Code Name: Dr. Pym
See Also: Ant-Man I, Giant-Man I, Goliath I, Yellowjacket I
Real Name: Henry James Pym
Other Known Aliases: None
Status: ACTIVE, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States of America
Origin: Altered Human
Powers: Personal size alteration (0.5" to 30'), projective shrinking
Skills: Entymology, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence,
emergency medicine, quantum physics, biochemistry, Quinjets
Equipment: Headset (communications equipment, loudspeaker, retractable
visor with EM radiation diffusion for vision protection), wrist-mounted
bio-electric stingers, universal hand tool (high-tech Swiss army knife),
cybernetic flying ant surveillance devices, micro-equipment (flash
grenades, custom built notebook computer with a wireless internet
connection and a nuclear battery, proximity activated laser pods,
anti-gravity power inhibiting restraint packs) |
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Physical Attributes:
- Gender: Male
- Age: 36
- Height: 6' (variable)
- Weight: 210lbs. (variable)
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Ethnic/racial background: Caucasian
- Other distinguishing features: None
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Psychological Attributes:
- Personality: Throughout his early career, Pym was quiet and
studious, never quite feeling comfortable as a flashy super-hero. In his
last days as Yellowjacket, he was abusive to the Wasp and finally acted
to betray the Avengers. After a long period of soul- searching and an
abortive suicide attempt, he finally put his life back together. His new
outfit is deliberately non-heroic looking, the better to avoid falling
into the same old behavioral traps, and his outlook is analytical,
positive, and somewhat light-hearted.
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History: Pym was a brilliant scientist who spent much of his time in
his lab. At one point, he met and married the beautiful Maria Travonoya, a
political dissidant who had fled to the US. Unfortunately, when
honeymooning in her home country of Bratislavia, she was captured by
revolutionaries, and, despite Pym's efforts, she was killed. Pym had a
nervous breakdown and spent some time in a Bratislavian mental hospital
until he was freed by American officials. He became obsessed with bringing
his wife's murderers to justice and the creation of his subatomic Pym
particles was the result. He found himself shrunk to a fraction of an inch
and had to escape from an ant hill. He destroyed his creation after his
first adventure for the danger they posed but later recreated them,
fashioned a costume that included a cybernetic insect control helmet and
began to adventure as the hero Ant-Man. The villain Egghead was his first
archenemy. In the meantime, he was contacted by the father of Janet Van
Dyne to help Van Dyne in his scientific experiments, and he soon fell in
love with Janet, who reminded him of a young Maria. When her father was
killed by the aliens he was trying to contact (it would later be revealed
that these aliens originate in the dimension of Kosmos, the matter
exchange dimension for all size-shifters), Pym as Ant-Man brought the
Kosmosian to justice. Ant-Man revealed his identity to Janet, and Pym
convinced her to join him as his partner. He engineered her body to become
his sidekick as the hero Wasp. Ant-Man and the Wasp were on hand to battle
the monster Hulk with heroes Thor and Iron Man, when the Wasp suggested
they form a team, the Avengers. About the same time, he created the robot
Ultron-1,who brainwashed Pym into forgetting this acheivement, revealing
itself many months later as his enemy. Pym continued to fight alongside
the Avengers, but soon felt outclassed by the powerhouses of the team and
created the identity of Giant-Man. Later still, Wasp, fearing for Pym's
health, prompted the duo to leave the team. Pym found himself back in the
Avengers when Wasp was abducted by the Collector, creating another
identity of Goliath. Although he usually preferred to abstain from
adventuring to stay in his lab, he continued to fight off-and-on alongside
the Avengers because the Wasp always wanted to. Years later, Pym, who was
undergoing severe mental stress, had an accident in his labratory,
breathing in chemical fumes. His sanity warped, and created a fourth
identity who believed he had slain Pym: Yellowjacket. He returned to the
Avengers, kidnapped Janet and forced her to marry him. When he was
confronted by the Avengers and brought back to his right mind, Pym and
Janet decided to let the marriage stand. They adventured with the
Avengers, and later, they enjoyed a brief tenure alongside the heroes of
the Defenders. Pym's mental problems continued to worsen. He returned to
the Avengers, determined to prove himself alongside the heavyweights of
the team, which only added to his stress. At one point, he struck Janet,
and later, during battle with the misguided Elfqueen, Pym lashed out at
her just as she was about to surrender. The Avengers began a court-martial
process for Pym, who, losing his sanity, created a robot to destroy the
Avengers but built with a failsafe that Pym would activate to "save" his
friends and regain his status. The ploy failed, and the Wasp, who
discovered Pym's treachery, saved the team. Pym promptly quit, and the
Wasp filed for divorce. Pym was further oppressed as his old enemy Egghead
framed Pym for stealing nuclear devices, leading to Pym's arrest. Egghead
led the villain team Masters of Evil in freeing Pym from his trial,
further implicating him in villainy. Pym soon defeated the Masters
singlehandedly, redeeming himself, but he decided against rejoining the
Avengers. Pym later would ally with them when his expertise was needed.
Over time, his relationship with the Wasp was reconciled. Later still, Pym
found his body could not handle the stress of constant size-changing, and
retired from costumed crime fighting. He still joined the Avengers,
however, when they opened their West Coast branch, in order to oversee the
facilities and the scientific research. Growing more despondant as a
result of the Whirlwind's prodding, however, he soon decided to commit
suicide, but was stopped by their associate Firebird (then Espirita) who
helped him to reconcile the two areas of his life--costumed crime fighting
and scientific research. As Hank Pym, Scientific Adventurer, he would use
the aura of Pym Particles his body produced to to shrink and grow objects
around him, and he rejoined the Avengers full time. Although he stayed
with the West Coast branch for some time, Pym soon found himself actively
adventuring from the New York mansion. Later still, Pym and other
size-changing heroes were caught up in an invasion attempt from their
mass-displacement dimension, Kosmos. The outcome left Pym able to grow
again but not to shrink, and he resumed his old Giant-Man identity.
Continuing to adventure alongside the Avengers, his relationship with the
Wasp steadily improved, becoming very platonic romantically. Their
relationship hit a rough spot during the battle with the time-traveling
villain Kang (in actuality, Kang's rival Immortus posing as Kang) when, in
order to save the Wasp's life, Pym performed radical life-saving
experiments which transformed her into a bug-woman hybrid. Pym was on hand
with the other Avengers who seemingly sacrificed their lives to absorb the
energies of the being known as Onslaught. In reality, he was shunted to
another dimension. When he and the other heroes were restored to Earth,
Pym found that he was capable of his full range of size-changing
abilities, but rather than return to the Avengers right away he returned
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