Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Avengers #8 (September 1964). Kang the Conqueror is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. A time-traveler 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, such as Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Immortus, the Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely, Iron Lad and Mister Gryphon. 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. Kang the Conqueror has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful villains. Kang has made media appearances in animated television and video games. 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 many other variants of the character from alternate universes in the film's mid-credits scene. Since 2021, Majors also appears in the Loki series, in which he plays multiple variants of the character, such as He Who Remains and Victor Timely, and will reprise the roles in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Publication history The character who would become best known as Kang first appeared in Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 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. 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. 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).

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Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Avengers #8 (September 1964). Kang the Conqueror is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. A time-traveler 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, such as Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Immortus, the Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely, Iron Lad and Mister Gryphon. 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. Kang the Conqueror has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful villains. Kang has made media appearances in animated television and video games. 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 many other variants of the character from alternate universes in the film's mid-credits scene. Since 2021, Majors also appears in the Loki series, in which he plays multiple variants of the character, such as He Who Remains and Victor Timely, and will reprise the roles in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Publication history The character who would become best known as Kang first appeared in Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 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. 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. 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).

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Avengers #8 (September 1964). Kang the Conqueror is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. A time-traveler 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, such as Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Immortus, the Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely, Iron Lad and Mister Gryphon. 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.

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