<div class="floatleft">(http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/img/a/AntMan.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">     <strong>Ant Man</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Scott Lang<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases:</strong> Giant Man, Goliath, Perv, Myrmidon<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong> Scout, Spy, Brawler</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>    Ant-Man is able to reduce himself to the size of an ant, approximately one-half inch in height, by means of a rare group of sub-atomic particles, the source of which is as yet unknown, which he is able to contain in magnetic-field "canisters" (the shape of the magnetic lines of force were made visible by the confined particles, whose concentration caused them to behave like a gas).<br/>These particles, whose wavelength is in the mental range when released, allow Ant-Man to will himself and other objects to reduce in size or enlarge. The mechanics involved having most of the mass of the nucleus of each affected atom convert into energetic particles which take up orbit around the nucleus - thus, although gravitons do not affect these particles, the mass of the original volume remains intact.<br/><br/>This means a punch delivered by the half-inch high Ant-Man would feel like the blow of a normal-sized man. Ant-Man's reducing particle has no time limit to its potency.<br/>Ant-Man, when he is shrunk, still has normal human strength. Lang takes advantage of this when enemies often times scoff at his size, or even use it as a sudden, unseen force.<br/><br/>Lang has demonstrated the ability to change sizes without application of Pym particle gas.<br/><br/><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     Helmet: Originally designed by Henry "Hank" Pym as part of the original Ant Man suit, this helmet lets him communicate with Ants and other higher incest species. It also has a voice amplifier so people could hear him as if he was a normal sized human when shrunk, it also has its own oxygen supply.<br/>Wrist gauntlets: Similar to the stingers of the Wasp, Hank gave Scott these "stingers" after Scott showed a serious commitment to Hero work with the suit<br/><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>      Scott Lang was an electronics expert who could not support his family doing repair work, so he turned his talents to burglary. Apprehended, he served his prison sentence and was paroled for good behavior. During his time in prison, however, his wife divorced him. Lang had furthered his studies of electronics while in prison and was soon hired by Stark International to work in its design department.<br/><br/>When his daughter Cassie was diagnosed as having a serious congenital heart condition, Lang sought the aid of surgeon Dr. Erica Sondheim, whom he believed to have been held prisoner at Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). Desperate to help his daughter, Lang decided to resort to burglary. Breaking into the New Jersey home of Dr. Henry Pym, Lang stole his Ant-Man uniform and shrinking-gas canisters. Unknown to him, Pym observed the theft and in his guise as Yellowjacket, followed Lang, curious to see what use he would put the paraphernalia. Garbed as Ant-Man, Lang broke into Cross and discovered Dr. Sondheim was held prisoner by Darren Cross, (later, the super-villain Crossfire) president of CTE, who needed Sondheim to correct his own heart condition. Rescuing Sondheim and defeating Cross, Lang was relieved when Sondheim was able to save the life of his daughter.<br/>Lang intended to return the Ant-Man costume to its owner and turn himself in, but Henry Pym offered to let him keep them, provided Lang put them to lawful use.<br/><br/>In his career as Ant Man, his first major team he was a part of ended up being the Avengers. He also spent some time as a temporary member of the Fantastic Four. In this time, Reed Richards was able to see Scott's leadership capability, and offered him to be a founding member and leader of the Future Foundation, a team designed to be a group of free thinkers that would help work and strive to a better future<br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4314804576_25224b0944.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>    While it is not a combat weakness, Scott loves  women, probably much more so than most. Even having made risky moves on Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk in the past, its arguable that it could be detrimental to his health in that light. Under his suit, he is a normal human sporting all the vulnerabilities that any other human would have. If his helmet is damaged, a large part of Ant Man (namely the ants and other insects) becomes inaccessible until the helmet is repaired. The helmet can take substantial damage though before becoming inoperable<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>     The Future Foundation was caught off guard by the attack on humanity. Scott was quick to Donn the Ant Man suit once more to help respond to this. He had hoped to hear his Avengers comm light up with Stark's voice <em>"Avengers Assemble!"</em> Unfortunately, he watched in near horror as Iron Man was seemingly destroyed above the New York skyline. The members of the future Foundation were all over the globe, and their communications seemed shot. The last thing Scott heard was his daughter on the phone, crying in terror before a scream, and static. He didn't know how he was going to do it, but someone, something was going to pay for this. His daughter was quite probably dead, and someone was going to bleed for it.<br/>(information pulled from the Marvel Wiki)</span></span></div>