Raymond Pym (Earth-5430)

"Well, I..I don't see being a hero only as something "cool" or "badass", but rather, being someone who would be able to put your life behind the lives of others. For me, that's what it takes to be a hero."

- - Ray Palmer to a reporter during his 2008 TED Talk

After discovering an mysterious component on a expedition to the Quantum Field, scientist and PhD Raymond "Ray" Pym discovered what he named the Pym Particles, capable of reducing him to the size of an atom. Taking the name of his powers, Pym would become the Astonishing Atom, very much underestimated, never to be toyed with.

Ray is also married with heroine Wasp, his long-time partner against crime, as well as scientific supporter on Pace University.