Yellowjacket (Marvel Comics)

Yellowjacket is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Corey Stoll portrayed Darren Cross as the main antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man (2015).

Fictional character biography

Hank Pym

Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, also known as Ant-Man, Giant-Man and Goliath, is the first character to take on the Yellowjacket codename. The character has been associated with several superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, including the Avengers and the Defenders.

Rita DeMara

Rita DeMara is the second character to go by the Yellowjacket codename. She debuted as a supervillainess, joining supervillain groups. She later becomes a superheroine, joining the Guardians of the Galaxy's ranks. She is killed by Immortus, but is later resurrected.

Darren Cross

Darren Cross is the third character to use the Yellowjacket codename after gaining the costume thanks to Egghead.

Other versions

Ultimate Marvel
The original Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Yellowjacket is Ultron, a robot designed to be an expendable super soldier. Ultron is later killed by Hank Pym who later takes up the Yellowjacket mantle, wanting to make up for what his creation did.

In other media

Television

The Hank Pym version of Yellowjacket makes his animated debut in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes after suffering from a mental breakdown.
 The Darren Cross version of Yellowjacket appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled, voiced by Travis Willingham.
 The Darren Cross iteration of Yellowjacket appears in Disney XD's Ant-Man animated shorts, voiced by William Salyers.

Film

 In the 2015 Marvel Studios film Ant-Man, Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) builds the Yellowjacket suit to sell to Hydra and the Ten Rings and later wears the prototype himself.

Video games
 The Hank Pym incarnation of Yellowjacket appears as a boss character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Wally Wingert.
 The Hank Pym incarnation of Yellowjacket is a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
 The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Yellowjacket appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Marvel: Contest of Champions, Marvel: Future Fight and Lego Marvel's Avengers.

References

Category:Fictional characters who can change size
Category:Marvel Comics superheroes
Category:Marvel Comics supervillains
Category:Marvel Comics robots