Ant-Man (Scott Lang)

Ant-Man
Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979). Art by John Byrne.
Publication information
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
In-story information
Alter ego	Scott Edward Harris Lang
Team affiliations	Stark Industries Avengers Fantastic Four Heroes for Hire Defenders Future Foundation
Abilities	Electronics expert Uniform grants: Size manipulation Telepathic insect communication Helmet with a retractable plexiglass face shield and a limited air supply Maintains normal-size strength in shrunken state Ability to shrink to sub-microscopic size and enter the subatomic universes

Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Michelinie and John Byrne, Scott Lang first appeared in The Avengers #181 (March 1979) and in Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979) as the second superhero character to use the Ant-Man name in the Marvel Universe. He is a reformed thief and an electronics expert. He was a member of the Avengers, a featured character in the comic-book series FF, and in 2015 became the title character in the series Ant-Man.

Scott Lang is an ex-convict and electronics expert hired by Stark International, which enabled him to steal the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym who had long since given up the name. Lang stole the suit to help his sick daughter, which, when Pym found out, caused Pym to give the suit to Scott, allowing him to become the second Ant-Man. As Ant-Man he served as an Avenger for years, until he was killed during the Avengers Disassembled storyline. Years later he was resurrected in the Avengers: The Children's Crusade mini series. Following his resurrection, Lang was briefly the head of the Future Foundation.

Paul Rudd portrays Scott Lang in the Marvel Studios films Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War and will reprise the role in 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp.