Cassandra Lang
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Stature is a fictional character
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 in the Marvel Comics
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 universe
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. She is the daughter of the late Scott Lang (the second Ant-Man
Ant-Man
Ant-Man is the name of several fictional characters appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Ant-Man was originally the superhero persona of Hank Pym, a brilliant scientist who invented a substance that allowed him to change his size...

). Cassie Lang is a member of the Young Avengers
Young Avengers
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 and The Initiative
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. She has the same powers as her father, the ability to shrink and grow in size, but lacks her father's helmet which allowed telepathic communication with insects. However, she manifested her powers much later than her first exposure to Pym Particles.

Ant Man's daughter

Cassie Lang was introduced to the Marvel Universe as the ill daughter of Scott Lang
Scott Lang
Scott Lang is a fictional character featured in the American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the second superhero character to use the name Ant-Man in the Marvel Universe, following the original, Dr. Henry Pym...

. Her congenital heart condition forces her father to steal Henry Pym
Henry Pym
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is a fictional character that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciler Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27...

's Ant-Man equipment and Pym Particles, which he uses to rescue Doctor Sondheim, the only doctor able to cure Cassie's condition, from Cross Technological Enterprises
Cross Technological Enterprises
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.

After the divorce of her parents, Cassie lives for most of her childhood with her father, whom she loves and admires greatly. She is fascinated by his life as a superhero once she learns of it, and generally has a good relationship with his colleagues; when she was younger, she even called Tony Stark
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

 'Uncle Tony'. However, her mother and stepfather fear that his life as an Avenger
Avengers (comics)
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 was unsafe for a child, and they claim custody over Cassie.

Scott's time as an engineer for the Fantastic Four brought Cassie to the team's then headquarters of Four Freedom's Plaza. In the spectacular environment Cassie once called home she forged a strong friendship with the former ward of Dr. Doom, Kristoff Vernard. For the time they shared a home with the Fantastic Four, Cassie helped Kristoff adjust to life outside of Doom's castle, and she developed something of a crush on the boy.

After the Fantastic Four went missing and Scott found himself without a job, he found employment at Oracle, Inc. with the Heroes for Hire. It was while working with the Heroes for Hire that Cassie had further adventures, accidentally activating the Super-Adaptoid, and receiving horrifying visions of things to come. The H4H easily defeated the Adaptoid, and Cassie's participation in these dark events helped her father and his allies defeat the Master in a battle for the fate of the Earth itself. All of these exciting adventures gave Cassie a taste for the action-filled life of a super hero, but it caused her mother to take sole custody from Scott.

Cassie is separated from Scott, and as a result she grows more and more bitter towards her mother, and even more so towards stepfather, Blake Burdick. As a police officer, he can not stand the world of superheroes the young girl loves, and he tries unsuccessfully to keep Cassie and Scott apart. For years, Cassie visits her father whenever possible, much to her mother and stepfather's chagrin, until the events of Avengers Disassembled
Avengers Disassembled
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, when Scott Lang is killed due to the actions of an insane Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch
The Scarlet Witch is a fictional comic book character that appears in books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...

.

Cassie retreats into herself, blaming Blake for being unable to understand her as her father always did. Blake Burdick tries unsuccessfully to be a caring stepfather, and is sometimes distant toward her, seeing his stepdaughter as a "less than brilliant" girl. Some time after her father's death, Cassie plans on running away to Los Angeles to join the Runaways
Runaways (comics)
Runaways is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series features a group of teenagers who discover that their parents are part of an evil crime group called the Pride. Created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, the series debuted in April of 2003 as part of Marvel Comics'...

, but sees the "Young Avengers" on television before she leaves and subsequently changes her plans.

Young Avengers

Iron Lad
Iron Lad
Iron Lad is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular Young Avengers, a team of which Iron Lad is a member. He first appeared in Young Avengers #1 , created by writer Allan Heinberg and illustrator Jim Cheung...

, a younger version of classic Avengers foe Kang the Conqueror
Kang the Conqueror
Kang the Conqueror is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Avengers #8 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby...

, desperate for help against his future self after learning what he will become, uses the Vision's database, stored in the remains of his synthezoid body, to track and recruit young superpowered individuals connected to the Avengers' history. Cassie was not one of the individuals on the list. In fact, attracted by her father's career, she had stolen Pym Particles to use on herself several times over the years, but they never seemed to give her powers— until a sudden mood swing caused her to grow in size in front of the Young Avengers. Later, she learned she could also shrink, much as her father did.

Iron Lad assures her that if Vision had known she had developed powers, she would have been part of his plans for the Young Avengers. She is formally invited to join the team. She suggests she take the name Ant-Girl, while her teammates informally dub her "Giant-Girl" for a short period; she ultimately adopts the codename Stature. Besides being able to change size at will, she also grows or shrinks due to emotions. Her body has reacted to anger and guilt, metaphorically reflecting her being a shrinking violet about her family issues.

After deciding to continue her life as a superhero, Cassie overhears her stepfather talking to her mother. They suspect that she is secretly Stature, but refuse to believe it. Later, Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones
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 talks to Cassie's mother and confirms Cassie's dual identity. Cassie's mother is overwhelmed by this news and begs Jessica not to tell her husband about this; she was also worried that although Cassie was cured of her heart condition, her heart might not be able to handle the strain of continuous size-changing.

When Jessica Jones asks Cassie, "And there's no part of you that wants to go back to having a normal life?", Cassie replies, "Ms. Jones, my dad was Ant-Man. I never had a normal life."

In the Civil War
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limited series, Cassie, along with her fellow Young Avengers, had joined Captain America's
Captain America
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 resistance to the Superhero Registration Act. She and the rest of her team were staying at a safe house, while Nick Fury
Nick Fury
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 arranges new secret identities for them. During this time, she participates in a rescue effort of Captain America, when Iron Man seemingly springs a trap at Yankee Stadium: all escape. When Goliath
Bill Foster (comics)
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 is killed by a clone of Thor
Thor (Marvel Comics)
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 and Young Avengers teammate Wiccan
Wiccan (comics)
Wiccan is a comic book character, a member of the Young Avengers, a team of superheroes in the Marvel Universe. His appearance is patterned on that of Thor and Scarlet Witch....

 is captured by Iron Man, she decides to leave Captain America's side, citing her reasons as being a desire to fight villains rather than cops and other heroes.

The Initiative

Cassie then joins the Initiative
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, as a trainee.

Cassie, along with fellow Initiative members Dusk, Tigra
Tigra
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, Silverclaw
Silverclaw
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, and Araña
Anya Corazon
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, were ensnared by the Puppet Master
Puppet Master (comics)
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. Although she (along with others) was mindcontrolled into fighting Ms. Marvel
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, she was eventually freed and restored to normal.

Her time at Camp Hammond brought her in to contact with her father's successor as Ant-Man - Eric O'Grady
Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)
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. O'Grady made several disparaging remarks about her father, not realizing that she was within earshot. This caused a literally giant-sized brawl between the two as both grew to their giant forms. After O'Grady picked up a bus and hit Lang with it, Henry Pym
Henry Pym
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is a fictional character that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciler Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27...

 intervened, also growing to his giant form. Taskmaster
Taskmaster
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 broke up the fight by attacking their now giant-sized achilles tendon
Achilles tendon
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s, bringing all three crashing to the ground.

Later, Cassie is visited at Camp Hammond by the Vision, who disguises himself as Tony Stark in order to take her out on a date. Vision confesses that he shares Iron Lad's attraction to her, and hopes that she can love him. Cassie is unsure of her situation, but open to the possibility. The two fight off an attempt by A.I.M.
Advanced Idea Mechanics
A.I.M. is a fictional terrorist organization in the . The organization first appeared in Strange Tales #146 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...

 to steal the Vision.

Cassie accidentally injures her stepfather Blake, while stopping the Growing Man
Growing Man
The Growing Man is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Thor #140 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...

. Her guilt causes her to shrink and the other Young Avengers attempt to snap her out of it before she shrinks into non-existence. She comes to terms with the responsibilities and risks of her position as part of the Young Avengers and the Initiative, reasoning that Blake also understands the risks as a policeman.

Secret Invasion

Stature fought against the Skrull
Skrull
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 invasion
Secret Invasion
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 of Manhattan as part of the Initiative. She grew larger than the Skrull Yellowjacket
Henry Pym
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is a fictional character that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciler Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27...

 and punched him out.

Dark Reign

In the aftermath of the Skrull invasion, Cassie leaves the Initiative. Cassie and Vision (who she now refers to as her boyfriend) fly to the Avengers Mansion ruins, having been summoned by Wiccan with warnings of a great magical threat. They arrive and find the other Young Avengers turned to stone, and then encounter the Scarlet Witch, who transports them away to be a part of The Mighty Avengers. Subsequently, she attempts to expose the machinations of the Scarlet Witch, who, unbeknownst to her, is actually Loki
Loki (comics)
Loki is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. He is the adoptive brother and archenemy of the superhero Thor. He is based on the being of the same name from Norse mythology...

 in disguise. Her efforts eventually lead to the charade being exposed.

The Children's Crusade

When Wiccan's uncontrolled magical energy nearly kills the terrorist group Sons of the Serpent, the Avengers begin to fear that he may become another Scarlet Witch; they explain to the Young Avengers how the Scarlet Witch turned insane after the loss of her twin boys, resulting in the death of the original Vision and Scott Lang, and eventually rendering nearly all of the world's mutants powerless. Though Wiccan is unsure about what to do—being confined or go on the run—Cassie suggests that he find the Scarlet Witch, believing that if they can show her that her children were alive, she may be able to reverse everything she has done, including restoring her father to life.

Powers and abilities

Cassie has the ability to increase and decrease her size. She can become roughly 40 feet (12.2 m) tall and can shrink to the size of an ant. Her abilities seemed to be fueled by her emotions. She grows when she gets angry and shrinks when she feels guilty. Cassie seems to have become more powerful since first demonstrating her powers, as she has in recent issues surpassed her previous growth limit. At first she struggled to shrink to 6 inches and grow to 10–15 feet. She has been seen growing larger than the Skrull Yellowjacket, who could grow to at least a 100 feet (30.5 m) tall. It was established that she and Hank Pym share an upper limit of somewhere around 250 feet (76.2 m) in height.

MC2

In MC2, Cassandra, now a doctor, operates under the name Stinger on the group A-Next
A-Next
A-Next is the Marvel Comics' MC2 universe version of the Avengers. The team made its first appearance in What If? #105, the first comic featuring Spider-Girl, and the team's origin story was told in the A-Next #1, cover dated October 1998....

. Although she is the oldest member of A-Next, in her mid-20s, and the only one on the original team with a professional life and a scientific background, she is still doted on by her father, who constantly worries about her newfound superhero life. She possesses many abilities originally engineered by Henry Pym, including resizing, flying, communication with insects, and firing bioelectric
Bioelectromagnetism
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 "stinger" blasts (as well artificial "stingers" sedative darts), all based on her costume and helmet. She does not seem to be capable of increasing her size and strength, unlike her main continuity version.

Avengers Fairy Tales

In issue 3 of Avengers Fairy Tales, Cassie is portrayed as Alice of Alice in Wonderland. She encounters Wonderland versions of the Young Avengers. At first her emotions cause her to grow and shrink beyond her control. She also meets Wonderland versions of Ant-Man (Scott Lang) and Tigra.

What If?

In the "What If Civil War Ended Differently" segment titled "What If Captain America Led ALL the Superheroes against the Registration Act," Cassie was among the first superheroes killed in a confrontation with government-launched Sentinels during the first battle.

Popular culture references

  • Cassie is referenced in the mc chris
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    song "Nrrrd Grrrl": "Wanna conquer her like Kang, When you kiss like Cassie Lang".
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