Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
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Scott Lang is a fictional character featured in the American comic books published by Marvel. The second superhero character to use the name "Ant-Man" in the Marvel universe, following the original, Dr. Henry Pym, Lang is a reformed thief and an electronics expert. He first appeared in The Avengers #181 (March 1979) and became the second Ant-Man in Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979).
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Scott Lang was born in Coral Gables, Florida. He turned to burglary when his occupation as an electronics expert failed to support his family. Apprehended, he served his prison sentence and was paroled after three years for good behavior.
In prison, Lang furthered his study of electronics and was soon hired by Stark International to work in its design department. When his daughter Cassie became seriously ill, Lang decided to return to burglary as a final resort.
He broke into the home of Dr. Henry Pym and stole his Ant-Man uniform and shrinking gas canisters. Garbed as Ant-Man, Lang broke into Cross Technological Enterprises and discovered that Dr. Sondheim, the only person capable of helping his daughter, was being held prisoner. He rescued the doctor and was relieved when Sondheim was able to save the life of his beloved Cassie.
Lang had intended to return the Ant-Man costume to Pym and turn himself in for its theft but Pym, aware of the use to which Lang had put the stolen goods, offered to let him keep them, provided he only use them to uphold the law.
Shortly after, Lang donned the Ant-Man costume on various occasions to assist Iron Man and the Avengers, and briefly was hired by the Fantastic Four when Reed Richards was missing and presumed dead.
After Lang's ex-wife gained custody of their daughter Cassie, Lang accepted an offer to join the Avengers officially. His personality clashed immediately with fellow Avenger Jack of Hearts. However, shortly before Jack committed suicide in The Avengers vol.3, #76, Jack helped save Cassie from a child-murderer.
Lang dated private investigator and former superhero Jessica Jones briefly, and Purple Man used his powers to make him appear dead to Jessica, but their relationship was broken off when he learned Jessica was pregnant with the child of Luke Cage, another superhero. Shortly afterward, Jack reappeared as what appeared to be a zombie just long enough to blow himself up, along with half of the Avengers mansion and Scott Lang. This Jack may have been some type of "apparition" created by an insane Scarlet Witch rather than the actual Jack of Hearts.
Lang's daughter Cassie has taken up his mantle as Stature, in the Young Avengers.
[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] MC2
In the MC2 universe, Scott had retired from being Ant-Man, and was developing new technology that would give the powers of Ant-Man and the Wasp to a human (his daughter Cassie took the tech and became Stinger). Later, when Mainframe was severely damaged, Scott came out of retirement with the Ant-Man armor designed by Doom II (Kistoff Vernard), and shrank to microspopic size to repair him from the inside. He realized that he still enjoyed being a hero, and stayed "un-retired" and joined A-Next.
[edit] Powers
Using a gaseous form of "Pym particles" kept in a compartment in his suit, Ant-Man had the power to shrink to the size of an ant, and communciate telepathically with insects via his cybernetic helmet, when wearing the suit, he can lift more than 4 times his weight. "Pym particles" were created by the original Ant-Man, Dr. Hank Pym.
