ANT-MAN
Earth-11332

Real Name: Peter Parker

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-11332) human mutate (fringe character)

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None known

Enemies: Black Flag, Black Jack, Raid

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) (Summer, 1996)

Powers/Abilities: Ant-Man has a superhuman "ant-sense" but what exactly that entails remains to be seen.

    In battle, Ant-Man wears a suit of so-called "picnic" armor that protects him from the harmful chemicals of bug spray. The armor is also equipped with "green dress" that provides camouflage in surroundings such as forests, parks and backyards.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 167 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (presumably hazel)
Hair: Unrevealed (presumably brown)
 
History:
(Spider-Man Magazine I (#18)) - After being bitten by a radioactive ant, Peter Parker used his newfound "ant-sense" power to become a costumed hero. Donning a suit of green picnic armor to blend into forests, parks and backyards as Ant-Man, Parker soon became the enemy of Black Flag, Black Jack and Raid.

Comments: Created by Luis Vega.

    Earth-11332's Ant-Man was a product of Marvel's Spider-Man Magazine's "What If?" section featured in later issues of the series in which the magazine asked a specific "What If...?" question to its young readers and they mailed in drawings in response to the question. In the 18th issue of the magazine, readers were asked to draw images of "What If...Peter Parker Had Been Bitten by a Radioactive Ant, Instead of a Spider?" In this particular case, this Ant-Man was created by then-14-year-old Luis Vega of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

    After Spider-Man Magazine I#10, the issues of the magazine were no longer numbered and were differentiated by the season and year they were published (i.e. "Winter, 1995," for example), as the magazine had moved from monthly publication to seasonal. According to the indicias of the Adventures of Spider-Man & Adventures of the X-Men trade paperbacks (which also reprinted the comic stories exclusive to Spider-Man Magazine), the issue that featured Earth-50963's Ant-Man would have been #18.

    In case it isn't obvious, Ant-Man's enemies Black Flag, Black Jack and Raid are all named in homage to various bug spray brands.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-11332's Ant-Man should be distinguished from:

Black Flag

Black Flag was a known enemy of Ant-Man.

--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) - BTS
Black Jack

Black Jack was a known enemy of Ant-Man.

--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) - BTS
Raid

Raid was a known enemy of Ant-Man.

--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) - BTS
images: (without ads)
Spider-Man Magazine I (#18), p30, splash page (Ant-Man, main image)

Appearances:
Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) (Summer, 1996) - "What If?" article - Luis Vega (writer, art), Amy Weingartner (editor)

First posted: 03/17/2024
Last updated: 03/17/2024

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