History ComicBook / CassieLang

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Cassandra "Cassie" Lang, also known as Stature and Stinger, is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by David Michelinie & Creator/JohnByrne, first appearing in ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (dated April 1979).

Cassie is the daughter of Scott Lang, better known as the second ComicBook/AntMan. In fact, she served as his primary initial motivation to be a superhero, when her ailing health came with medical bills he couldn't quite afford.

After her father was killed during the [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled Avengers' disbandment]], Cassie was inspired to become a superhero in her own right, and --after having stolen Pym Particles for years-- finally manifests the ability to grow and shrink in size at will, without the need of a suit. With this ability, she becomes one of the very first ComicBook/YoungAvengers, christening herself as Stature.

She later joins the ComicBook/MightyAvengers, as part of the [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative The Initiative]] started because of the [[ComicBook/CivilWar Superhuman Civil War]], but unfortunately dies just as her father is brought back to life during the ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade.

Cassie's death would remain permanent until 2014, when ComicBook/DoctorDoom (morally inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'') resurrects her as reparation for having been responsible for her death in the first place. With a new lease on life, she reunites with her father and later returns to her life of superheroics, this time operating under the name Stinger.

Cassie has appeared in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Abby Ryder Fortson originated the role in ''Film/AntMan'', where she's introduced as Scott's young daughter, later [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] into a teenager in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', as portrayed by Creator/EmmaFuhrmann. The role was recast again for her appearance in ''Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania'', now set to be portrayed by Creator/KathrynNewton.

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!! Cassie Lang appears in:
[[AC: Notable Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' vol. 1 (2005 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar: Young Avengers / ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' (2006 -- 2007)
* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'' (2006 -- 2007)
* ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' (2007 -- 2010)
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign: Young Avengers'' (2009)
* ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}: ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade'' (2010 -- 2012)
* ''ComicBook/AstonishingAntMan'' (2015 -- 2016)
* ''ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp'' (2019)

[[AC: Film]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by various actors:
** ''Film/AntMan1'' (2015), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson
** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' (2018), portrayed by Fortson
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019), portrayed by Creator/EmmaFuhrmann
** ''Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania'' (TBA), portrayed by Creator/KathrynNewton

[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'' (2016)
* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2017)

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (2012), voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey [[note]](episode: "To Steal an Antman")[[/note]]

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!! Cassie Lang provides examples of:
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In a way, to her father, who shared her powers.
* ActionGirl: To be specific, she herself is the one who chooses to become a superheroine.
* ArtisticAge: She was 14 years old when she first joined the team but was often drawn as much older looking.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's killed in ''Children's Crusade'' but is eventually brought back to life by Doom in ''Comicbook/{{AXIS}}''.]]
* BerserkButton: Attacking her father, as Doom finds out (see below).
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* ComicBookTime: She was apparently aged up several years in the brief period between Creator/GeoffJohns' ''Avengers'' run and the debut of ''Young Avengers''.
* DaddysGirl: She adores her father and wants to follow his footstep.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?: After she thinks he killed her father, she grows to the size of God Mode Doom and knocks him over.
** BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Doom promptly responds by killing her.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father, Scott Lang. [[spoiler:As of ''Children's Crusade'', [[BackFromTheDead not so disappeared]].]]
* DominoMask: She wore one -- see the image.
* FakeDefector: She pretends to work for the Power Broker in order to trick him into giving her superpowers. [[spoiler: She agrees to do one legitimate job for him though after she learns that the target is Darren Cross.]]
* FirstFatherWins: Cassie greatly adores her father Scott Lang and wants to follow in his footsteps in being a superhero. However, she has a strained relationship with her stepfather Blake Burdick, a police officer who cannot stand the world of superheroes the young girl loves, and he unsuccessfully tries to keep Cassie and Scott apart. In the events of "Avengers Disassembled", when Scott is killed due to the actions of an insane Scarlet Witch, Cassie retreats into herself, blaming Blake for being unable to understand her as her father always did. Though Blake does try unsuccessfully to be a caring stepfather, despite sometimes being distant toward her and seeing her as a "less than brilliant" girl, it is clear that Cassie favors her father over him.
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* HeroicBSOD: She has one in ''Young Avengers Presents'' when she accidentally indirectly injures her stepfather. She shrinks herself to microscopic size and ''keeps shrinking the more she talks''. Eli snaps her out of it.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After her resurrection, she becomes increasingly bitter and resentful over no longer having powers. [[spoiler: She ends up forming an alliance with the Power Broker in exchange for a new costume and Pym Particles.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Cassie is short for Cassandra.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Jonas, a synthezoid.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Was originally planning to join the Runaways but forced her way into the Young Avengers after she found out about them.
** GotTheCallOnSpeedDial: After being killed, when she was resurrected she found that she'd lost her powers. When the Power Broker launched Hench X (in ComicBook/AstonishingAntman), which offered the chance to get superpowers to use against the heroes, Cassie applied, intending to get her powers back and then bring the organisation down. She is given Pym Particles, a new uniform, a new codename: [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 Stinger]].
* JuniorCounterpart: She has the powers of her father, Scott Lang.
* PsychoactivePowers: She grows when she gets angry and shrinks when she feels guilty.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Killed near the end to hammer in that ''Children's Crusade'' is a tragedy.]]
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is to make herself grow or shrink at will.
* SpinOffspring: She became a superhero after Scott's death, and effectively took his place as far as the Lang family goes. This ended upon his revival, where ''she'' died, but quickly got better.
* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: Her death at the hands of Dr. Doom is what fuels Iron Lad's StartOfDarkness, putting him on the path to becoming Kang.]]
* SuperiorSuccessor: While Scott needs a special suit to access his shrinking and growing abilities, Cassie's powers are completely innate.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: She's the youngest of the team but it's hard to tell.
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!! She provides examples of:

Cassie has appeared in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed there by Abby Ryder Fortson and later Creator/EmmaFuhrmann. Originally portrayed as a small child as played by Fortson, from ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' onward she's a teenager and [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] to Fuhrmann to match.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson in her first two appearances, Creator/EmmaFuhrmann in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' and Creator/KathrynNewton onward.
** ''Film/AntMan1'' (2015), portrayed by Fortson

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019), portrayed by Fuhrmann
** ''Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania'' (TBA), portrayed by Newton

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson in her first two appearances, and Creator/EmmaFuhrmann from her third appearance onward:

** ''Film/AntMan'' (2015), portrayed by Fortson

Cassie has appeared in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed there by Abby Ryder Fortson. This version of the character is still a child when introduced, and hasn't shown any signs of having super powers like her father... yet. Cassie is also set to make an appearance in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' and has been [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] to actress Emma Fuhrmann to match.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson in her first two appearances, and Emma Fuhrmann from her third appearance onward:

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019), [[TimeShiftedActor portrayed by Fuhrmann]]

* ActionGirl: To be specific, she herself is the one who choose to become superheroine.
* ArtisticAge: She was 14 years old when she first joined the team, but was often drawn as much older looking.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?: After she thinks he killed her father, she grows to the size of God Mode Doom, and knocks him over.

* DominoMask: She wore one -- see image.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson in the first two movies, and Emma Fuhrmann from the third movie onward:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson & Emma Fuhrmann:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson:
** ''Film/AntMan'' (2015)
** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' (2018)
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019), [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] to Emma Fuhrmann

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (2012), voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey [[note]](episode: "To Steal an Antman")[[/note]]

Cassie has appeared in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed there by Abby Ryder Fortson. This version of the character is still a child when introduced, and hasn't shown any signs of having super powers like her father... yet. Cassie is also set to make an appearance in ''Film/Avengers4'' and has been [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] to actress Emma Fuhrmann to match.

** ''Film/Avengers4'' (2019), [[TimeShiftedActor time-shifted]] to Emma Fuhrmann

'''Cassandra "Cassie" Lang''', also known as '''Stature''' and '''Stinger''', is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by David Michelinie & Creator/JohnByrne, first appearing in ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (dated April 1979).

Cassie has appeared in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed there by Abby Ryder Fortson. This version of the character is still a child when introduced, and hasn't shown any signs of having super powers like her father... yet.

She later joins the ComicBook/MightyAvengers, as part of the [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative The Initiative]] started because of the [[ComicBook/CivilWar Superhuman Civil War]], but unfortunately dies just as he father is brought back to life during the ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade.