Hank Pym

Doctor **Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym** is an entomologist and physicist who developed the Ant-Man Suit after discovering the Pym Particles. After becoming a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D., he discovered the Pym Particles and used it to combat crime, alongside his girlfriend, Janet van Dyne‏‎.

## Biography

#### Early Life

As a young promising scientist, Henry Jonathan Pym was an intern at a lab where he met his girlfriend, Janet van Dyne‏‎. After finishing his internship, Hank and Janet started their own research. Months later, Hank was recruited as a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D..

Afterwards, Pym eventually discovered a type of particles that could shorten the distance in between an object's molecules, effectively reducing its size, while maintaining its entire mass. Utilizing the newly discovered particles, Pym developed a suit that could shrink a human being into the size of an ant, while it maintained the true strength and resilience of the wearer.

### Ant-Man

#### Creating the Suit

Using the Pym Particles, Pym created the Ant-Man Suit which had allowed him to control the effects. Pym had also developed the EMP Communication Device, the device which allowed him to telepathically communicate with Ants. He tried the device on carpenter ants and found that it worked, so he proceeded to try it on bullet ants, but they disobeyed him.

## Personality

Hank Pym is a multi-faceted man, a passionate scientist who did not wish to see his work fall into the wrong hands. Pym was also a caring boyfriend.

Pym is extremely overprotective of his Pym Particles and distrusts anyone who shows interest in them, due to being concerned that the Pym particles would change the nature of warfare and thus the world. During his time at S.H.I.E.L.D., he refused to let anyone use the Ant-Man suit and Pym particles except for himself.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **EMP Communication Device Capabilities**: Although he possesses no innate superhuman abilities, Pym is able to use an EMP Communication Device to communicate and control various species of ants.
	+ **Insect Manipulation**: Pym can communicate with ants, allowing him a rudimentary form of control over the insects. He uses electromagnetic waves to stimulate their olfactory nerve center and to mimic the pheromones of insect sized organisms using the EMP Communication Device. He could effectively project his will into ants and other insects, which influence their actions and behavior. As of now, he uses the device in the form earpieces similar to hearing aids or coiled communication earpieces.
* **Ant-Man Suit Capabilities**: Hank Pym developed the Pym Particles which allowed him to reduce himself in size and also enlarge himself back to normal. He then created a suit to wear that allowed him to use this ability with a click of a button.
	+ **Size Manipulation**: Using his developed technology, Pym was able to reduce himself to approximately the size of an ant. He still maintained his regular sized strength and durability while in a reduced scale as the process amplifies the amount of force he can generate and increases his density. Additionally, the process of altering size compresses force and energy, manifesting as brief shockwaves of vibration around the target, which briefly augments his force and momentum as he returns to normal size.
		- **Superhuman Strength**: The process of size alteration grants him superhuman strength, which allowed him to defeat opponents. He could also leap vast distances and great heights.
		- **Superhuman Durability**: The process of size alteration grants him superhuman durability, enough to survive falls from great heights and other impacts that would injure or kill even normal sized humans.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Hank Pym is one of the smartest humans in the world, a scientist who focused on the development of a technology that other scientists were unable to replicate, such as discovering size-shifting Pym Particles. This intellect granted him a spot in S.H.I.E.L.D., however, he never shared his formula with any of them.
* **Master Scientist**: One of the most brilliant scientific geniuses in history, Pym has tremendous knowledge and unmatched understanding in several fields of science, particularly entomology and atomic physics, but also chemistry. Hence, Pym was able to discover and isolate the extremely rare inter-dimensional Pym Particles, as well as personally go on to harness them.
* **Master Engineer**: Pym is a brilliant engineer, especially in the field of nanotechnology, having personally created the Pym Particle-harnessing Ant-Man Suit, as well as the EMP Communication Device.
* **Expert Combatant**: As a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Pym is a capable fighter. While operating as the Ant-Man, he used his compressed superhuman strength to his advantage against trained soldiers.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Ant-Man Suit**: Created by Hank Pym, the Ant-Man Suit is a suit that maximizes the use of the Pym Particles while also protecting the wearer from the negative side-effects of using Pym Particles.
* **Pym Particles**: Pym Particles are subatomic particles that are capable of shunting or adding mass and reducing or increasing scale of any form of matter, compressing physical forces around such objects or organisms that they are applied to, as well as increasing density and strength of the subject.
* **EMP Communication Device**: Pym created a communication device through many rigorous tests to ensure its functionality. It appeared to work perfectly with all ants except for bullet ants, who seemed to ignore all the orders he had given to them. He eventually used it for his Ant-Man Suit to shrink down and talk to the ants on their level. They still continued to be defiant and chased him around until they ran into a centipede that attacked them. Pym and the bullet ants even worked together to defeat the centipede.

## Relationships

### Allies

* S.H.I.E.L.D.
	+ Nick Fury - Director
	+ Phil Coulson
	+ Maria Hill
* Ants
* Avengers - Founding Members
	+ Tony Stark/Iron Man
	+ Steve Rogers/Captain America
	+ Thor Odinson
	+ Bruce Banner/Hulk
	+ Janet van Dyne‏‎ - Girlfriend
* Pepper Potts
* J.A.R.V.I.S.

### Enemies

* David Cannon/Whirlwind - Incarcerated
* Elihas Starr/Egghead
* Loki - Sent to Asgard

## Appearances

In chronological order:

* Ant Man & the Wasp
* The Avengers

## Trivia

* In the comics, Hank Pym was one of the founding members of the Avengers, and the creator of Ultron. Later, he became known as Yellowjacket before he passed Ant-Man mantle to Scott Lang.
	+ In later comics, Pym became a member of the Illuminati, a group made of the smartest and most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, including Tony Stark.