Darren Cross
| Darren Cross | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Premiere #47 |
| Created by |
John Byrne David Michelinie |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Cross Technological Enterprises |
| Notable aliases | Yellowjacket |
| Abilities | Size-shifting |
Darren Agonistes Cross is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the first enemy of Scott Lang, the father of Augustine Cross, and the cousin of Crossfire.
The character is portrayed by Corey Stoll in the film Ant-Man as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's iteration of Yellowjacket.
Darren Cross first appears in Marvel Premiere #47 and was created by John Byrne and David Micheline.
In 2016, his character first appeared as the Yellowjacket in The Astonishing Ant-Man #12, written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Brent Shoonover.
Darren Cross is a millionaire and the founder of a successful corporation, Darren Cross Haulage, which rivals its unidentified top competitors. Darren was diagnosed with a heart condition due to overwork, and had to use an experimental nucleorganic pacemaker in order to save his life. The pacemaker was a success but enhanced Darren's circulatory system, mutating his body and giving him superhuman abilities. With a side effect that overuse causes the burning out of his heart, Darren went through various heart transplants, which led him to capture surgeon Dr. Erica Sondheim to replace his heart and to abduct "donors" from the slums. This attracted the attention of the second Ant-Man looking for Sondheim in order to save his own daughter's life. The resulting battle with Ant-Man burned out Darren's heart, as Sondheim had reimplanted his old, worn-out heart prior to Ant-Man crashing the surgery.
However, Darren's body was revealed to have been kept in a cryogenic state as his son Augustine Cross, having taken over as the family company head after his father's death, later became obsessed with bringing Darren back to life and eventually forced Dr. Sondheim to help. Enlisting Crossfire's assistance, Augustine had orchestrated Cassie Lang's capture as the girl's heart is required to withstand the unique conditions when transplanted into Darren. While infiltrating Cross's company to rescue Cassie, Ant-Man came across his restored nemesis. Darren engaged in combat against Ant-Man while Ant-Man buys time for Sondheim to transplant another heart to Cassie. Darren is ultimately forced to flee with his son when the Pym Particles now in his body caused him to shrink down.
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