ANT-MAN
Series Disambiguation (Ant-Man)
| Years | Issues | Series Name | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-1965 | #27, 35-69 | Tales to Astonish (1st series) | Hank Pym becomes Ant-Man, teams up with partner, the Wasp, becomes Giant-Man |
| 1963-1965 | #1, 93 | Avengers (1st series) | Pym joins Avengers as Ant-Man, changes identity multiple times |
| 1972-1973 | #4-10 | Marvel Feature (1st series) | reassumes Ant-Man identity, becomes stuck at "ant" size |
| 1979 | #47-48 | Marvel Premiere | Scott Lang becomes Ant-Man II |
| 1994-1996 | #384-416 | Fantastic Four (1st series) | Lang joins Fantastic Four as technical advisor in Reed Richards' absence |
| 1994-1995 | #4-10 | Fantastic Four Unlimited | supplementary series to Fantastic Four told in standalone stories |
| 1997-1999 | #6-19 | Heroes for Hire (1st series) | Lang hired by Luke Cage & Iron Fist's new heroic enterprise |
| 2002-2004 | #15-28 | Alias | Lang dates Jessica Jones irregularly |
| 1999-2004 | #57-84, 500- | Avengers (3rd series); Avengers (1st series) cont. | Lang joins Avengers, later killed by Jack of Hearts |
| 2006-2007 | #1-12 | Irreedeemable Ant-Man | Eric O'Grady becomes Ant-Man III after stealing suit |
| 2008-2009 | #8-20 | Avengers: the Initiative | Ant-Man III recruited by Initiative, at bootcamp during Secret Invasion |
| 2009-2010 | #128-143 | Thunderbolts (1st series) | Eric recruited by Noman Osborn's team, Dark Reign storyline |
| 2010-2013 | #1-35 | Secret Avengers (1st series) | Eric joins Avengers under Steve Roger's covert team, killed by Descendants |
| 2011 | #1-3 | Ant-Man & the Wasp (1st series) | O'Grady teams up with Hank Pym, the new Wasp |
| 2012 | #1 | Ant-Man: Season One | standalone retelling of Hank Pym's origin as Ant-Man for new audience |
| 2013-2014 | #5-9 | Avengers: the Children's Crusade | Scott Lang is rescued from death by time travel |
| 2013-2014 | #1-16 | FF (2nd series) | Matt Fraction run, Lang joins new "replacement" FF while core team is traveling |
| 2015 | #1-5 | Ant-Man (1st series) | Nick Spencer's first series, Lang moves to Miami following daughter & ex-wife, starts security business |
| 2015 | #1 | The Last Days of Ant-Man | standalone story, parallel to Hickman's Secret Wars event |
| 2015-2016 | #1-13 | Astonishing Ant-Man | Nick Spencer's second series, Scott arrested again, Cassie becomes Stinger |
| 2018 | #1-5 | Ant-Man & the Wasp (2nd series) | Mark Waid miniseries, Scott has adventures in Microverse with Wasp III (Nadia van Dyne) |
| 2020 | #1-5 | Ant-Man (2nd series) | Zeb Wells series, Scott faces insect gods from Savage Land |
| 2022 | #1-4 | Ant-Man (3rd series) | Al Ewing series, time travel allows all Ant-Men to meet |
INTRODUCTION:
In addition to being one of Marvel Comics’ earliest characters, the character of Ant-Man is also one of Marvel’s earliest “legacy characters” with three different individuals having adopted the identity. A founding member of the Avengers, the first Ant-Man abandoned the identity for another (and then another and then another), later took it back, and then abandoned it again before passing it along to a second Ant-Man. A third man later took the identity as well… but that’s getting ahead of ourselves.
For the most part, the three characters of Ant-Man have not starred in their own series. Rather, they have appeared as co-features in anthology series or as part of a super-hero team. It was not until 2006, a full forty-four years after the creation of the Ant-Man concept, that a series with the name “Ant-Man” was first published. With the character’s rise in notoriety thanks to the films of the Marvel “cinematic universe,” this has begun to change.
Nevertheless, the trio of Ant-Man characters appeared regularly in several titles over the years and it is the intention of these disambiguation articles to provide clarity as to where (and when) a character appeared in a title. While other disambiguation articles follow a specific character, this article will follow the multiple characters during the periods of time they used the name of Ant-Man. These three characters will enter and leave this article’s narrative as they don and remove their respective helmets.