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Ant Man by Bob Layton

17 Friday Jan 2014

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Ant Man, ant man vs rat, Bob Layton, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Comics Presents, Scott Lang, superhero

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Maybe now that Ant Man has a future on the big screen we will see a resurgence of interest in the character. Henry Pym, Marvel’s original Ant Man, never appealed to us as much as his successor, Scott Lang.

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We first encountered Lang in the pages of Iron Man produced in the 1980s by writer David Michelinie. In a few issues that still retain some value with collectors, Iron Man gets into a fight with the Hulk, and Ant Man rescues him from certain death. (See Iron Man #131, #132, and #133.)

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In those Iron Man stories, inker Bob Layton provided the finishes over pencils by Jerry Bingham, and would stay on the title to work with John Romita, Jr. and other pencilers. Layton also receives credit for co-plotting those issues with Michelinie, making him the unsung but unifying force responsible for much of that run’s appeal.

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To get an idea of Bob’s own style with a pencil as well as a pen, read his short Ant Man story shown here. You can see his subtle combination of ink and zip-a-tone finishes, a look he often applied to metal and reflective surfaces. We don’t mind admitting that a large part of our enthusiasm for Iron Man comes from the Bob Layton finished his metal suit. Bob Layton also proves the assertion that great inkers in comics do more than trace; they bring as much skill to the page as the credited pencillers.

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Collector’s Guide: This story from Marvel Comics Presents #11 goes well with Godzilla fighting a giant rat in a sewer.

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Avengers 161: Beware the Ant Man!

10 Thursday May 2012

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Ant Man, Avengers, Bride of Ultron, George Perez, Jim Shooter, Ultron

Jim Shooter’s writing and the art of George Perez brought us one of the coolest Avengers stories of the 1970s: the two-part “Bride of Ultron” that begins here in Avengers #161. A lot of butt gets kicked in this dynamic tale. Ant Man hands out a beatdown to the whole team. The Scarlet Witch shows us why we should be very, very afraid of her. And, the Wasp puts on what may be her sexiest outfit of all time.

Collector’s Guide: From Avengers #161. Concluded in Avengers #162. Reprinted in Avengers Visionaries: George Perez







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