank entered Caltech, where he roomed with another young genius, Bruce Banner. The two became best friends almost immediately. It was Bruce that encouraged Hank to pursue more imaginative pursuits again. It is fair to say that Bruce was obsessed with Captain America, particularly the super-soldier process that created him. As Bruce was a physicist, he often asked for Hank's expertise in biochemistry to recreate the experiment. The pair's work on replicating the Erskine method caught the attention of the SSD, and the two were recruited by Thaddeus Ross to work on the Weapon H program while still undergrads.

On a summer break in 1982, Bruce and Hank were flown out to New York City to work with OsCorp's team working on the Weapon G program. The two compared notes with the team and befriended scientists Dr. Parker and Dr. Octavius. Hank's friendship with Dr. Parker would remain particularly firm. The two maintained communication through letters and long-distance phone calls. This eventful summer was also where Hank met Maria, a receptionist at OsCorp, whom he fell in love with. The two kept their relationship a secret from all but Bruce. Then, as an impulsive decision, Hank and Maria drove to Atlantic City to get married. Maria would join Hank at Caltech where they lived off-campus with Bruce and his girlfriend Betsy.

While he was on a delayed honeymoon with a pregnant Maria in 1983, Hank received word from Bruce that there has been a break-in at their home. Much of Hank and Bruce's research had been stolen, as well as some of Hank's personal effects. Overhearing this phone call, Maria told Hank to hang up the phone as there was something she had to tell him.

Dropping her American accent, Maria confessed she was a Red Room operative sent to America to infiltrate OsCorp. She had seduced Hank to gain access to Weapon G intelligence but had a change of heart and deviated from her mission. She said she had been working to defect from the Red Room, but upon hearing their home was burglarized, Maria suspected her plans had been discovered. Not wishing harm to come Hank, Maria insisted she had to leave immediately to turn herself in to the Soviet authorities. Hank protested this decision, but as he moved to stop her, she put him on his back with quick display of "sexy ninja moves".

Back home, a devastated Hank split his time between working on the Weapon H research and attempting to learn what happened to Maria.

### Hank Pym: 1984 - 1989

With Bruce and Hank attaining their doctorate degrees in just four years, the two made the trip to Canada to work with the SSD full-time. Not long after their arrival, Hank accidentally developed the size-altering Pym Particles while attempting to infuse Vita-Rays into a liquid serum directly. With this discovery, I moved Hank off the Weapon H program and had him overhaul the defunct Weapon M program to further pursue the tactical applications of his invention.

It was there Hank began taking trips to Europe. These trips coincided with intelligence reports of Red Room operatives operating in the area and reports of their activity being disrupted by an unknown assailant that could vanish before your eyes. I caught on to what was happening and confronted Hank. As I suspected, he had made himself a tactical suit that allowed him to shrink himself and had been carrying out a one-man war against the Red Room. Though I was upset, I was also very proud.

## Shield Analysis

### Special Value: 5

* **Size Alteration:** After repeated intensive exposure to his Pym Particles, Dr. Pym possesses the power to reduce himself in size of an ant. At first, Pym has to inhale a gas or drink a potion containing the Pym Particles which would interact with electrical impulses of his brain, creating an organism-wide reduction of his size to any size between the size of an ant and his normal size without of his containment suit. Once he mastered the ability to control his size by conscious effort, Pym learned he could imbibe his Pym Potions daily and trigger the size-shifting at will until the potions passed through his system or were used up.
	+ ***Mass Shifting:*** With Pym Particles, Pym can compress his mass with him into his smaller size or shift the mass to an unknown dimensional field. When Pym's mass is extended extra-dimensionally, he still retains his full strength at reduced size.

### Heuristics Value: 3

* **Martial Artist:** Having studied judo as a practical way to deter bullies as a child, Pym is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. As a way to further his survivability in the field, Pym has also studied karate and wrestling. Capable pilot of aircraft ranging from conventional helicopters to high tech vehicles such as the Avengers Quinjets.

### Intellectual Value: 7

* **Super-Genius:** Dr. Pym is one of the world's foremost biochemists and also possesses considerable expertise in numerous scientific fields such as subatomic physics, robotics, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, programming, emergency medicine, optics and entomology. It is speculated that he is one of the five smartest people on the planet.
	+ ***Bipolar Disorder:*** Pym suffers from a mental disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic high.

### Expertise Value: 7

* **Chemistry:** Pym is a world-class biochemist.
* **Entomology:** Pym is a world-class expert in entomology, particularly in regards to ants.
* **Inventor:** Pym is a talented weapons designer, armorer, and mechanic. In a very short time with access to the right materials and workspace, Pym can create incredible inventions.
* **Medicine:** Pym is a talented medical doctor. He is a trained trauma surgeon.
* **Physics:** Pym is a talented physicist, particularly subatomic physics.
* **Robotics:** Pym is a world-class expects in robotics, cybernetics, and artificial intelligence.
* **SCUBA Diving:** Pym is a trained diver, able to operate underwater or intravenously.

### Logistics Value: 3

* **Linguistics:** Pym is fluent in English. He knows a little Russian, too.
* **Vehicle Operation:** Pym is not a particularly good driver (finding the exercise mundane and boring), but interestingly he does make a rather good pilot of aircraft ranging from conventional helicopters to high tech vehicles such as the prototype Quinjet.

### Director's Value: 7

* **Ant-Man:** "Hank is one Shield's greatest assets. Honestly, we're lucky to have been able to poach him from the SSD. However, as Hank has a history of compromising covert research with questionable decisions brought on by his mood swings."

### Threat Assessment

* **Special Value:** 5
* **Heuristics Value:** 3
* **Intellectual Value:** 7
* **Expertise Value:** 7
* **Logistics Value:** 3
* **Director's Value:** 7
	+ **TOTAL:** 32

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Hank Pym resides in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Ant-Man is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.

## Gallery

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## Fury Files

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Hank Pym

1. ↑ Fury Files: Hank Pym