He finds it simple to conquer the planet, expanding his dominion throughout the galaxy, and reinvents himself as Kang the Conqueror. Nathaniel then tries to return to the 31st century, but overshoots by a thousand years, discovering a war-torn Earth that uses advanced weapons they no longer understand. He plans to dispose of all of them, but the Avengers manage to force him from the timeline, where a divergent version of him becomes Victorex Prime, archenemy of the Squadron Supreme. He later designs an armor based on Doom's and, calling himself the Scarlet Centurion, pits the Avengers team against alternate-reality counterparts. An embittered Nathaniel Richards travels forward to the 20th century where he meets Doctor Doom, whom he believes might be his ancestor. The pharaoh's rule is cut short when he is defeated by the time-displaced Fantastic Four. He then travels back in time to ancient Egypt aboard a Sphinx-shaped timeship and becomes the Pharaoh Rama-Tut (while a variant of him is simultaneously recruited by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) as Chronomonitor #616), with plans to claim En Sabah Nur-the mutant destined to become Apocalypse-as his heir. Nathaniel Richards, a 31st-century scholar and descendant of Reed Richards' time traveling father Nathaniel, becomes fascinated with history and discovers the time travel technology created by Victor von Doom, another possible ancestor of his. However, subsequent publications, such as Avengers Forever #9 (August 1999) and Doctor Doom #6 (March 2020), have continued to present Kang's ancestry as ambiguous, suggesting he may descended from one, both, or neither of the two men, in particular Kristoff Vernard: Doom's adoptive son and a half-sibling of Reed. 2 #39 (July 1992), a fact later incorporated into the primary continuity of the Marvel Universe.
Building on this, Kang's birth name was revealed to also be "Nathaniel Richards" in What If…? Vol. A decade later, the character of Immortus, previously introduced in Avengers #10 (November 1964), was retroactively established to be a future identity of Kang's in Giant-Size Avengers #3 (February 1975).įantastic Four #273 (December 1984) heavily implied that Kang was not descended from Doom, but from Reed Richards' father Nathaniel, via one of Reed's many half-siblings. After a second appearance the following year in Fantastic Four Annual #2 (September 1964), the character appeared again in The Avengers #8 (published the same month), also by Lee and Kirby, which revealed that Rama-Tut had gone on to travel to the year 4000, where he had adopted the identity of Kang. This issue introduced the pharaoh Rama-Tut, a criminal from the year 3000 who had travelled back in time and conquered ancient Egypt, and who was implied to be a descendant (or possibly future incarnation) of Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom.
The character who would become best known as Kang first appeared in Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Since 2021, Majors also appears in the Loki series, in which he plays He Who Remains and Victor Timely. He made his feature film debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), portrayed by Jonathan Majors, who also portrayed Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Victor Timely, Immortus, Scarlet Centurion, Chronomonitor #616, and the wider Council of Kangs in the film's mid-credits scene, and will reprise the roles in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2025) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2026). Kang has made media appearances in animated television and video games. Kang the Conqueror has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful villains. Other characters to assume the title of "Kang" include Kang's sons Marcus and Ahura Boltagon, and Ravonna, as well as alternate versions of Sue Storm and Kamala Khan. A time-traveling entity and descendant of the scientist of the same name, several alternate versions of Kang have appeared throughout Marvel Comics titles over the years, including his respective future and past heroic selves, Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Immortus, the Scarlet Centurion, Victorex Prime, Victor Timely, Iron Lad, Chronomonitor #616, and Qeng Gryphon. Kang the Conqueror is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963). Kang the Conqueror ( Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Ability to control other forms of technology.Energy, hologram and force-field projection.Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability.
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