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Essential Astonishing Ant Man, Vol. 1 (Essential Ant Man #1)
by
Stan Lee,
Jack Kirby
Testing an experimental formula on the only subject available, biochemist Hank Pym found himself reduced to the size of an insect. Trapped in an anthill and pursued by its inhabitants, he barely survived his brush with adventure
Inspired by this astounding experience, Hank devised a cybernetic helmet that would allow him to communicate with ants via psionic electrical wave
...morePaperback, 576 pages
Published
February 1st 2002
by Marvel Comics
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Essential Ant Man made for fascinating reading. Back when I was a kid, my older brother loved The Avengers, and my first introduction to the character of Hank Pym was in the pages of West Coast Avengers. Pym was a fallen hero, then, and he basically functioned as that team's science advisor and base manager, but they slowly turned him into an odd second string team member who used his shrinking powers to essentially run around with a pocket full of anything the team might need, from weapons to...more
These are far from the best of the early 60s Marvel superhero stories, but major kudos to Marvel for publishing this edition for its essential role in Marvel's early history. It's obvious that the writers and artists had a lot of fun exploring the possibilities of what size-changing could do for a crime-fighter, but they rarely came up with memorable villains and Hank Pym never developed much of a personality, even after the introduction of the Wasp.
i bought this because i was mildy interested in ant man and wanted to something to read on tour that i was kind of long and not something that i was going to get super into and read in one day. this was so boring that i frequently took breaks from reading it to stare at the side of the van for entertainment. half way through i gave up on reading this all together...
Another series of mediocrly written commic books where it is just the hero and the villains and that's about it.
Man, they just never could figure out what to do with Ant Man, could they? From the constant costume redesigns to the incessant power-tweaking to his weird "I-like-you-no-I-don't-yes-I-do-but-I'm-going-to-ignore-you" relationship with the Wasp.
It was fun in the beginning when he was just a little superhero who could control ants, but it quickly got tiresome once they lost interest in that concept and couldn't come up with a new one that stuck.
It was fun in the beginning when he was just a little superhero who could control ants, but it quickly got tiresome once they lost interest in that concept and couldn't come up with a new one that stuck.
Okay while Stan Lee was on it, but it quickly runs out of steam after Ant-Man became Giant Man.
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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Captain America, and many other cha...more
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With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Captain America, and many other cha...more
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