Ant Man (Eric O'Gredi)

The Third Ant Man was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Phil Hester and first appeared in The Irredeemable Ant-Man No. 1 in September 2006, where he was the main character. The name "Irredeemable" ("Incorrigible") indicated the immoral character and behavior of the hero. This series was canceled after issue No. 12. With Avengers: The Initiative No. 8, O'Grady joined the title team. He left after Avengers: The Initiative No. 20 and with Thunderbolts No. 128, is a member of the Thunderbolts new team. After the events of the Siege, he becomes a member of the Secret Avengers . Starting in November 2010, he appeared with Henry Pym in three episodes of Tim Seeley's Ant-Man and the Wasp mini-series.

Ant-Man appeared as a regular character in the 2010–2013 Secret Avengers series starting in issue number 1 (July 2010), issue number 23 (April 2012) showed his death; after which the character was replaced by an android with all his memories, who took the name Black Ant in issue No. 32, showed himself to be an antagonist in issue No. 36, before disappearing in his final issue of No. 37 (March 2013).

Eric O'Gredy was an agent for the Sch.I.T. and accidentally stumbled upon an Ant-Man costume at the organization’s headquarters ^[2] . He has low morality and is ready to deceive, steal and manipulate people in order to advance in life. Eric stole the costume for his own selfish plans, which include using his status as a “super hero” to seduce women ^[3] and humiliate and torment others ^[4] . He was a member of the Initiative , Thunderbolts and Secret Avengers .

While wearing Ant-Man’s armor, O'Gredy has the ability to contract to the size of an insect while maintaining full strength. It also has two robotic arms that can be released from the back of the armor when reduced. The main mode of transport is a jetpack , which can also be removed and used as a weapon by turning jets of flame on the enemy. He also has the ability to communicate with insects while wearing a suit. However, he received insufficient training in using this ability, and he lacks skill.

After joining the Initiative, it turned out that O'Gredi's armor is a prototype of the Ant-Man Soldier costume, which can also increase O'Gredi's size.

When he entered the Secret Avengers , his costume was redesigned and began to resemble the original costume of Ant-Man. The gloves were equipped with stings similar to Wasp stings.

• Eric O'Gredy is mentioned as an employee of S.H.I. in the animated series Avengers. The greatest heroes of the Earth ”during the attack on the Red Hulk aircraft carrier in the series “ A Nightmare in Red ” .
• Eric O'Gredy appears in the animated Spider Woman comic strip , where he was voiced by Jeffrey Headquist.
• Eric O'Gredy is mentioned in the MMORPG game Marvel Heroes on one of the game items called Insignia of Eric O'Grady in the Shield Insignia class

In May 2011, Eric O'Gredy took 82nd place on the IGN ^[5] list of “One Hundred Best Comic Book Characters of All Time” ^[5] .

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• Eric O'Gredy on IGN
• Eric O'Gredy at comicvine.com