If you can’t tell from the diminutive poster art or tiny-sized teaser, Marvel Studios is not only aware that the larger moviegoing audience has no idea who Ant-Man is, they’re having fun with that challenge. Buzz is now building for Marvel’s Phase Two epilogue / character origin story (thanks to to the debut of the official Ant-Man trailer), but it’s not all positive… far from it, in fact.
Despite being one of most senior members of The Avengers on the comic book page, Ant-Man has never been a mainstream superhero – or even all that popular in comics. So to confront the massive ant in the room: Who is this guy, and why is Marvel giving him his own movie over so many other potential characters?
Who is Ant-Man? Marvel’s new movie character powers and origin explained
