Ant-Man's Embarrassing Enemy, Egghead

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Ant-Man's early Silver Age appearances were pretty wacky. Today, for fun, we break down a weird story involving his arch-enemy Egghead, a guy who is bald and people say is smart but doesn't seem to be too smart.

[LARKXHIN]

I like how Egghead had to read several books and watch documentaries to reach “sticky paper stops bugs.”

[JagoHazzard]

My favourite character is the cop with the terrible attitude to gun safety. Like, "Well done, Ant-Man, you-" BLAM! "Guys, it looks like Ant-Man perished in his struggle!"

[toonbat]

EGGHEAD: "Help me, ants, and I will free you from Ant-Man!"
ANTS: "Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom!"

[peacetotheworld]

Unrelated, but I'm really surprised Ant-Man has never had a villain associated with anteaters. It feels so natural, but nothing has ever come up

[andrewjefferson]

I've been betrayed by the ants before. They pretended not to know me at a party THEY invited me to and then laughed at me. They can be so cruel

[robertwoods]

"You believe throwing dynamite is a martial art?"

"Hey, as long as it works"

[Norvo]

Considering Ant-Man's rogues' gallery contained communist gorillas from Berlin, a guy who picked the name Human Top and Madame X, a villain with the power of crossdressing, Elias Starr was at least using his head when he picked Egghead. They could have named him Hubert Dumpy in the mighty Marvel manner ;-)

[edward]

Also, Stan has admitted multiple times that he didn't know anything about science and would in fact just make stuff up.

[spoogtastic]

I always giggle when I see Kirby draw bald guys, all look like giant babies. Hilarious.

[jamesbudd]

Comic Tropes continues to be one of the best and most positive comic book channels. Really love your comedic videos of late, this one was a blast!

[corwin]

The psychology of ants? "I think it all begin when I was a larva. I was never held as a pupa..."

[Reddotzebra]

On the topic of ant pheromones, did you know that the ant pheromone for "Oh god I'm being crushed to death, please dispose of my mangled corpse for the good of the colony" is close enough to the cat pheromone for "I like this place and have decided to add a smelly reminder to it in case I forget" that cats go absolutely crazy over stomped ants.
This is actually what's in the majority of those scent sprays that companies sell to make cats less anxious about new homes.

[jordanloux]

Not like Batman's Egghead. That dude was awesome, and was played by Vincent Price!

[jamesdlin]

Criminals: If we don't get rid of Ant-Man soon, we'll starve to death!
Also criminals: We'll give you a $10, 000 down payment to defeat Ant-Man!

Also:
Ray Palmer: We could solve world hunger by shrinking food!

[WoobooRidesAgain]

3:30

The entire idea of somebody picking up a chunk of a white dwarf star and hauling it to their car is so ludicrous it has me howling. For some idea of just how much your average white dwarf star weighs, a tea spoon of white dwarf material is stated to weigh as much as four billion tons, far exceeding the weight of Mount Everest.

It's the kind of silliness in comic books that I dearly love.

[Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

To be fair, I would find a man throwing sticks of dynamite quite intimidating.

[PaulFagundes]

As nutty as this story is, there’s still a certain charm in it that (for me, at least!) makes up for the lack of sophistication.

[SirMrHowell]

I still remember Egghead from the superhero squad where he was voiced by Newman from Seinfeld. Great fun! Great episode, sir!

[theflashfan]

The early Silver Age is so full of these weird, quirky stories, I love it. A lot of Flash's encounters with his Rogues in this era always seem to head towards body horror if played straight

[Mordecrox]

"But how will it react on a human's mind?"

Reminds me of Astro Guy/Atomic Guy from the King of The Monsters game; A brilliant scientist who made himself giant to fight the kaijus, only to find that his intellect isn't so sharp as a giant and eventually deteriorated into a mindless brute.