Irredeemable Tales

G.I. Ant-Man

By rights I shouldn't have liked it, but Eric O'Grady, the Irredeemable Ant-Man, really won me over.  Despite a long-standing fanaticism for Hank Pym's Ant-Man, I do have a special place in my heart for craven, deceitful anti-heroes going back to George MacDonald Fraser's 'Flashman' books.

I was honestly disappointed to learn that O'Grady was killed off in the comics and replaced with the previously-dead Scott Lang, but since that all happens *after* my Secret Invasion kick off point, I don't have to allow it and can continue with O'Grady filling the diminutive title role.

Plus I really like the buggy-ness of his costume.

During his time with the Initiative, some genius writer coined the name "G.I. Ant-Man" and gave O'Grady the ability to grow as well as to shrink.  No way I can let that name die, so I've taken his SHIELD training into consideration and make him a government agent.  For the most part it's his training and shrinking abilities which make him such an asset, but every so often he needs to enbiggen and lay some stomp onto things.

Just like Flashman, Ant-Man's status as a top government agent gives him an undeserved reputation of heroism, but just like Fraser's character, his successes only come in spite of his cowardice and general cad-like behavior.  It'll be awesome.  In theory, O'Grady *should* have a secret identity as a top government agent, but I don't see him as the type to be able to keep a secret from a pretty face, so expect him to be dropping some very obvious hints to his occupation with the young ladies living in his apartment complex.