Comic Book Character of the Week : Yellowjacket
Hank Pym
Main article: Hank Pym
Hank Pym is the first character to take on the Yellowjacket code name in the modern mainstream Marvel Comics. He was also known as Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and later as the Wasp. The character has been associated with several superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, including the Avengers and the Defenders. Hank Pym was defeated by the young avengers in the battle of dark canyon, in which Thanos killed off the earth as a living being.Rita DeMara
Main article: Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)
Rita DeMara is the second Yellowjacket in the modern mainstream comics who debuted as a supervillainess. She joined 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 Iron Man who was under the control of the super villain Immortus.[1] She was later resurrected in the Chaos War storyline.[2]Other versions
Earth-1610
The Ultimate Marvel version of Yellowjacket is Ultron. Henry Pym creates android duplicates of the Ultimates. Ultron, who has fallen in love with the Scarlet Witch but is rebuffed by her, takes control of the Yellowjacket android to murder her.[3]In other media
Television
- In an episode of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hank Pym begins to suffer from a personality disorder. He fakes his death and becomes Yellowjacket, a fearless new vigilante who attacks members of the Serpent Society.[4]
Film
Yellowjacket as depicted in Ant-Man
- In the upcoming 2015 Marvel Studios film Ant-Man actor Corey Stoll will portray the film’s main antagonist Darren Cross, a former protégé of Pym, who takes over Pym's company and acquires Pym's technology to create the Yellowjacket suit, which Pym asks Scott Lang to steal.[5][6]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket_%28Marvel_Comics%29
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