Ant-Man Suit

"So you came to order a new toy for the boys."

"I came for the suit."

―Hank Pym and Howard Stark^[src]

The Ant-Man Suit was a suit created by Hank Pym that used the Pym Particles.

History[]

Development[]

Mission in Berlin[]

Howard Stark informedHank Pym thatS.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to use his suit to stop a group of Russian radicals from reverse-engineering HYDRA technology.

Stark also informs Pym that S.H.I.E.L.D. will be sending an undercover agent to do the job but Pym refuses unless he is the one to use the suit in the mission. They argue but Pym is supported by Agent Peggy Carterleaving Stark to storm off. Later on, Carter and Pym test the suit, with Carter shooting at him, and Pym shrinking to insect size in the blink of an eye, avoiding the bullets.

Hank successfully infiltrates the Russians' Berlin base and finds "memory suppression" devices which are being used on a man. A HYDRA operative turned the machine off and the experimented man swore loyalty to HYDRA before regaining his memory. The HYDRA operative ordered the man's mind to be wiped again.

Pym defeated the HYDRA operative, freed the man and destroyed the technology, before fleeing on a wasp as HYDRA members arrived.^[1]

The New Ant-Man[]

"In the right hands, the relationship between the man and the suit is symbiotic."

―Hank Pym to Scott Lang^[src]

After giving up being Ant-Man, Hank Pym stashed away the suit in a hidden location that even he himself could not find a way into again. In present day, Darren Cross created the Yellowjacket Suit using the Ant-Man Suit technology. Later Hank Pym hired Scott Lang to steal Cross's suit.

Pym first had Lang break into the hidden location of his own suit, though without telling Lang of what he was there to steal. Lang went to the suit's location and used water and nitrogen to bypass the hidden metal door that hid a secret room where Lang discovered the suit. After taking it, Lang tried it on, and ended up learning about it's shrinking capabilities when he was curiously pressing the buttons on the suit. After he figured out how to grow back to regular size, in a state of shock and horror, he attempted to return the suit, but after being caught by the police, he was ordered by Hank to put it back on so he could escape. Hank Pym enlisted Scott Lang to aid him in stopping Darren Cross and went on to use the suit in their heist of Cross Technologies, as well as Lang's later adventures as the new Ant-Man.^[2]

Sections[]

Helmet: The helmet is made of thick metal and it protects the skull and brain of the user. Pym has stated without that kind of helmet, the chemical balance of the brain is affected when shrinking, and he emphasizes the importance of wearing the helmet whenever activating the suit. It also has a radio-like system to communicate at distance with an operator.
- EMP Communication Device: In the region of the helmet where the user's ears are, an EMP Communication Device is held, allowing them to control ants through concentration.
Gloves: The gloves contain tubes with the shrinking serum, and a button on each hand. One button shrinks the user and the other one returns them to their original size.
Belt: The belt contains the generator that controls the shrinking function. Manipulating this generator is dangerous as it may shrink the user to subatomic level and make it lose control of the suit. The belt also contains compartiments for Pym Particles Disks. The generator is somewhat compatible with Pym's enlarging disks technology, and in combination with them, it makes a user available to grow out of subatomic level and escape the Quantum Realm.
Lining: The suit's lining is apparently light and made of regular fabric, as the taser darts shot by Jim Paxton were able pass through it and shock Scott.

Capabilities[]

"This is not some cute technology like the Iron Man suit."

―Hank Pym^[src]

Size Manipulation: The suit's user is able to reduce his scale and mass, thereby shrinking himself to approximately the size of an ant; the extra mass being shunted into a subatomic physical dimension until the reduction effect is reversed. The user strength and durability are enhanced during shrinking.
- Enhanced Strength: The process of size alteration generates great amounts of physical force and momentum, which is scaled beyond that of normal humans. Thus it allows the user to perform feats of superhuman strength and exert extreme physical force, comparable to that of a bullet, as well as accelerated momentum in their regular size immediately after changing their size back to normal. A user could size up physical force generated while they are in small scale and by sizing up while exposed to these forces- such as those found when an object is falling from a significant height- it utilizes the increased density and momentum to enhance their strength immediately after changing back their size. One feat of this is shown when a user falls from great height while in shrunken form and after returning to normal size during the fall, exerting the physical force and momentum obtained from falling, which in normal scale, translates into a feat of inhuman strength. When the wearer is small, energy is compressed, so a punch could have the force of 200 lb. man behind a fist 1/100 inch wide. The user can exert force in their shrunken state that allows them to leap vast distances and great heights with ease. All physical action the user can perform exert an enhanced amount of kinetic energy that they can use.
- Enhanced Durability: The user's durability is amplified almost to a state of near invulnerability while in a shrunken scale and is enough for them to fall from a great height and crash onto a surface, leaving a bullet hole like crater in the surface while the user is only stunned by the impact.

"I speak to them; I can go anywhere, hear everything, and see everything."