ANT-MAN
Earth-81961

Real Name: Peter Parker

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-81961) human mutate (fringe character)

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None known

Enemies: None identified (see comments)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

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

Powers/Abilities: Ant-Man possesses antennae that protrude from his forehead and act as a sort of radar.

    He also possesses a hidden stinger capable of stunning enemies.

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 gained radar-like antennae and used his newfound abilities as the costumed hero Ant-Man.

Comments: Created by Eric Hartsell.

    Earth-81961'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-12-year-old Eric Hartsell from Bridgeport, Texas.

    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.

    While the article in Spider-Man Magazine I (#18) specifically states that Ant-Man has no enemies, it also states that his hidden stinger was capable of stunning enemies. So obviously, he had to have SOME enemies, we just weren't told who or what they are...

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-81961's Ant-Man should be distinguished from:

• Ant-Man - original identity used by Dr. Henry Pym--Tales to Astonish I#27
• Ant-Man (Scott Lang) - successor to Pym, size-changing hero--Avengers I#181
• Ant-Man (Chris McCarthy) - SHIELD agent, unwittingly donned Hank Pym's size-changing Ant-Man suit & shrank out of sight, killed during Hydra-launched supervillain assault--Irredeemable Ant-Man I#1
• Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) - former SHIELD agent, stole size-changing suit from Chris McCarthy, later drafted into Initiative & joined Secret Avengers before killed--Irredeemable Ant-Man I#1
• Ant-Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-11332 - picnic armor-wearing ant-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18)
  
• Ant-Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-50963 - supermanly strong & swift ant-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18)
  
• Ant-Man (Peter Parker) of Earth-96345 - superhumanly swift & sensitive ant-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18)
  
• M.J. Ant (Peter Parker) of Earth-69364 - four-armed, four-legged, ant-themed hero--Spider-Man Magazine I (#18)
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) - this character's Earth-616 counterpart, arachnid-themed hero--Amazing Fantasy I#15
• or any other "Ant-Man" characters

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

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

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