Pym Particles

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Official Name

Pym Particles

Origin

Universe

Earth-616

Lead Designer

Henry Pym

Additional Designers

Vernon van Dyne, Janet van Dyne

Place of Creation

Pym's Laboratory, New York City, New York State

Origin

Rare group of subatomic particles which could increase or decrease the size and mass of objects or living beings originally discovered by Dr. Henry Pym.

Owners

Current Owner

Henry Pym, Eric O'Grady, Tom Foster, Lang Memorial Penitentiary, Janet van Dyne, Scott Lang, Hank McCoy

Previous Owners

Clinton Barton, Bill Foster, Erik Josten, Rita DeMara, Katerina van Horn, Doctor Nemesis, Frank Castle, Cassie Lang,

First appearance

Tales to Astonish #27
(January, 1962)

History

Dr. Henry Pym originally discovered and isolated a rare group of subatomic particles, which have become known as the "Pym Particles", which could increase or decrease the size and mass of objects or living beings. The Pym Particles work by stunting matter into the Kosmos Dimension when shrinking an subject or accruing extra matter from that dimension when enlarging.

Originally, these Pym Particles existed in a liquid elixir form which would shrink objects or living being to which it was applied. Later, Pym was able to synthesize Pym Particles into a gaseous form for quick shrinking results with inhalation. Later still, Pym was able to refine the Pym Particles into a pill form.

Repeated, long-term exposure to Pym Particles can actually result in the subject's body naturally producing its own Pym Particles. Pym, Janet van Dyne and Cassie Lang's bodies all biologically produce Pym Particles because of this phenomenon.

Pym Particles do exert a large amount of physical and mental strain on the subject's body. Pym personally has had many mental breakdowns because of Pym Particles usage.

Known users

• Henry Pym^[1]
• Janet van Dyne^[2]
• Spider-Man^[3]
• Clinton Barton^[4]
• Bill Foster^[5]
• Scott Lang^[6]
• Erik Josten^[7]
• Rita DeMara^[8]
• Doctor Nemesis, security personnel and prisoners of Lang Memorial Penitentiary^[9]
• Cassie Lang^[10]
• Katerina van Horn^[11]
• Eric O'Grady^[12]
• Tom Foster^[13]
• Ares^[14]
• Frank Castle
• Hank McCoy^[15]
  

Notes

• Reed Richards claims to know more about Pym Particles than Henry Pym himself.
• Frank Castle has used Pym Particles on few occasions by shrinking to escape H.A.M.M.E.R agents and infiltrate a stronghold of The Hood by hiding on a pizza, regrowing inside the head of a henchman
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 31 Appearances of Pym Particles
• Images featuring Pym Particles
• Item Gallery: Pym Particles
• Fan-Art Gallery: Pym Particles

Links and References

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