Publisher Marvel Comics | ||
First appearance Avengers #59 (December 1968) Created by Roy Thomas (Writer)
John Buscema (Artist) Alter ego Hank Pym
Rita DeMara
Ultron
Darren Cross Team affiliations Avengers (Hank Pym)
Defenders (Hank Pym)
Illuminati (Hank Pym) Abilities Genius-level intellect
Size-shifting from nearly microscopic to ~100 feet gigantic (both at extremes)
Ability to transfer his size-shifting ability to other beings and objects.
Bio-Energy Projection, also known as a Bio-Sting
Flight using grafted wings
Superhuman strength
Telepathy with insects | ||
Yellowjacket is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.
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Hank Pym
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is the first character to take on the Yellowjacket codename in the modern mainstream Marvel Comics. He was also known as Ant-Man, Giant-Man, and Goliath. The character has been associated with several superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, including the Avengers and the Defenders. He later gives up the mantle and mentors Scott Lang as the new Ant-Man.
Rita DeMara
Rita DeMara is the second character to take on the Yellowjacket codename in the modern mainstream comics. She debuted as a supervillainess, joining the supervillain groups known as the Masters of Evil and the Femizons. DeMara later became a superheroine and joined the ranks of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. She was killed by the supervillain Immortus, but was later resurrected in the Chaos War storyline.
Darren Cross
Darren Cross is the third character to take on the Yellowjacket codename in the modern mainstream comics. He debuted as a supervillain in 1979. He first appeared as the Yellowjacket in 2016 when his Yellowjacket attire was created by Egghead.
Ultimate Marvel
Before Hank Pym, the original Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Yellowjacket is Ultron, a robot designed to be an expendable super soldier. He is later killed when Hank Pym, as Ant-Man, rips his head off. In Ultimatum, Hank takes up the mantle of Yellowjacket, wanting to make up for what his creation did.