Kang the Conqueror will be a big threat in phases 4, 5 and 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. call Saga of the Multiverse will have to face a despot capable of controlling entire universes. Of course, this is not too surprising news, since the end of the first season Loki showed what was to come. First, with the breaking of the so-called sacred time line. Later, with the introduction of a mysterious figure The one who staysunclassifiable character played Jonathan Majors. Since then, Marvel has been clear about its intentions. Especially when the character Silvia (Sofia Di Martino) unlocked the possibility of the multiverse by killing the only Guardian of the Citadel of the End Times.
But, more than a surprising plot twist, the arrival The one who stays is a milestone for Marvel films. In particular, this is an announcement of a multi-threat, brutal and traditional for comics. Majors will not only play the lonely and crazy character who died in the final chapter of the Disney+ series, which is actually another option. Kang the Conqueror, actually the most dangerous and ruthless version.
Comic-Con 2022 brought a slew of news, but one of the most relevant was what’s going to happen in the near future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. premiered in November Black Panther: Wakanda Forever this will close the transition stories to the major event. The full arrival of the multiverse was a big novelty in Phase 4 due to the importance an enemy capable of time travel will have over the next five years of Marvel. Actually announced The Multiverse Saga has officially begun.
Everything seems to be subject to a reorganization of the Marvel circuit in the future. At Comic-Con, Kevin Feige’s leaders announced that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Mania This will be the first film of phase 5. A feature film that will also have the difficult task of showing all the faces a villain with dozens of variants and incarnations. Until now, The one who stays he just introduced himself as the creator of TVA (Time Variance Authority). But during his last monologue, he made it clear that he was one of hundreds of options that were ready to face each other for supremacy in the multiverse.
In the last scene of the first season Loki, the protagonist, played by Tom Hiddleston, gets a first look at this character. The image of a giant man in armor, towering over the TVA atrium, is very similar to the image from the comics. Which makes it clear that the new incarnation of the gloomy figure that we will see in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Mania will answer its most dangerous version. And what could it be? meet Kang the Conqueror.
One villain to unite them all
Kang the Conqueror first appeared under the name Rama-Tut in a comic Fantastic Four #19 1963. The following year, he was already identified by the name “Kang” in Avengers #8published in September. In short, it’s about multiverse time-traveling tyrant. On top of that, he uses every resource and technology at his disposal to control every universe at his fingertips. From slightly benign methods like TVA to plans for total conquest; like the ones we’re supposed to see in the next phases of Marvel.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Kang the Conqueror has had countless incarnations. immortal, scarlet centurion, Rama-Tut D iron guy some of them. There was even a brief allusion to the comic in moon knight, in which Mark Spector discovers the alleged sarcophagus of Charlemagne. This is one of the names that the main villain also used at some point in his long journey through the stories of the house of ideas.
The peculiarity of Kang is that each of his incarnations can be a variant – as is the case with The one who stays—; or the same character in different timelines. Which makes confronting his powers and abilities a lot more difficult than intended.
A character with a complex history
But before becoming a multi-world despot, Kang the Conqueror was an ordinary person. He is even related by blood to Reed Richards (Fantastic Four_. The villain was born in the Earth-6311 timeline under the name Nathaniel Richards in the 30th century. As revealed by Major’s character in Lokithen he was a scientist who discovered how to travel through time. But later, ambition got the better of him, and he became a caring being, ready to completely invade the multiverse.
One of the most interesting moments Kang the Conqueror that he is not really a man of extraordinary ability. Just like Tony Stark his abilities depend on technology, his formidable intelligence and courage.. He also wears futuristic armor of incredible strength and durability. And while that’s the only thing that connects him to Stark, he’s arguably the multiverse version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most beloved hero. What else is confusing and, perhaps, an interesting parallelism between the two characters.
Many Faced Kang the Conqueror
The one who stays
This is the option we met in the season finale Loki. He is also the creator of TVA and the one who enforced strict controls on the sacred timeline to prevent it from stratifying. This version of Kang first appeared in Thor 2451976, with some parallels to its future version live action. Among them is the one want to empty all the universes in favor of one. In the end, Thor and Jane Foster managed to stop him from continuing his siege of reality. AT Loki his death opens the multiverse, as well as the possibility of all variants of it appearing.
immortal
Immortal is an older version of Kang the Conqueror that first appeared in Avengers #10 in 1964. In the comic, he tried to do the same as The one who staysin Loki: Maintain the integrity of the timeline. But his younger version tries to confront him and avoid him.
In Marvel mythology, the Guardians of Time gave him the ability to be vigilant in multiple timelines at the same time. And in fact, it is so, although its intentions are not always completely clear. Actually, tends to interfere in their own favor. For example, allowing – and manipulating situations – so that a relationship began between Scarlet Witch and Vision. Immortus was convinced that Wanda’s children would be a multiverse danger, so he tried to prevent their birth. But he never expected Mephisto’s intervention in the concept of Wicca and Speed.
Nathaniel Richards
The origin of all versions of the villain is a 16-year-old robotics student in the 30th century. And, oddly enough, he saves his life thanks to the intervention of Kang the Conqueror. This character is a direct descendant of Reed Richards, as well as the human version of what would later become a despotic and cruel being.
You can see the interpretation Jonathan Majors like Kang and his variants in the first season LokiAnd in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Maniawhich opens February 17, 2023 in theaters worldwide.
