Dave Richards (Earth-11584)

History
"'Wait? You shrank and then grew again with that thing? Man I thought I had to drop acid before I had a flashback.'"David Richards is a former thief and petty criminal turned security expert. Little is known about his past, other than he grew up in Oakland, California and was involved with street gangs from an early age. However despite this, Dave claims to have never fired a gun in his life, as he proportedly detests violence. Instead, he acted as a getaway driver for gangs when they would hold up liquor stores or other small time crimes. It was in this way that he came to have a criminal record, doing time as an accessory to various burglaries in the area.

He eventually came to the attention of Luis Sanchez, who recruited him for an unknown heist that was also to include Kurt Tetrovsky and (until he said no) Scott Lang. With that heist off though, Dave was recruited by Scott into helping him steal a piece of equipment from Hank Pym, again driving the getaway car. When the sale of the equipment went south, Dave tried to hightail the group out from the police sting, but Scott was caught in their net. With no hard feelings, Scott recruited Dave and the crew weeks later to help him take down the SHIELD research facility. Dave posed as a maintenance worker and helped Kurt get into the building to plant a computer virus to erase SHIELD's data on the Ant-Man technology.

With the heist a success (and no one any the wiser of Dave's role in the caper), Dave joined with Luis in going "legitimate", forming their own security consulting firm. At last note he and Kurt were hired as subcontractors to help shore up security at a London museum following the heist of a misidentified Wakandan artifact from there.

Powers & Abilities

 * Driving Skill: Dave's primary ability is his driving skill, honed from years of acting as a getaway driver for several street gangs in Oakland.
 * Thief: Through his experience (and being around other experts), Dave has gained an ability to analyze security systems and find their weakpoints, particularly the security of buildings and other sensitive areas.

Weaknesses
Dave possesses no special abilities that would make him less susceptible to harm. He has also claimed to hate violence and to have never fired a gun in his life, which given his line of work might be problematic if ever confronted.

Film Details
Dave Richards appears in the following films in the Earth-11584 continuity. In all cases he is portrayed by actor T.I. Harris.
 * Ant-Man (2015)