He is a reformed thief and an electronics expert. Paul Rudd portrays Scott Lang in the 2015 Marvel Studios film Ant-Man and will reprise his role in the upcoming 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.
Publication history
Created by David Michelinie and John Byrne,[1] Scott Lang first appeared in The Avengers #181 (March 1979) and as the second Ant-Man in Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979). Ant-Man appeared prominently in the 2012's FF series by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred. An ongoing series focusing on Lang, titled simply Ant-Man written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Ramon Rosanas, began in January 2015.
Publication Information
- Title : Scott Lang
- Known as : Ant-Man
- Publisher : Marvel Comics
- First appearance : As Scott Lang : Avengers #181 (March 1979) As Ant-Man : Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979)
- Created by : David Michelinie, John Byrne
- Alter ego : Scott Edward Harris Lang
- Team affiliations : Avengers, Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, Defenders, Future Foundation
- Portrayer : Paul Rudd
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Early life
Scott Edward Harris Lang was born in Coral Gables, Florida. He turned to burglary when his occupation as an electric engineer failed to support his family. Apprehended, he served his prison sentence and was paroled after three years for good behavior. In prison, he furthered his study of electronics and was soon hired by Stark International to work in its design department. Under Tony Stark's direction, he helped install a new security system in Avengers Mansion.
The second Ant-Man
When his daughter Cassie Lang became seriously ill, Scott Lang decided to return to burglary as a final resort. He broke into Dr. Hank Pym's home and stole the Ant-Man suit and shrinking gas canisters. Garbed as Ant-Man, Lang broke into Cross Technological Enterprises and discovered that Dr. Erica Sondheim, the only person capable of helping his daughter, was being held prisoner by Darren Cross. He rescued the doctor from Cross' clutches and was relieved when Sondheim was able to save his beloved Cassie's life. Lang had intended to return the Ant-Man suit 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.
Hero
Shortly after, Scott Lang donned the Ant-Man costume on various occasions, primarily to assist Iron Man and the Avengers. Scott came to the rescue when Iron Man was trapped in the armor. He also helped Yellowjacket (Hank Pym's alias at the time) attempt to rescue the Wasp captured by Dr. Parnell Solomon. Alongside the Avengers, he first battled Taskmaster. He then battled Odd John's mutated insects, and encountered Biotron of the Micronauts.
Alongside Spider-Man, he again battled Taskmaster, exploiting Taskmaster's belief that he was Pym by using his growth capsules on one of his ants as a surprise tactic. As Lang, he attempted to stop the Raiders at a Dallas electronics engineers convention. He then battled the malfunctioning GARD computer security system. As Lang, he aided Iron Man and Jim Rhodes against Mauler. He then met the Fantastic Four, and with them first journeyed to a "micro-world", and battled there alongside the Thing.
Death
When Jack of Hearts reappears on the grounds of Avengers Mansion in a zombified state, Scott Lang rushes to Jack, only for Jack to blow himself up, destroying much of the mansion and seemingly killing Scott. This Jack may have been some type of "apparition" created by an insane Scarlet Witch rather than the actual Jack of Hearts, starting the crisis known as Avengers Disassembled. His daughter Cassie Lang subsequently takes the name Stature as a member of the Young Avengers, having apparently taken enough Pym particles over the years to enable Cassie to automatically grow and shrink in size whenever she wants. His Ant-Man helmet falls into Amadeus Cho's possession for a time with Cassie's blessing, choosing to focus on the insect mind-controlling abilities.
Return
During the events of the limited series Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Iron Lad takes the Young Avengers and an amnesiac Wanda Maximoff into the past, back to the day that the events of Avengers Disassembled began. Here, despite Iron Lad's assurance that they could not interact, Scott Lang is hugged by his daughter, and to take him away from the zombified Jack of Hearts who is revealed to be the real Jack of Hearts under the control of an insane Scarlet Witch. When Jack explodes, the Scarlet Witch regains her memories and returns them to the present, including Scott (thus his death is retconned as having never actually happened, as he was merely taken from his time and brought forward).
Powers and abilities
Using a gaseous form of "Pym particles" kept in a compartment in his belt, Ant-Man had the power to shrink himself (and other people and objects along with himself) to the size of an ant and return to normal. Over time, he has acquired the ability to change size at will, seemingly without the need for the gas. His cybernetic helmet allows rudimentary telepathic communication with insects, and is equipped with sound amplification equipment allowing normal-sized humans to hear him.
The helmet also has a retractable plexiglass face shield and a limited air supply. Lang retained his normal strength in ant size. Scott Lang can also shrink to sub-microscopic size, and thereby enter the countless "subatomic universes". He has advanced training and expertise in electronics, having earned an electronics technician certificate, plus additional advanced electronics training he received while in prison.
Other versions
Avengers Fairy Tales
Scott Lang is seen in the "Alice in Wonderland" issue of Avengers Fairy Tales, where he is the Caterpillar as a representation of Cassie's dead father.
House of M
In House of M, Scott Lang is depicted dating Jessica Jones.
MC2
In the MC2 universe, Scott Lang 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 took the tech and became Stinger). Later, when Mainframe was severely damaged, Scott came out of retirement with the Ant-Man armor designed by Doctor Doom (Kistoff Vernard), and shrank to microscopic size to repair him from the inside. He realized that he still enjoyed being a hero, and stayed "un-retired" and joined A-Next. The Thunder Guard, a group of Nazi Avengers from an alternate universe who fought A-Next, included a mentally highly unstable version of Scott called "Pincer" who had killed that universe's version of Cassie.
Ultimate Marvel
The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is David "Dave" Scotty, one of the Giant-Men that was utilized on the Ultimates' Reserves. During a legion of vampires' attack, he was among those that guard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion. After vampires attack and bit him multiple times, Scotty turned over the vampire cause. In the ensuing battle, Dave gets killed by a fellow Giant-Man. The actual Ultimate version of Scott Lang is the second major version of Giant-Man. He appears as a member of the New Ultimates during a massive showdown between the Ultimates and the Avengers. Lang later helps both teams defeat Gregory Stark's forces in North Korea.
Marvel Zombies
Scott Lang is seen with Nick Fury; he attempted to fight the zombies, but he is overwhelmed and turned, last seen screaming. He is later seen as a zombie. He is destroyed by the Power Cosmic Zombies again.
In other media
Television
- Scott Lang makes his animated debut in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Crispin Freeman. This version's backstory as a criminal to help his daughter and gets caught mostly remains the same. He first appears in the episode "To Steal an Ant-Man" where he steals the Ant-Man suit to steal what he owed William Cross. Scott met to pay off Cross, however, William thought that Scott was Ant-Man all along and alters the deal. When Hank Pym, Luke Cage and Iron Fist help, Lang gets his daughter to safety and then defeats Cross. Scott is deemed worthy by Pym to be the new Ant-Man despite being willing to turn himself in. Ant-Man later appears in the episode "Avengers Assemble" as one of the reserve Avengers that helps take down Galactus's Heralds.
- Ant-Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Grant George. In the first season, he first appears as a minor character with Hank Pym's science oriented background and his own A.I. named J.O.E.Y. (who is Ant-Man's version of J.A.R.V.I.S.). In the second season, the character is officially revealed to be Scott Lang after he officially joins the Avengers following a massive battle with Ultron.
- Ant-Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man: Web-Warriors, voiced again by Grant George. He is a guest teacher at the Triskelion's S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy where he demonstrates his powers by knocking down Spider-Man during a demonstration. When Nick Fury is taken over by Doctor Octopus' Octobot-themed nanobots in order to get free from the Triskelion's brig, he, Spider-Man, and Power Man shrink down to remove the machines from Nick's body while the others pursue Doctor Octopus. While fighting their way though nanobots modeled after Beetle, Green Goblin, Lizard, and Scorpion, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, and Power Man make their way to the heart to get to Nick Fury's brain. As Ant-Man and Power Man are left busy fighting the nanobots (where some of them combined into one robot), Spider-Man learns from Nick Fury's conscious that Doctor Octopus has set the Triskelion's reactor to meltdown. Once the nanobots are destroyed, the reactor overload is averted, and Doctor Octopus is defeated, Spider-Man and Ant-Man visit Nick Fury in the Triskelion's infirmary where Ant-Man admitted that Spider-Man's recklessness stopped Doctor Octopus' plot.
- Paul Rudd portrays Scott Lang in the 2015 Marvel Studios film Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed and written by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Rudd, based on a story by Wright and Cornish. In the film, Scott was a former employee of Vistacorp and discovered that the company was overcharging their customers, and broke into their headquarters and the CEO's house to pay back the money Vistacorp was stealing from their customers. He was arrested and his wife, Maggie, divorced him and didn't allow him to come close to Cassie unless he paid child support, leaving Scott no choice but to rob an old house belonging to Hank Pym (who manipulated Scott's friends into getting this heist to test Scott) and discovering the Ant-Man suit. After Scott is arrested again when he tries to return the suit after using it, Hank breaks him out and he and his daughter Hope train Scott to become the Ant-Man to stop Darren Cross from manufacturing the Yellowjacket suit. Scott and his team stop Cross' operation and he prevents Cross from hurting Cassie. He learns at the end of the film that Falcon (whom he fought and defeated earlier) is trying to find him to join the Avengers.
- Paul Rudd will reprise his role in the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War. He will be on Captain America's side.
- The Scott Lang version of Ant-Man appears on Marvel Heroes, voiced by Grant George.
- The Scott Lang version of Ant-Man appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- The Ant-Man version of Scott Lang appears in Marvel Contest of Champions,[59] and Marvel: Future Fight.
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