Ant-Man started as a nickname, and it has followed Anthony Edwards for years. It fits him, too. The bounce, the grin, the superhero energy he brings to a random Tuesday game in February. adidas is turning it into product. The AE 3 gets an official Marvel colorway named for the hero himself, and it lands in December 2026.
The pair joins a Marvel x adidas lineup built around Avengers: Doomsday, and Edwards plays both sides of it. One AE 3 wears Doctor Doom’s green and silver. This one wears the Ant-Man suit.
A hero and a villain from the same signature line in the same month gives December a storyline that a regular colorway drop can’t match.
adidas Anthony Edwards 3 “Ant-Man”
Style code HP4712 · Unisex sizing · Black/White-Red colorway
Price: $130
Where to buy: More details at adidas
The suit, translated
Black does most of the work. The knit upper, the collar, and the sculpted TPU cage all run black, and then red takes over the tongue, the laces, and the heel clip in one loud block. Behind the cage, the side panels carry a silver-blue graphic that looks like brushed metal in the official photos, as close as a textile gets to Scott Lang’s suit without turning into a costume.
The chevrons carry the design. adidas builds the AE line around that zigzag bridge between the sole and the upper, and here the cage turns it into a frame.
Each black chevron traps a slice of the metal graphic, so the side of the shoe looks like armor plating from across the room.
The Marvel marks stay hidden until the shoe comes off. The insole carries a MARVEL stamp and an Ant-Man helmet print under the heel, a detail built for the person who bought the pair, not the person guarding them. It’s the right call. Themed shoes age better when the loudest branding is the one only the owner ever sees. Most collabs shout. This one whispers.
The heel clip carries the black adidas performance logo, the only brand mark on the outside of the shoe. That restraint keeps the Marvel side of the collab from swallowing the basketball side.
Same AE 3 underneath
Under the costume, nothing changes, and that’s good news for anyone who already likes this shoe. The colorway rides the platform adidas launched in September, when the AE 3 debuted in the Cold Blooded colorway. Dreamstrike EVA foam handles the cushioning, a high-rebound setup built for players who live above the rim. A TPU cage locks the midfoot down on cuts and drives.
The rest of the spec sheet carries over, too. A reinforced toe sits over a two-way stretch knit upper, the combination adidas pitches for stopping on a dime and driving to the rim. Even the outsole gets the treatment here, with a red-and-silver chevron set into the black traction pattern.
Edwards asked for a takeover shoe, and he said so plainly at the launch. “Every time I step on the court, I want a shoe that can help me dominate.”
The AE 3 spreads past him this season, too. Olivia Miles, VJ Edgecombe, Kaleena Smith, and Karim Lopez all wear it across the adidas basketball family, a sign of how hard the brand is pushing the line.
adidas is backing the shoe with a show, because of course it is. MINNATLANTASOTA, an episodic sketch series starring Edwards with other adidas athletes, debuted in September to tell the AE 3’s story across the season. The shoe gets a campaign most signature lines never see, and the Marvel pairs land right in the middle of it.
December belongs to Doom and Ant-Man
The Doom colorway shares the December window, so Edwards fans get a hero and a villain in the same month and have to pick a side. Doom wears his armor on the outside, metallic green over silver, all flash. The Ant-Man pair keeps its suit closer to the skin. It gets my vote of the two. Red and black over a blacked-out cage looks fast standing still. Both pairs sell through adidas.com and select adidas Basketball retailers.
adidas Anthony Edwards 3 “Ant-Man”
Style code HP4712 · Unisex sizing · Black/White-Red colorway
Price: $130
Where to buy: More details at adidas
If you’re buying one AE 3 this season and you want the pair with a story, this is the one. It looks the part, it hides its best detail where only you’ll see it, and it turns a nickname the whole league already uses into the loudest shoe in Edwards’ line so far.
December can’t get here fast enough.
