Hombre Hormiga: La Llegada de Scott Lang

Avengers (1963) #195-196, 223

by David Michelinie (Writer)

Descubre el recorrido de Scott Lang, a través de los cómics en que fue narrada su peripecia. Para salvar la vida de su hija Cassie, Sott se ve obligado a robar a Hank Pym el traje de Hombre Hormiga. ¡Y entonces es cuando de verdad se complican las cosas!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Comic Book, Superheroes, Fiction

248 pages, Hardcover

First published June 23, 2015

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marvel celebrates the release of the Ant-Man by publishing this collection of issues surrounding Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man. Although the back cover claims that the material was originally published in the mid 1960’s, most of the issues are from the ‘80’s. None from the '60's. *sigh*



What? What the hell, Rudd? This is the beginning of my review, you moron.

Where was I?

There are have been three Ant-Men in the history of Marvel comics:

1) Hank Pym – the original Ant-Man and a founding member of the Avengers. He soon realized that size in fact does matter and because he was a scientist he could by-pass pills, pumps and surgical enhancements and so developed the Pym Particles and became Giant-Man.



Yeah, I’ve confused those two myself.

Anyway, using the Pym Particles made Hank a real hit with the ladies but messed with his mind and he became one of Marvel’s leading crackpots.

2) Eric O’Grady - #3 A perv. Now known as the Black Ant because he’s evil. Evil! EVILLL!!!

3) Scott Lang – The dude who’s in the movie. In comic continuity, he’s also an ex-con/ electronics specialist, who gets hired by Tony Stark straight out of the pokey.



Because Stark Industries puts all their money into booze, prostitutes, rehab and magic bullet miracle drugs for Tony, poor Scott Lang isn’t making enough to pay for his daughter Cassie’s life or death operation, so he’s forced to return to breaking and entering and ends up robbing Hank Pym and stealing his old Ant-Man suit. To make a long story short, because Lang is such a stand-up guy, Pym allows him to keep the suit, but Cassie dies. That was mean. She survives and eventually becomes an Avenger. But gets killed by Dr. Doom.

In spite of the fact that this volume is rife with ‘80’s cheesiness, there are a few things to recommend. Lang likes movies and is constantly making lame but endearing movie jokes including an oblique reference to the movie Them. He calls his favorite ants, Emma and Steed.

Because Lang works for Tony Stark, you have a handful of Iron Man issues here, including a fairly famous showdown with the Hulk (“The Punch”). James “Rhodey” Rhodes even calls the Hulk a “green honky”. Like I said “80’s. Cheesy.

[Bradley · Rating 1 out of 5]

My god. What was I thinking?

Totally mediocre 70's tripe, and just when I was planning on getting all hyped to watch the new movie starring Scott Lang as Ant-Man, an obviously better choice for Ant-Man than Pym who sounds like a douche. Or The irredeemable Ant-Man who was an utter ass without any quality whatever.

Scott Lang should have been my man... but I'm sorry, but I was bored to tears by these comics. We need a completely new imagining for him by some of our most excellent modern writers who care to make a story both intelligent and interesting. Is that too much to ask? Please don't just slap together any old piece of crossover trash. Please.

Okay, so I've been very spoiled by the last twenty years of comics, and especially by the last ten, and it isn't fair to judge a damn comic by being what the market could bear. Lots and lots of trash, obviously. But, I am.

I could have been reading something good, dammit, and now I've just become ambivalent about a movie that I was getting really psyched to see. I guess I'll just have to sleep on it and see if my ambivalence shrinks by morning.

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfectly adequate Marvel superhero comics circa 1980. Certainly not as sophisticated as modern comics, or even as sophisticated as superhero comics by the mid-80s. But just fine.

Now that Scott Lang's Ant-Man is a movie star, it is worth reading David Michelinie little arc for the historical record. There is also some quality art by John Byrne in the character's first appearance, and classic George Perez illustrating the entire Avengers. The author seems to take this new Ant-Man from title to title, jumping around from Iron Man to Spider-Man crossovers.

By the way, is it just me or did everyone else forget that Lang originally worked for Tony Stark?

Oh and there's also the first appearance of the arch villain Taskmaster, another film star from the upcoming Black Widow, who is the consistent antagonist with his henchmen training school (a good idea).

So, a decent graphic novel if one likes old Avengers. Just don't expect anything too groundbreaking. A lot of captures and escapes and silly secret identity clichés herein...

[Gavin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Holds up surprisingly well for a 35+ yr old comic. Well, it's actually a collection of early Scott Lang stories, such as Iron Man, Avengers, Marvel Spotlight and Team-Up.

Also features the first appearance of Taskmaster.

Cool stuff here, and also things that ended up in Paul Rudd AntMan, so that's nice to see it was a shoutout to the old school.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scott Lang é meu Homem-Formiga favorito. E acreditem, existem mais de três Homens-Formiga. Acredito também que ele seja o favorito de uma penca de leitores da Marvel. Neste encadernado capa dura, temos algumas histórias célebres do personagem dos anos 1980, escritas em sua maioria por David Michelinie. Sua origem desenhada por John Byrne. Suas aventuras como técnico de eletrônica das indústrias Stark, sendo coadjivante das histórias do Homem de Ferro. A origem do Treinador, quando Scott se junta com os Vingadores, em duas ocasiões, principalmente quando faz dupla com o Gavião Arqueiro. E dois encontros de Scott Lang com o Homem-Aranha e o Coisa, respectivamente nas revistas de encontros de heróis, Marvel Team-Up e Marvel Two-in-One. Essas são algumas das atrações desse encadernado. Acredito que elas irão agradar em cheio mais aos fãs que acompanhavam Heróis da TV antigamente do que os novos fãs de Scott vindos diretamente do MCU.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I’ve read most of these stories when they first appeared as individual comics, this was still a fun collection to read as a “single narrative.” David Michelinie was clearly fond of this new iteration of Ant-Man he helped create and he carried the character with him as he wrote Iron Man, Avengers and Marvel Team-Up. And the collection offers some really nice art from the likes of John Byrne, George Pérez, Bob Layton and more. Theoretically this should have been a knockout collection. Unfortunately, in no example, is any of this the best work from any of the contributors and the lack of coherence in the various stories means that the only common thread throughout is Ant-Man. That in itself might have been enough, except he appears for the most part as a guest-star in the various titles and that leaves any character development for him as purely tertiary to the focus of the story. Still, Michelinie gives a good try nonetheless. I do have to mention one other thread carried throughout the collection is the presence of the villainous Taskmaster. This was an interesting character and watching him repeatedly pop-up in these first and early appearances was fun and often unexpected. And there are some great guest-appearances by the like of Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Thing, Captain America, Yellowjacket, the Wasp, Hawkeye, Wonder Man, the Beast and the Hulk (among others), making it clear that the new Ant-Man was making the rounds to get promoted and introduced to the superhero community. So, it is a fun read, but it is not a remarkable read as it does lack some cohesion to the narrative.

Marvel Premiere #47-48
material from Iron Man #125
Iron Man #131-133
Iron Man #151
material from Avengers #181
Avengers #195-196
Avengers #223
Marvel Team-Up #103
Marvel Two-In-One #87

[Patty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Source: Library

[Hilary "Fox" · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhere between two and three stars.

It's difficult to judge a book like this by modern standards, since so much has changed over the course of comic book history. So far as a 70s run of Ant-Man goes this is an incredibly entertaining book. We see team ups, fight Taskmaster, see a distracting amount of villains die from heart disorders and learn that you should never trust your child to make your dinner for you. Banana and Peanut Butter Casserole? Really, Scott? Why are they teaching these recipes in Home Economics? Is Cassie okay?

The Hulk turns from villain to a far more grey area over the course of these issues, and we get a great team up with Hawkeye. Seriously. I'd love to read more Scott and Clint. There is a refreshing lack of Hank Pym, too. And a fun Spiderman team up.

So, for what this is? It's a ton of fun and I loved it. Compared to what people read now? It's tripe, pretty much. I think it's unfair to judge that way, though. I think it's more fun to read it for what it is and grin. Cheer when the ant brigade comes marching in, think about how great it was that we had a hero who showed how a knowledge of electronics can be just as helpful if not even more than a super suit.

And a single ex-con father raising a daughter and trying to do it well while also saving the world. That's a pretty novel idea for the time, isn't it? It's fun to see how it plays out.

[Justin Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I became a Scott Lang Ant-Man fan thanks to the movies, so it's tough to judge this one through that lens. It's cheesy in the way Marvel comics were in the '70s, and certainly shows just how much better Claremont's X-Men was than the other team books out there (then again, it's possible I like those better because I was reading them 30 years ago... jfc I'm old anyway). I can see the character Paul Rudd and Peyton Reed brought to life on the page, and that's enough. I remain Team Ant-Man.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 3 out of 5]

For an all reprint book, this was actually not bad. It did help that there was a through story. And one main villain, The Taskmaster. And oddly enough the Taskmaster's motivation was pretty clear and made a certain amount of sense. And of course I was already familiar with the elder Cassie Lang so seeing her as a 9 year old was actually kind of cute. Sure the colors were garish and the writing not all that great. But it was far from awful and I kind of expected awful. 3.5 of 5.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice history of Ant Man (when Scott Lang was Ant Man).
It was an omnibus - most of the stories had Ant Man as a side character.
The original comics were from Iron Man, Avengers, Team Up etc.

So yeah, Ant Man is a little silly as far as super heroes go but this is from the time in comics that I love (some Silver but mostly Bronze Age).

Great Art
Really good stories.
Average characters (it is Ant Man after all)

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice primer if you want to read some Ant-man stories before the movie comes out.
Good mix of stories from across Scott Langs' early adventures and how he interacted with various bits of the Marvel universe.

[Jesse Bradstreet · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.5/10

It's all light reading, of course, but I do love me some 70s Marvel stuff. This collection follows all the early appearances of Ant-Man II, AKA Scott Lang AKA the guy from the movie. Despite being the one who's an ex-con, Lang is far more likable than the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym, who did such apparently forgivable acts like turning to super-crime, hitting his wife, and creating the Avengers most deadly villain. Anyways, we only get small doses of Hank here, the focus is all on Scott, who's not as likable as the Paul Rudd version, but is still pretty ok. All but one of these stories are penned by Marvel workhorse David Michelinie (the one that's not is the weakest of the bunch, written by future Marvel editor Tom DeFalco.) Michelinie is backed by a number of artists here, including legends George Perez and John Byrne, and all the art is pretty solid. Lang is portrayed as an ex-con who Tony Stark sees promise in, and hires on as an engineer for Stark International. He ends up stealing the Ant Man costume to help save his daughter from a fatal illness (think a good version of Spider-Man 3's Sandman), which puts him in direct conflict with billionaire Darren Cross, who is more like a lame Hulk/Thing wannabe, as opposed to the lame Ant Man wannabe he was in the movie. This story, a two-parter and the only solo Ant-Man story in the whole collection, gives us an idea of Lang, showing off some solid fights and characterization. From here, Lang's almost a secondary character (this volume is pretty completist, even giving us a few pages from issues where Lang was only in one scene.) Much of this is in the pages of Iron Man, including a three-parter where Iron Man battles Hulk to the brink of his ability, and Ant Man has to launch Tony's armor back up before he suffocates in it, and a standalone issue where Lang has to escape from a malfunctioning security system, and Iron Man is basically a backup on his own book. We also get three stories where Lang (and others) do battle with The Taskmaster, a compelling Micheline-created villain who's photographic memory lets him anticipate and match each Avengers moves. It's a pretty fun collection, which definitely inspired the first (though not the second) Ant-Man movie.

[Arto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vähän vanhahtavaa ja kompelöä. Kuvitus on ok, eivätkä tarinatkaan ihan typeriä ole. Ongelma on sama, kuin aina näissä supersankaritarinoissa, että voimatasoja ja kykyjä muutetaan niin, että voidaan pistää vastakkain kenet tahansa. Tässä pääpahis on Taskmaster, jolla on valokuvarefleksit, jolloin näkemällä muiden taisteluita, hän pystyy ne kopioimaan. Tosin voimiltaan hän on kuitenkin taviksen luokkaa. Eli käänteet, joilla hän sitten sankareita kyykyttää, vaikuttavat kuin veisi karkin lapselta.

Esim. Daredevililtä kopioitu kepinheitto kimmokkeineen tyrmää hämiksen. Mutta missä on hämiksen vaisto ja parempi kestävyys? Niiden useiden kuvien aikana kun katsomme kepin kimpoilua, niin hämis olisi ehtinyt käydä vessassa lukemassa tämän sarjakuvalehden ja nähdä lopputuloksen ja väistää sen kepin. Tosin liike-energiaa kepissä olisi ollut jäljellä vähemmän, kuin hyttysen tappamiseen olisi tarvittu.

Toisessa tarinassa Taskmaster ampuu pommin, joka maahan osuessaan tuhoaisi prinsessan ja puoli valtakuntaa. No ratkaisu on, että Hawkeye ampuu nopeimman nuolensa raketin perään ja Ant-Man ratsastaa nuolella raketin luo ja purkaa räjäytysmekanismin. Eikös taitava ampuja Hawkeye olisi voinut ampua sen johdon poikki ilman tällaista typeryyttä?

Näissä on lähes samaa huumoria, kuin Maxwell Smartin, Frank Drebinin tai Mr. Beanin jutuissa, paitsi nämä tarinat tuntuvat olevan tosissaan tehty, eikä typerä huumori mielessä.

No lukeehan näitä kuitenkin mielummin, kuin katsoo Salkkareita, Putousta tai huutokauppakeisaria.

[Andrei · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very enjoyable collection of 80s stories with Scott Lang as Ant-Man. The dialogue feels cheesy but for me it has plenty of the charm, and Scott Lang makes a ton of movie references - even though I haven't seen most of these, I know of them so it made for an interesting time capsule. The art is absolutely great - Byrne, Bingham, Perez, Layton's inks, it all looks great.

As for the stories, we get Scott Lang's debut as Ant-Man and his 2-part origin story, which is a solid story. Then, three very good Iron Man issues where he faces the Hulk before Ant-Man saves the day. Up next, Ant-Man teams up with the Avengers who are on a mission to rescue the Wasp, and end up facing a new foe in the form of Taskmaster (first appearance included). Then he teams up with Spider-Man to face Taskmaster once again (decent), and helps with a computer malfunction at Tony Stark's HQ (rather forgettable). To round off, a caper in the microverse with the Thing (decent), and yet another face-off with Taskmaster, this time teaming up with Hawkeye (good).

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The early collected tales of Scott Lang, Ant-Man from the 70's and 80's. Fine Bronze Age work, one of which predicted an Internet debate regarding a potential end to the Marvel movies Thanos sequence:

"No way, buster! You ain't gettin' nothin' outa me!"
"Oh? Tell me, Ant-Man, what would happen if you were to shrink down, crawl up someone's nose, and then enlarge to full size?"
"Gee, Spidey, I don't know, but I guess I could find out..."
"Okay, first you head south on River Drive, then you hang a left at--"

Comics!

[Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up in the 80’s, so the era of comics covered here is right up there for me. Although this is an Ant-Man collection, it is really a series of team-ups featuring Ant-Man. Scott Lang was always a decent support character, but not really one to carry the book himself.
Some might consider these stories old-fashioned, I consider them classics. One 20 page story has more content in there than several issues of more current books. Bang for your buck, as they used to say.
The stories here are fun, colourful, and a great way to kill a few hours. Recommended.

[Devero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Raccolta di praticamente tutte le apparizioni significative di Scott Lang come Ant-man, questo volume ha una qualità medio-alta sia per quanto riguarda le storie sia per i disegni. Prima che ottenesse la sua serie personale qualche anno fa, era un comprimario, ma un comprimario ben definito e costruito, un personaggio veramente interessante. probabilmente molto più intrigante di quanto è stato reso dopo l'uscita del film a lui dedicato.

[Emilie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this collection. I was amused that I could estimate when the comics were published by the characters' dated civilian clothes. Also, early on, transistors were practically magical. This took me back to my childhood. I didn't mind that the comics weren't sophisticated or whatever like more modern comics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe borrowed pieces from these comics here and there, and it was fun to see what they used and how it fit together.

[Luis Benitez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ant-Man Scott Lang Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby is a compilation of the many adventures of Ant-man.The comic book is great to read if you're a big comic book fan or a big Ant-man fan. Ant-man is an interesting character because he has the power to shrink to an ant size and can control ants too. The comic book has a lot of action. I rate this comic book a 5 stars because I enjoyed reading the Ant-man adventures with the heroes he teamed up with.

[Hal Clayton-Ton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scott Lang is my all time favourite Marvel superhero, and this collection of some of his early comic appearances is one book I love to come back and re-read. I only wish they'd make a second volume!

Genre: Superhero

Appeal: A must for any fan of the Ant-Man movies who wants to get more insight into Scott Lang as hero and as a character.

[Nathanielle Peralta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was a going to be adventures of Ant-Man who by himself. But it was just a bunch of crossovers and I did not enjoy reading it because of the crossovers and the fact that it uses old comics.

[Matt Carton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy the new iteration that Nick Spencer did a couple of years back. I don't know how much I enjoy the old-school comic books, though. Reminds me why I did not like comic books when I was a kid. Only recommended for those who need some back story.

[RagleGumm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Der bessere Ant-Man ...
Ein Held, der mit Movie Trivia um sich wirft, kann nie schlecht sein. Leider zu viele Geschichten mit dem Taskmaster, der eindeutig einer der bescheuertsten Schurken im ganzen Marvel-Universum ist.

[Dan Blackley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a little disappointing. The stories are mostly antman when he is in Iron Man. There are not many fully developed stories of the tiny hero in this book.

[Christopher Prew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great introduction to the character from way back when he first appeared in the Marvel comics.

[Robert Imperial]

i heart ant man

[Alastair · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice idea to collect Scott Lang’s early appearances, even though he’s basically a guest star in all of them. However, this was c-level stuff when it was published, and time has not been kind.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

In supplement to their 2015 summer flick "Ant-Man", Marvel Comics released Ant-Man: Scott Lang, a volume collecting a bunch of "stories" centering around or featuring Scott Lang's Ant-Man (who, for the uninitiated, is not the original Ant-Man, a title which belongs to Dr. Hank Pym).

Verdict: [insert thumbs up emoji]

Despite being a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I don't actually know very much about Marvel's characters. But now, I can say I'm more familiar with Ant-Man's comic book background. The volume was entertaining and (for a fan constantly looking to learn more about the heroes she sees on the screen) informative. Though the Lang/Ant-Man centric tales and bits of story arcs, I learned about how Scott became Ant-Man (which is different than the movie, by the way) and his early adventures as Ant-Man. Personally, my favorite thing about the volume is that not only do I get to learn about Ant-Man, I gained exposure to 80's comics and new Marvel characters or characters I'm familiar with as they are at that time. The immensely powerful Taskmaster shows up quite a lot in the volume and so does Tony Stark/Iron Man. I saw what The Hulk, Fantastic 4, Hawkeye, Avengers team, etc. looked like in the 80's. And everything made sense and at no point in the volume was I thinking, "Wait, what happened that led to this?" (Thank you, exposition!) Oh, and the stories are pretty interesting.

If you're a Marvel fan who wants to learn more about the Scott Lang's Ant-Man (and meet new characters along the way) and read some fun, action-packed Ant-Man from the 80's (yes, this whole volume is made of "old timey comics", so if you're not a big fan of that art style, either get used to it or skip it), give this a try!:

[Adam Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is basically the beginning of the stories in the various Marvel comics featuring the second Ant Man, Scott Lang, explaining how he became Ant Man and also details his few few adventures taking over the mantle of the previous Ant Man. It is a good first step if, like me, you have never read any Ant Man stories before.

I liked the fact that even though all of the stories were culled from varous different comics over a period of about three years there was a nice little story running through the books of Scott trying to be a good dad to his daughter Cassie and trying to make amends for his previous life of crime. It also shows him growing into his new persona of Ant Man.

It also features plenty of other classic Marvel heroes and some villains and you get the idea of how the marvel cinematic universe works so well as the various characters do all live in the same world and can easily come across each other during their adventures and, judging by the various issues collected in this, do so more often than not.

This is the sort of comic stories that I remember reading as a young child and while the dialogue is a bit clunky and some of the artwork a bit dated and not quite as details and nuanced as it is today it is very much part of its era and is a lot of fun to read.