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Stinger

Stinger

Real Name
Cassandra Eleanor "Cassie" Lang
First Appearance
(as Cassie Lang) Marvel Premiere #47 (April, 1979)[as Cassie Lang], Young Avengers (Vol. 1) #6 (September, 2005) [as Stature], Astonishing Ant-Man #6 (May, 2016) [as Stinger]
Creators
David Michelinie, John Byrne
Team Affiliations
The Initiative, Mighty Avengers, Young Avengers
Alias
Ant-Girl, Titan, Stature
Base of Operations
New York City
Powers
Ability to shrink and grow in size, flight, electric stinger blasts
Skills and Abilities
Fighting Experience
Tools and Weapons
Stinger suit, Stinger blasters, Artificial wings

Stinger (previously Stature) is a superhero in the Marvel Universe and a member of the Young Avengers.

Origin[]

After her father, the superhero Ant-Man died, Cassie decided to become a hero by joining the Young Avengers, discovering her own size changing powers in the process.

Biography[]

Childhood[]

Cassie Lang was born the daughter of Scott Lang and Peggy Rae.  When Cassie was just a young child, she was the victim of a congenital heart defect, which resulted in her father, who was a former thief and an electronics expert, needing the help of Doctor Erica Sondhiem.  At the time, Dr. Sondhiem, a medical genius, was kidnapped by Darren Cross, the owner of Cross Technological Enterprises. Scott Lang ended up becoming the new Ant-Man and after defeating Cross, brought Dr. Sondhiem to save his daughter.

Stature

Stature

When her father became the new Ant-Man, it brought Cassie into contact with the superhero community, such as the Fantastic Four and inspired a desire to become a superhero herself.  When her father became an engineer for the Fantastic Four, Cassie lived in the Four Freedom's Plaza and eventually became friends with Kristoff Vernard, a boy who was once the ward of Doctor Doom.

When Scott died in battle as the Ant-Man, Cassie began injecting herself with Pym particles, hoping to duplicate his size-changing powers so she could carry on his legacy. While she couldn’t shrink, she found that she could grow to giant size. Calling herself Stature, Cassie then joined a team of heroes who were all descendants of the Avengers known as the Young Avengers.

When the Young Avengers traveled back in time, Stature transported the past version of her father back to the present seconds before he was supposed to die as way to save his life without altering the time stream. However their reunion was strained with the guilt Scott felt over being gone while Cassie was fighting as a superhero. It was revealed that Scott had been using his Ant-Man tech to shrink and hide on Cassie's clothes to monitor her at all times. Stature left home and created a new more high-tech costume as Stinger to prove she didn't need to be babysat by her father.

Powers[]

Stinger can shrink as small an insect or grow to gigantic size using Pym particles. Blasters mounted on her wrists allow Stinger to fire blasts of electric force. Artificial wings in her costume allow her to fly.

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