good things come in small packages but
with ant-man they come in big ones too
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down the top 10 greatest
ant-man stories ever written who are you
who is she what the hell’s going on and
can I go back to jail now before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at important influential or just
really good comics featuring anyone
who’s taken on the guise of ant-man and
since Hank Pym also adopted the aliases
of giant man and yellowjacket we’re
including stories featuring those
personas to you Hank Pym is dead
sorry feel that way number 10 the
irredeemable ant-man
although Hank Pym and Scott Lang’s turns
as ant-man get the lion’s share of the
attention there’s a lot to be said about
the series featuring ant-man number 3
Erik O’Grady a minor cog in the
machinery of shields spy machine Oh
Grady stole an ant-man suit for his own
purposes which weren’t necessarily
heroic not exactly a villain he just
wanted to use those powers for his own
glory and game and to impress a few
women along the way in the deft hands of
Robert Kirkman creator of The Walking
Dead comics O’Grady becomes a Barry
Daffy Duck style hero whose good
intentions conflict with greed number 9
lost in space-time Hank Pym had a hard
time settling into super heroics going
from Ant Man to Giant Man to Goliath to
yellow jagged when you add in the fact
that Pym had a few breakdowns over the
years and displayed clear signs of
instability it’s kind of obvious that
this was an unhappy man who really
needed help in this West Coast Avengers
story Pym revealed just how tortured he
felt and how he was prepared to end his
life fortunately a teammate intervened
and worked with him to boost his
confidence with the result being that
Pym saw that he didn’t need a secret
identity to be a hero
Steve Angle hearts script gets a bit
melodramatic but it’s still definitely
effective number eight to steal an
ant-man Scott Lang burst dawn to the
shrinking suit in this two-part tale and
made his mark quickly Lang was a
reformed burglar who worked for Tony
Stark’s company as an electrical
engineer things were going fine until
his daughter needed medical assistance
and the only doctor who could help him
had been kidnapped by an evil villain
Lang stole Hank Pimm’s ant-man suit so
that he could track down and rescue the
doctor to save his daughter sure
that’s pretty formulaic but David
Michelin script hits all the right
buttons and makes Lang a compelling
character plus John Burns artwork is as
powerful as always hi peanut
why don’t you pick on someone your own
size number seven assault on a mind cage
laying and PIM teamed up as ant-man and
yellowjacket respectively in this
offender story but wasp has been
kidnapped and was held captive inside a
place known as the Solomon Institute
since the Avengers could not legally
enter that space without a warrant Pym
and Lang snuck in and tried to rescue
the wasp along the way they discovered
that the Institute is a training ground
for villains and encountered the
taskmaster who would become one of
Lange’s most memorable foes the story is
typical Marvel fare of the period but
David Michelin does create a good
relationship between the two heroes
there’s also some gorgeous George Perez
art to make the comic something special
number 6 FF vol 2 when you or I go on
vacation we go to the beach or some
other country maybe Reed Richards and
his family go to other dimensions so
while he was gone Reed asks Scott Lang
to keep an eye on things with the
Fantastic Four yeah I guess that makes
sense these stories make the most of
lying not being the most adept leader
providing plenty of opportunity for
humor and capturing a distinctly Silver
Age tone you can credit writer Matt
Fraction for taking a light-hearted yet
heartwarming approach that is entirely
engaging and simply a lot of fun this
sense of levity is buoyed up by Mike all
Reds already distinctive art delivering
here in a way that suggests that he was
smiling while he was drawing number five
the court martial of yellowjacket Oh
Hank Hank Hank sometimes you’re just a
train wreck buddy
this story is case in point worried that
janet was tired of him he rejoined the
Avengers as yellowjacket so that he
could regain her respect
unfortunately he behaved recklessly in
the midst of battle and the Avengers
held a meeting to decide what to do with
him
Pym made things much worse by creating a
robot to attack the Avengers with the
idea that he would save the day that
didn’t work out but more crucially Pym
snapped and struck Janet in anger the
story was a major turning point for Pym
revealing the depths of his issues and
outraging many for his treatment of his
soon-to-be ex-wife you should have just
left me alone I had it under control
you didn’t you never did number four a
journey to the center of the Android
ant-man’s titular journey doesn’t take
up this entire Avengers issue but it is
by far the highlight clearly inspired by
the film Fantastic Voyage Pym has to
shrink down to his tiniest size to enter
the body of the inert vision to save him
along the way he encountered various
obstacles which were essentially the
androids version of an immune system and
they considered him a dangerous intruder
obviously although Roy Thomas’s script
goes a little far especially when
talking about it’s screaming all in all
it’s one hell of a fun joyride
the period pop-culture references are a
blast but what really makes this issue
is Neal Adams muscular stunning art
number three ant-man second chance man
created as the lead in for the ant-man
film second chance man is an excellent
introduction to Scott Lang and a great
jumping on point for new readers the
first couple of issues retold lags
history with some new details added in a
long way then things took off when Lang
moved to Miami to be near his ex-wife
and their daughter he opened up a
private security business hiring a third
class X supervillain to help him
complications ensued naturally with
writer Nick Spencer adding generous
dollops of humor into the action while
still fleshing out the characters and
their relationships without really
changing much of anything Ramone
rosana’s clear crisp style makes the
visuals fresh number two Ultron
unlimited contrary to what the Marvel
Cinematic Universe might say Hank Pym is
the real creator of Ultron much to his
shame although the villain has been
around for some time it wasn’t until
this story that readers learned that the
destructive robots mind was modeled on
PIMs own brain so that means that
defeating Ultron really was a personal
matter for Hank in this tale Ultron
created an army of robots destroying an
entire country and beginning a plan to
replace all of humanity with his
metallic brethren with Kurt Busiek at
the helm and Jorge Perez contributing
amazing art action and adventure are the
order of the day but there’s also
moments to explore PIMs relationship
with Ultron and a chance for the hero to
before we reveal our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
[Music]
number one the trial of yellowjacket
many of the best superhero stories
concerned the hero being knocked off of
their pedestal and having to struggle
their way back up Roger stern did a
memorable job of bringing yellowjacket
to a new low first a villain forces him
to steal for him threatening to kill his
niece if he refused then after PIM is
caught and arrested the villain breaks
him out of jail making him look even
guilty er PIM is finally able to turn
the tables and get the upper hand on him
but with his name cleared at last PIM
decided it was time to take a break from
heroics and who could really blame him
expert plotting tasty dialogue and keen
characterization make this story a
standout do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
with ant-man they come in big ones too
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down the top 10 greatest
ant-man stories ever written who are you
who is she what the hell’s going on and
can I go back to jail now before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at important influential or just
really good comics featuring anyone
who’s taken on the guise of ant-man and
since Hank Pym also adopted the aliases
of giant man and yellowjacket we’re
including stories featuring those
personas to you Hank Pym is dead
sorry feel that way number 10 the
irredeemable ant-man
although Hank Pym and Scott Lang’s turns
as ant-man get the lion’s share of the
attention there’s a lot to be said about
the series featuring ant-man number 3
Erik O’Grady a minor cog in the
machinery of shields spy machine Oh
Grady stole an ant-man suit for his own
purposes which weren’t necessarily
heroic not exactly a villain he just
wanted to use those powers for his own
glory and game and to impress a few
women along the way in the deft hands of
Robert Kirkman creator of The Walking
Dead comics O’Grady becomes a Barry
Daffy Duck style hero whose good
intentions conflict with greed number 9
lost in space-time Hank Pym had a hard
time settling into super heroics going
from Ant Man to Giant Man to Goliath to
yellow jagged when you add in the fact
that Pym had a few breakdowns over the
years and displayed clear signs of
instability it’s kind of obvious that
this was an unhappy man who really
needed help in this West Coast Avengers
story Pym revealed just how tortured he
felt and how he was prepared to end his
life fortunately a teammate intervened
and worked with him to boost his
confidence with the result being that
Pym saw that he didn’t need a secret
identity to be a hero
Steve Angle hearts script gets a bit
melodramatic but it’s still definitely
effective number eight to steal an
ant-man Scott Lang burst dawn to the
shrinking suit in this two-part tale and
made his mark quickly Lang was a
reformed burglar who worked for Tony
Stark’s company as an electrical
engineer things were going fine until
his daughter needed medical assistance
and the only doctor who could help him
had been kidnapped by an evil villain
Lang stole Hank Pimm’s ant-man suit so
that he could track down and rescue the
doctor to save his daughter sure
that’s pretty formulaic but David
Michelin script hits all the right
buttons and makes Lang a compelling
character plus John Burns artwork is as
powerful as always hi peanut
why don’t you pick on someone your own
size number seven assault on a mind cage
laying and PIM teamed up as ant-man and
yellowjacket respectively in this
offender story but wasp has been
kidnapped and was held captive inside a
place known as the Solomon Institute
since the Avengers could not legally
enter that space without a warrant Pym
and Lang snuck in and tried to rescue
the wasp along the way they discovered
that the Institute is a training ground
for villains and encountered the
taskmaster who would become one of
Lange’s most memorable foes the story is
typical Marvel fare of the period but
David Michelin does create a good
relationship between the two heroes
there’s also some gorgeous George Perez
art to make the comic something special
number 6 FF vol 2 when you or I go on
vacation we go to the beach or some
other country maybe Reed Richards and
his family go to other dimensions so
while he was gone Reed asks Scott Lang
to keep an eye on things with the
Fantastic Four yeah I guess that makes
sense these stories make the most of
lying not being the most adept leader
providing plenty of opportunity for
humor and capturing a distinctly Silver
Age tone you can credit writer Matt
Fraction for taking a light-hearted yet
heartwarming approach that is entirely
engaging and simply a lot of fun this
sense of levity is buoyed up by Mike all
Reds already distinctive art delivering
here in a way that suggests that he was
smiling while he was drawing number five
the court martial of yellowjacket Oh
Hank Hank Hank sometimes you’re just a
train wreck buddy
this story is case in point worried that
janet was tired of him he rejoined the
Avengers as yellowjacket so that he
could regain her respect
unfortunately he behaved recklessly in
the midst of battle and the Avengers
held a meeting to decide what to do with
him
Pym made things much worse by creating a
robot to attack the Avengers with the
idea that he would save the day that
didn’t work out but more crucially Pym
snapped and struck Janet in anger the
story was a major turning point for Pym
revealing the depths of his issues and
outraging many for his treatment of his
soon-to-be ex-wife you should have just
left me alone I had it under control
you didn’t you never did number four a
journey to the center of the Android
ant-man’s titular journey doesn’t take
up this entire Avengers issue but it is
by far the highlight clearly inspired by
the film Fantastic Voyage Pym has to
shrink down to his tiniest size to enter
the body of the inert vision to save him
along the way he encountered various
obstacles which were essentially the
androids version of an immune system and
they considered him a dangerous intruder
obviously although Roy Thomas’s script
goes a little far especially when
talking about it’s screaming all in all
it’s one hell of a fun joyride
the period pop-culture references are a
blast but what really makes this issue
is Neal Adams muscular stunning art
number three ant-man second chance man
created as the lead in for the ant-man
film second chance man is an excellent
introduction to Scott Lang and a great
jumping on point for new readers the
first couple of issues retold lags
history with some new details added in a
long way then things took off when Lang
moved to Miami to be near his ex-wife
and their daughter he opened up a
private security business hiring a third
class X supervillain to help him
complications ensued naturally with
writer Nick Spencer adding generous
dollops of humor into the action while
still fleshing out the characters and
their relationships without really
changing much of anything Ramone
rosana’s clear crisp style makes the
visuals fresh number two Ultron
unlimited contrary to what the Marvel
Cinematic Universe might say Hank Pym is
the real creator of Ultron much to his
shame although the villain has been
around for some time it wasn’t until
this story that readers learned that the
destructive robots mind was modeled on
PIMs own brain so that means that
defeating Ultron really was a personal
matter for Hank in this tale Ultron
created an army of robots destroying an
entire country and beginning a plan to
replace all of humanity with his
metallic brethren with Kurt Busiek at
the helm and Jorge Perez contributing
amazing art action and adventure are the
order of the day but there’s also
moments to explore PIMs relationship
with Ultron and a chance for the hero to
before we reveal our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
[Music]
number one the trial of yellowjacket
many of the best superhero stories
concerned the hero being knocked off of
their pedestal and having to struggle
their way back up Roger stern did a
memorable job of bringing yellowjacket
to a new low first a villain forces him
to steal for him threatening to kill his
niece if he refused then after PIM is
caught and arrested the villain breaks
him out of jail making him look even
guilty er PIM is finally able to turn
the tables and get the upper hand on him
but with his name cleared at last PIM
decided it was time to take a break from
heroics and who could really blame him
expert plotting tasty dialogue and keen
characterization make this story a
standout do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
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