Black Ant

Black Ant is a Life-Model Decoy of Eric O'Grady, the morally questionable third Ant-Man, who stole his identity and miniaturization suit to operate as a villainous impostor within the Marvel Universe, deceiving allies while pursuing his own agenda.

Born in the thick of Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera's Secret Avengers in 2012, Black Ant is a Modern Age creation who has carved out a genuinely intriguing corner of the Marvel Universe across more than a decade of appearances. Keeping some seriously high-voltage company — sharing pages with Spider-Man, Electro, and the mercenary mastermind Taskmaster — this character has turned up in marquee titles like Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America: Steve Rogers, and the supervillain spectacular Sinister War, suggesting a figure more at home in the shadows than the spotlight. With 17 catalog appearances spanning 2012 to 2024, Black Ant is exactly the kind of sleeper character that rewards the dedicated reader who digs a little deeper.