Warning: Spoilers for Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #3A crucial member of the its much-anticipated Marvel Zombies series after a successful one-off episode in the What If...? TV series. Based on Mark Millar, Greg Land, and Robert Kirkman's landmark horror series of the same name, it's certain to be a smash hit with fans. However, a certain member of the Avengers has the potential to be the scariest and funniest zombie of the bunch.

In Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #3 by Thomas Krajewski and Jason Muhr, Groot and Hulk come face-to-face with a zombified Ant-Man as he destroys the city in his Giant Man form. Scott Lang is a total monster with his eerie Last of Us-inspired design as he tramples everything in his path. In fact, he's strong enough to withstand the Hulk's attacks, including a tank hurled at him in an effort to slow him down.

This issue is a nightmarish depiction of what a zombie version of Ant-Man can do, and it's sure to excite fans for the possibilities to come in an official adaptation of the Marvel Zombies series.

Scott Lang's Giant Zombie Form Proves He's a Threat to the Marvel Zombies Universe

Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #3 by Thomas Krajewski, Jason Muhr, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Travis Lanham

While this horrifying take on Ant-Man isn't what will necessarily be seen on the small screen due to Scott Lang being a talking head in the series, the implications of what's possible are great. Ant-Man is a threat that can easily get out of hand for the surviving heroes, given how easily Scott takes down both Hulk and Groot at once in this story. They still get back up and try to stop him, but it takes a lot of effort for Groot to finally realize that the key to defeating him is to aim for his shrinking device, not to continue to punch him until he falls down.

These pages alone show the true threat level of any hero with size-altering powers when they don't have control over their bodies. Other characters such as Wasp (who was turned into a zombie in the MCU's Marvel Zombies one-off episode), Yellow Jacket, and even Mystique have abilities that can make them bigger or smaller, making them a prime danger to any survivors of the Marvel zombie apocalypse as they can wreak havoc in giant form.

While Giant Zombie Heroes Are Terrifying, Ant-Man Shows They're Not Quite as Scary the Other Way Around

Tiny Zombies Make Perfect Comic Relief

Perhaps the most unexpected thing about Ant-Man's appearance in Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay is what happens when Groot forces him to shrink down to his tinier form. The tone of his appearance immediately shifts as he snarls and lunges after Groot in the most adorable way. Despite not being as devastating a threat as when he was Giant Man, this swap to comic relief still makes Ant-Man a stand-out zombie because of how much it honors the hilarious potential of the character. He's just too cute to be taken seriously, and it makes for a funny moment of levity in an overall tense story.

The idea of playing into the humor of something epic being hilariously minimal on such a small scale is what made the first film such a big hit with fans.

Plus, what's brilliant about the tinier version of zombie Ant-Man is how much it taps into what Edgar Wright had in mind for the character when he was originally tapped to direct the first MCU film featuring the character. The idea of playing into the humor of something epic being hilariously minimal on such a small scale is what made the first film such a big hit with fans, so to see it played up in Marvel Zombies is a welcome sight. Seeing zombie Ant-Man tackling a toy Hulk alone is enough to get a chuckle out of readers, and it's a perfect way to turn the normally scary monsters into a source of brief comic relief.

Ant-Man's Tiny Zombie Form Possibly Holds a Terrifying Secret

Marvel's Heroes Shouldn't Take Their Eyes Off Him for a Second

While Ant-Man in his shrunken form is shown to be a miniscule threat in Dawn of Decay, there's still room for a few tricks up his sleeves to on the zombie virus. If Scott's jaws are strong enough to break the skin when in this tiny state, he could easily become a transmitter of the epidemic without anyone knowing what's happening.

In a way, he could be like a mosquito that es along disease, and it would be devastating to the Marvel Universe should he be set loose. There's no doubt that he can be incredibly funny as a killing machine that's barely bigger than a pebble, but he packs an even greater punch than any surviving hero would ever expect.

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Overall, Ant-Man has proven himself to be a competent and terrifying hero in Marvel Zombies, no matter what size he takes. Big or small, he's a threat in different ways, with one more obvious than the other. Should another size-altering hero take the reins in the miniseries, it will be interesting to see how much destruction they're capable of causing thanks to their unpredictable power set. Ant-Man and other heroes like him can take the spotlight from other zombified Avengers in the Marvel Zombies storyline, and it opens a wave of potential regarding who exactly would survive against them in a massive outbreak.

Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #3 is available now from Marvel Comics!