In Marvel Comics, the Hank Pym and Scott Lang incarnation of Ant-Man
The characters are staple members of the Avengers team, equipped with incredible size-changing powers that turn them into surprisingly formidable foes. But in a new cosplay design, Ant-Man succumbs to the zombie virus and becomes an undead version of himselftransforming this once great superhero into a horrible ghoul with complete command over his horde of a thousand zombie ants!
A cosplay brought to life on Instagram by Haunted Cosplay (@assombradocosplay), this creator has recently been giving a lot of love to his unique werewolf x Wolverine design dubbed Werewolverine, which sees Haunted Cosplay transform into a half-wolf, half-Wolverine monstrous beast whose savagery knows no bounds.
Also developing other scary cosplays like Stephen King's Pennywise Thisthe Lipstick Demon Insidious franchise fame and even an in-depth design of Bunnymund from the Dreamworks animation Rise of the Guardians film, Haunted Cosplay often takes on projects that go a step beyond a simple costume to turn them into realistic, real-world designs.
Zombie Ant-Man cosplay is a terrifying makeover that enhances the character's costume
Cosplay Design by Haunted Cosplay (@hauntedcosplay) with photography by Mark (@nycosplayer)
Zombified in the first Marvel Zombies series released in 2005 by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips, this particular appearance of Ant-Man was a bit of a cheat, as the original hero, Hank Pym, it wasn't Ant-Man at the time, but Giant-Man insteada completely different superhero without the same instantly recognizable costume as Ant-Man. However, at Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decadence #3by Thomas Krajewski and Jason Muhr, Ant-Man by Scott Lang also becomes a giant zombiewith Scott at least getting to wear the Ant-Man costume while raging like an infected, with this cosplay fully fulfilling his unrealized undead design.
Featuring four photos taken by Mark (@nycosplayer) that give viewers goosebumps as viewers walk past them, Haunted Cosplay's totally terrifying Hollywood makeup and overall design easily make this zombie Ant-Man one of the best Marvel Zombies fantasies that the community has already produced. Using a half-destroyed helmet (and a half-destroyed face, at that), Haunted Cosplay increases the grandeur of this design tenfold with a unique addition that places a broken Ant Farm inside Ant-Man's chest, causing hundreds of tiny ants to burst from every crevice of this hero's mutilated corpseseen up close and in gory detail in all four photos.
Marvel Zombies It deserves a live-action adaptation after seeing this Ant-Man cosplay
Last but not least, Mark (@nycosplayer) ends this series in style with a Night of the Living Dead-black and white version of the Haunted Cosplay (@hauntedcosplay) look, completing the circle of this good and scary cosplay. It remains to be seen whether the MCU will ever get a real-world take on a superhero zombie apocalypse, but fans shouldn't worry, as the animated arm of the MCU will soon get a Marvel Zombies television show on Disney+ in October 2025ensuring that Ant-Man could get a new zombified appearance, as long as they first took Scott Lang's head out of the jar.
Sources: @assombradocosplay and @nycosplayer