Now with more shrinkage!

Ant-Man’s been in the news a lot over the past few days, but it has nothing to do with his forthcoming sequel release on July 6, just over two months away.

Instead, it’s owing to his conspicuous absence inAvengers: Infinity War; you may have noticed that he was the only comic book movie character ever creatednotfeatured inthe box office behemoth.

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To remind you of his existence, Marvel releasedAnt-Man and the Wasp‘s second trailer two days after Avengers went all Hulk on every box office opening record ever, you know, to maximize their potential marketing audience.

The highlight of this newest campaign? Maximizing Evangeline Lilly’s Wasp’s new partnership with Rudd’s Ant-Man? Not so much. Mostly, it’s about things getting really big and angry, and then getting really small and sad. Then getting big again! And then small. And sad. You see, shrinkage is cyclical, and Marvel went there before I did. Don’t shoot the messenger.

Superman, Elio, and Glordon all looking up

Three characters walking through red water with a massive dinosaur looming over them in jurassic world rebirth next to a boy riding a black dragon in how to train your dragon

Steve, Garrett, and Henry standing on a bridge in front of a Woodland Mansion in A Minecraft Movie.

Five A Minecraft Movie characters standing in a blocky Minecraft forest with a dog.

A Minecraft Movie cast standing together in Minecraft

The Fantastic Four standing in front of a large blue four in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps film.

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The Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts teams from Marvel