History Characters / AntManHeroes

* DeaderThanDead: Presumably as of ''Infinity Countdown'' #5 Hank's soul was removed from [[FusionDance Pymtron's body]] by the Soul Stone. And then his soul ended up getting devoured by a beast within the Soul Stone. This gets pushed even further in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark: Iron Man]]'' #19 wherein [[spoiler:Tony shuts down any possibility that Hank is still somewhere in there in the FusionDance he's had with Ultron. Tony confirms that Ultron had been faking Hank's presence the entire time]].

* CanonImmigrant: Zig-zagged. He originally was a one-shot antagonist during Scott Lang's debut before being adapted to the big screen as BigBad of the first ''Ant-Man''-movie. That's the reason while he was revived in the comics and given the Yellowjacket-mantle in the comics, a identity he didn't possess in the comics before the movie came out.

* PoweredArmor: Being based on his Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse incarnation, his Yellowjacket suit is bulkier and is better armed.

* ScienceHerosBabeAssistant: Janet [=VanDyne=] used to be nothing more than a source of fanservice and a {{Sidekick}} to Dr. Hank Pym, genius inventor, before decades of CharacterDevelopment got hold of her. She frequently served as DamselInDistress and target for Hank's InsufferableGenius tendencies (and once his punches).

* NeverLiveItDown: His assault on Janet and his creation of Ultron.

The original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym was created by Creator/StanLee, Larry Lieber, and Creator/JackKirby. Making his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] debut in ''Tales to Astonish #27'' (January, 1962), Hank Pym was an ordinary, but brilliant biochemist. Happily married to Maria Trovaya, a political refugee, Hank was devastated when she was murdered on a trip to Hungary. Her death led to Hank's first mental breakdown, one of his defining attributes in later years. After recovering, Hank threw himself into his work, leading to the creation of a rare group of subatomic particles. Pym then uses the particles to create two serums: one that shrinks objects and one that makes them larger. Testing the first serum on himself, Pym shrinks to insect size for the first time but is unable to reverse the procedure. Now trapped in a nearby anthill, Pym nearly drowns in honey before being rescued by a friendly ant. The new friends fend off an attack by other ants looking for an easy meal before Pym makes it back to his lab. Using the second serum to return to normal size, Pym recognizes the danger of his discovery and decides to destroy the serums before they can do more harm.

Realizing that he was destroying a breakthrough, Hank recreated his serums a few weeks later. Inspired by his experience in the anthill, Pym uses the shrinking serum to become the superhero Ant-Man in ''Tales to Astonish #35'' (September, 1962). He would pick up a partner a few issues later in the form of Janet van Dyne, a young socialite who closely resembled his dead wife. With her father dead thanks to the arrival of the creature from Kosmos, Janet volunteers to undergo genetic alteration at the hands of Pym to become "ComicBook/TheWasp". Together, the heroes defeat the Kosmosian and become partners. Later, the duo would join ComicBook/IronMan and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] in battle against the [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] until the heroes realize that they've been manipulated by Loki, the God of Mischief. Banding together, the heroes defeat Loki and officially become Comicbook/TheAvengers.

* BigShutUp: When he hit Janet in ''Avengers #213''.

* BreakoutCharacter: Hank's first appearance in ''Tales to Astonish #27'' was a seven page story where as a scientist, he just tests his shrinking experiments on himself and runs afoul of some ants. "The Man in the Ant Hill" was intended as a one-off story, but positive response led to bringing him back almost a year later as a superhero.

* DeaderThanDead: Presumably as of ''Infinity Countdown #5'' Hank's soul was removed from [[FusionDance Pymtron's body]] by the Soul Stone. And then his soul ended up getting devoured by a beast within the Soul Stone. This gets pushed even further in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark: Iron Man #19]]'' wherein [[spoiler:Tony shuts down any possibility that Hank is still somewhere in there in the FusionDance he's had with Ultron. Tony confirms that Ultron had been faking Hank's presence the entire time]].

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Before it was finally established that he was bipolar, his moments of insanity were explained away as being due to Pym Particles altering his brain chemistry, a detail carried over into the MCU adaptation. No one else ever having such a problem is probably why he was made bipolar via retcon.\\\
In an oft-forgotten part of the reviled ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'', the story that tried to say Iron Man was a ManchurianAgent for Kang, it attempted to retcon the cause of Hank's mental issues, saying that Tony's was Kang's ''second'' choice and Hank was Kang's first, the various issues Hank suffered were really the result of this attempt at brainwashing Hank. However, much like retconning that it was really Immortus manipulating Tony and only since the events of ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm'', ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' also revealed that Immortus lied and really did nothing of the sort to Hank, simply adding that lie to reinforce the deception as it was something Hank would have ''wanted'' to be true.

* CanonForeigner: Zig-zagged. He originally was a one-shot antagonist during Scott Lang's debut before being adapted to the big screen as BigBad of the first ''Ant-Man''-movie. That's the reason while he was revived in the comics and given the Yellowjacket-mantle in the comics, a identity he didn't possess in the comics before the movie came out.

* KilledOffForReal: Gets a hole blown through his chest by Ragnarok, partway through ComicBook/CivilWar. As of 2020, he hasn't gotten better from it.

* HurtingHero: Scott is one after Cassie's death.