Black Ant

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Real Name

Eric O'Grady

Current Alias

Black Ant

Aliases

Ant-Man

Relatives

Father (creator)

Affiliation

Descendants; formerly Secret Avengers

Base Of Operations

Lighthouse, Earth Orbit

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

Life-Model Decoy

Marital Status

Single

Education

Programmed with vast information; Capacity for creative intelligence and unlimited self-motivated activity.

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 9" (Variable)

Weight

168 lbs (76 kg) (Variable)

Eyes

Green

Hair

Red

Origin

Origin

Life Model Decoy

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

The Core

Created by

Rick Remender

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Secret Avengers #24
(May, 2012)

(as Ant-Man)

Secret Avengers #32
(December, 2012)

(as Black Ant)

Secret Avengers #37
(April, 2013)

HistoryEdit

Hey, Maxo, how's your nervous breakdown coming?

-- Black Ant ^src 

The Black Ant was a Life-Model Decoy of Eric O'Grady, the third Ant Man, who was killed in battle against the Descendants.^[1] He was sent to join the Avengers on behalf of the Descendants as a double agent. ^[2] Despite his programming, the Black Ant still fought as Ant-Man, with no obvious differences.^[3]

During fight against the Masters of Evil, and thanks to him being a robot, he was not affected by the control by the Serpent Crown.^[4] As one of the two Avengers free from Taskmaster's influence, he and Venom battled the criminals and freed the other teammates.^[5]

Black Ant's heroic rescue of the team was short-lived as Black Widow was quick to deduce that Black Ant was in fact now a robot working for the Descendants. Since Ant-Man had just saved the team, Hawkeye and the rest of the Avengers refused to believe her accusation, so she quit the team in protest.^[6]

The LMD however changed back his identity to Black Ant and began an attack on the Avengers Mansion. His teammates Venom and Valkyrie were left for dead whilst Hank Pym and the Human Torch android were kidnapped.^[7]Venom awakened and helped Valkyrie, after they recovered he swore revenge on the robot and took up the task to personally take him down.^[8]

In the Core, Venom, Valkyrie and Black Widow were breaking into Father's base, hoping to find something they can use. However, the only member of Father's army they encountered was a hidden Black Ant, who contacted the others.^[9]

The team broke into the nursery of Parvez, who was kidnapped from the heroes by a Descendant strikeforce. As they prepared to escape with him, the group was ambushed by the Black Ant. Black Ant explained that he remembered every part of Ant-Man's life, and that if he did not do as father said, Father would have killed him. Black Ant's justifications caused Venom to go berserk, and a fight begun.^[10] Valkyrie rescued Venom from Black Ant's blast by stabbing the robot with her sword, as the Orb of Necromancy the Father used to empower him and the Descendants gave him soul, he died like a human being, before shrinking while swearing he would see Valkyrie and Venom in the afterlife soon.^[11]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Pym Particles : With the assistance of Pym Particles, Eric has the ability to shrink to the size of an ant, while retaining full size strength, and increase in size and communicate telepathically with insects via a cybernetic helmet.
• Life-Model Decoy : As an android a Life-Model Decoy possesses all of the various superhuman attributes:
  
  • Superhuman Strength: As an android a Life-Model Decoy is superhumanly strong and possesses beyond the human limit.
  • Superhuman Speed: As an android a Life-Model Decoy can run and move at speeds that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete.
  • Superhuman Durability: As an android a Life-Model Decoy construction makes him very durable.
  • Superhuman Stamina: As an android a Life-Model Decoy can exert itself well beyond the human limit.
  • Superhuman Agility: As an android a Life-Model Decoy agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
  • Quick Repair: The nanites in his body give a Life-Model Decoy a form of self-repair.

    Abilities

• Standard S.H.I.E.L.D. weapons training

  Weaknesses

• He can be squashed at small size and at giant size.
  

ParaphernaliaEdit

Equipment

• Various gadgets housed within a shrinking exoskeleton armor ex. retractable robot legs with magnetic grapples

  Transportation

• Leg-mounted jet thrusters (this can also be use as a flamethrower)

  Weapons

• Mandible-like tools that swing out like claws

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