Giant-Man

Hank Pym is known to those that follow scientific breakthroughs in the biochemistry and subatomic physic research. To the student of NYU he's known as fair professor that will work with a student if they are willing to put out the effort even though he is a nerd. The people in his Apartment building know him as the quiet and kind of sad guy who lives in 827 and never had anyone over. Ant-Man is known as a hero that has stopped a few muggings and attacks on NYU's campus. He was seen for a while with a partner with similar powers known as the Wasp. Their other claims to fame was stopping espionage from stealing important research and fighting rogue scientist. Giant-Man well it would be assumed that Ant-Man probably learned how to get big.

Background
Hank Pym's early life was shaped the fact that he is one of the nine smartest people on the planet. His schooling and interests are in the hard sciences. By the time he was 22, he had a doctorates in Biochemistry and physics. He'd show high proficiencies in robotics, computer programming, and communication. Needless to say between Hank's research and his occasional bout with depression Hank was not a very social individual or much in the way of dating many girls. This all changed during his last year of college, he met a beautiful and intellectual woman named Maria Troyvana. Maria was born in Hungary towards the end of Communist government. The daughter of two political dissidents escaped Hungary with their daughter to the U.S.

Maria adored Hank and the pair married after a whirlwind relationship. For their honeymoon, Hank and Maria returned to Hungary to visit Maria's homeland believing after so many years of democracy it would be safe. But old communist enemies of Maria's parents attacked the couple. They left Hank for dead and killed Maria in revenge against her parents. Hank returned home to the United States vowing to battle injustice and inhumanity in the way he knew how scientific research. Taking a government research fellowship and a part time professorship at NYU, Hank set out to educate the next generation and to work to make the world a better place. Part of his research resulted in the discovery of Pym Particles. Pym Particles are subatomic particles discovered by Pym as part of his research. &R At this time of his career, Pym believed that Pym Particles shrunk a human when ingested. An accident resulted in Hank trapped in an ant hill at the size of an ant. After escaping the ant hill, Hank began researching entomology and the study of ants and the way they communicate in particular. Pym theorized ants communicated through electrical pulse transmitted through their antenna. He began work on creating a helmet that would allow him to communicate with the ants with the plans of practical applications would lead to a new communication network for the U.S. government. In a number of weeks Pym had built a cybernetic helmet that allowed him to communicate with ants.

Theoretical research became applied research when a pair of Chinese spies trying to steal Pym's research surprised him in the lab late one night. Hank used both his shrinking formula and the cybernetic helmet to hide from the spies and capture them with the help of the ant farm and his surprising strength despite his height. This would lead to Hank creating a costume and becoming the hero Ant-Man. Ant man's work as a hero usually against people trying to use science for unethical purposes.

Vernon Van Dyke, a fellow scientist working in the next lab over, became friends with Hank along with Vernon's daughter Janet. Vernon's research resulted in an experiment that unleashed a hostile alien monster in his lab. The monster killed Vernon before escaping into the city. Janet convinced Hank to help her go after the alien that killed her father. Hank revealed his identity as Ant Man to her and with her permission turned Jan Pym into the Wasp. The pair captured the alien creature and banished it back to its home dimension before it could destroy New York City or even come to the attention of most New Yorkers. Hank and Janet fought crime together as a team for a while before different interests caused them to drift apart. Hank's returned to occasionally fighting crime by himself but spends most of his time working in his lab. He's improved on his Pym particles. He's learned how to treat objects so that Pym Particles react to non organics to change the size of various objects. Furthermore he's suspended the particles in a vapor allowing him to change size more easily than having to ingest a formula. But his most recent break through he's learned to increase his size with the Pym particles.

Personality

 * Heroic Hank Pym has many of the quality that one has for a hero. He's brave, loyal, and has a sense of right and wrong. He's always went out of his way to watch out for others and do what he thinks is right. But since the death of his wife and then later becoming trapped in the ant hill, he feels that he has a duty to keep people safe and protect them from injustice.
 * Manic Depressive: Hank is a classic Manic Depressive. When he's happy and the adrenalin is pumping he is on top of the world. But it takes little more than a scathing remark or being rejected by a stranger and Hank's irritable and sad. Though since the death of his wife, he spends more and more time depressed. He's constantly looking for the adventure, invention, experience, or woman that'll make him happy and turn his luck and his mood around. But it always seems to come crashing down in Hank's mind leaving him feelings of self loathing and destructive risk taking.
 * Nerdy: Hank has always been a science nerd. He's never been one for socializing and always been a bit of a lone and had his nose stuck in a book or in front of a computer. This leads to him being a social outcast with those that doesn't share his hobbies and interests. It's not that he's afraid to talk to people it's just that he assumes that either they don't have anything to say of interest to him or he's not interesting to them.
 * Adventurous: Hanks never backed down from a challenge or the chance to do something new. It was lead to many of his breakthroughs and adventures. But he's never came out the poorer for anything he's tried even the lost of Maria. He cherishes the time he spent with his lost love and the fact that her being in his life made him a better man.