Hank Pym
Dr. Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym (/ˈpɪm/) is a character appearing in American comic books, published by Marvel Comics. Created by penciller Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and writer Larry Lieber, Pym debuted in Tales to Astonish #27 (January 1962). He returned several issues later as the original iteration of Ant-Man, a superhero with the power to shrink to the size of an ant. He later assumed other superhero identities, including the size-changing Giant-Man and Goliath; the insect-themed Yellowjacket; and briefly, the Wasp. He is a founding member of the Avengers superhero team, and the creator of the robotic villain Ultron. He is also the ex-husband of Janet van Dyne and the father of Nadia van Dyne, his daughter by his first wife, Maria Pym.
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The character's alter egos (front to back): Ant-Man, Hank Pym, Goliath, Yellowjacket and Giant-Man (not all to scale), with Ultron in the background. Not all the character's costumes are shown. | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | As Hank Pym: Tales to Astonish #27 (January 1962) As Ant-Man: Tales to Astonish #35 (September 1962) As Giant-Man: Tales to Astonish #49 (November 1963) As Goliath: The Avengers #28 (May 1966) As Yellowjacket: The Avengers #59 (December 1968) As Wasp: Secret Invasion: Requiem #1 (February 2009) As Ultron: Avengers: Rage of Ultron #1 (April 2015) |
Created by | Stan Lee (co-writer/editor) Larry Lieber (co-writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
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Full name | Dr. Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym |
Species | Human mutate |
Place of origin | Nebraska |
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Partnerships | Wasp |
Notable aliases | Ant-Man Giant-Man Goliath Yellowjacket Wasp Scientist Supreme Ultron |
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Since his earliest appearances in the Silver Age of Comic Books, Pym has been featured in various Marvel-endorsed products including animated films, video games, television series, and feature films. Michael Douglas plays Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Douglas also voiced alternate-timeline versions of Pym in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021-2023).