Maria Pym

Maria Pym is the first wife of Hank Pym (Ant-Man), a Hungarian scientist who was killed attempting to escape across the Iron Curtain. Her death profoundly shaped Hank's life and motivated his subsequent scientific career and superhero path.

Introduced in the pages of Tales to Astonish #44 in 1963 — a key issue in any serious Silver Age Marvel collection — Maria Pym is one of those quietly significant figures whose presence in the early Marvel Universe carries real weight, sharing pages with the likes of Ant-Man, Wasp, and Janet Van Dyne across decades of storytelling. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko at the height of Marvel's world-building golden moment, she's appeared across titles from Tales to Astonish to Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & the Wasp, proof that her place in the mythology has never been entirely forgotten. With over sixty years of publication history and a collector-recognized key issue to her name, Maria Pym is the kind of character who rewards the curious fan willing to dig into Marvel's rich Silver Age roots.