WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Ant-Man #3 by Zeb Wells, Dylan Burnett, Mike Spicer and VC's Cory Petit, on sale now.

Spider-Man has famously had plenty of throwdowns with other heroes over different kinds of misunderstandings. While some of those disputes have come from genuine misunderstandings, none of them have ever been as petty as his latest annoyance with Ant-Man.

Spider-Man just got angry at Ant-Man because Black Cat seems to actually like the latter hero, and makes him act like a jealous teenager.

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Calling In Backup

After seeing the full intentions of Macrothrax and his allies in the previous issue, Ant-Man has gone to other heroes for back-up -- partly to get big guns in on the crisis and partly to show his daughter Cassie that he's still a respected hero within the Marvel Universe. His first trip is to Avengers Mountain, where he and Cassie interrupt a dinner the team is having. Although the group agrees that this case is worth their attention, some of them -- like Black Panther and Blade -- are casually dismissive of Scott Lang. Iron Man is able to locate Humbug, a former villain who went good and was briefly a member of Heroes for Hire alongside Black Cat, Misty Knight, Paladin and Shang-Chi during the events of World War Hulk.

Tony is able to put Ant-Man in contact with Spider-Man, so that he can reach out to his ex-girlfriend/partner Black Cat. Ant-Man and Stinger soon head to New York, teaming up with Spider-Man and Black Cat to find out what became of Humbug and if it has any connection to what Macrothrax is planning. Spider-Man initially seems to just pity Scott (accidentally calling him pathetic when he and Stinger are right behind him), saying as much to Black Cat.

As their investigation continues, Spider-Man grows to seemingly outright dislike Scott. Spider-Man complains about his plans, says his jokes aren't funny, and mocks his powers. But as Stinger points out, it's not because of any genuine malice on Spider-Man's part -- instead, it's a very one-sided annoyance.

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Ant-Man vs. Spider-Man

Spider-Man dislikes Ant-Man because Black Cat seems to actually like Scott a little bit. She laughs at his jokes and defends him to Spider-Man during a fight. Scott's attempts to comfort Felicia after they find her friend Humbug's body actually seem to set off Spider-Man's Spidey-Sense. As soon as the mission is done, Spider-Man does his best to make Black Cat leave Ant-Man alone as quick as possible.

As Cassie points out to her Dad after the fact, it's clear that Black Cat liked Ant-Man -- and that Spider-Man had noticed and was getting jealous. It's a nice confidence boost for Ant-Man, especially when Cassie takes notice and points out how cool it is that someone as established as Spider-Man, is jealous of her father.

It's also not a great showing for Peter. His relationship with Black Cat ended years ago and he's even resumed a romance with Mary-Jane Watson. It's weirdly possessive of him to be so aggressive with someone who just met Black Cat, especially when Ant-Man isn't actually coming on too hard. He's just naturally a quick friend to Black Cat, which shouldn't be a problem even if Spider-Man and Black Cat were still together. Maybe there's just a bit of a natural rivalry between the two insect-themed heroes that this brought to the forefront.

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