Warning! Spoilers ahead for Ant-Man #5
Ant-Man isn’t the biggest superhero around, both in reputation and actual size. That rings especially true when it comes to Scott Lang, the current Ant-Man. Alongside his daughter Cassie in the Savage Land, Ant-Man and Stinger are trying to stop the bug lord Macrothrax from destroying all of humankind with his bug armies. While he may not be the most popular or powerful hero at times, Ant-Man #5 gives Scott a seriously epic upgrade that might cause fans to give the hero another look.
A former thief turned hero and loving father, Scott Lang is desperately trying to boost his image and be taken more seriously as a superhero at the start of this new mini-series. Despite this, he still wants to continue to be present and supportive of his daughter Cassie, despite his worry about her own superhero-ing efforts as Stinger. To top it all off, he’s also trying to find some means to gain some much-needed income, as he’s currently couch crashing in an ant-hill, and his insect roommates aren’t very pleased (his landlord is an ant named Pam). Lately, the pair have been trying to take down the bug lord Macrothrax, who just recently stole Cassie’s helmet and Scott’s Pym Particles, using them to control and create massively large insects the size of continents.
In Ant-Man #5, by Zeb Wells and Dylan Burnett, Cassie flies up to fight Macrothrax, while Scott is dragged away by Ve’Trok, the dying Insect King of the Savage Land who was betrayed by Macrothrax. As his dying act, he commands all the remaining bugs in his power throughout the Savage Land to converge on Scott, creating a massive hive body for Scott to use to battle Macrothrax’s own giant bug queens under his control. Essentially, Scott gets as big as he’s ever been as Giant Man, except with millions of bugs, not particles.
Thanks to Scott’s transformation into Giant-Bug Man, he’s able to handle the giant insects while Cassie deals with Macrothrax and gets her helmet back (although she has to ask her dad to let her handle it on her own.) With her helmet back, Cassie is able to get the massive bugs out from under the bug lord’s control. Once that’s done, the queens handle the rest, serving up some bug justice on Macrothrax, which just means that they eat him. With the day saved, Scott and Cassie head out, and while there were, unfortunately, no Avengers to see them save the world, at least they saw each other be awesome.
Sadly, this seems like this is the end for Ant-Man and Stinger’s adventures as a father/daughter team, at least for now. Ant-Man #5 is the final issue of this mini-series, but even so, fans can imagine that Scott and Cassie will be featured in a story sooner rather than later, as their respective journeys to prove themselves as “serious” superheroes continue.
