Kang Was Also Known As Rama-Tut From Earth-6311

Nathaniel Richards was born in the 30th century Earth-6311. He built a time machine that looked like a sphinx and traveled to ancient Egypt. While there, Kang used his advanced weapons and robots to conquer the natives. This angered the god Khonshu (who we know is linked to Moon Knight). After that, he would rule the ancient Egyptians as their new pharaoh, Rama-Tut. He would spend much of his time searching for the world’s first mutant En Sabah Nur.

Kang Created Multiple Variants Of Himself With Different Professions

The version of Kang in Loki was a scientist, but not all of them were the same. Kang traveled through time so often that he created an endless amount of duplicates. This works great if you were going to be late for work. The Kangs randomly popped up throughout history, sometimes at the same time (makes me think of the Spider-Man meme where they're all pointing at each other). Kang's duplicates could be anything from businessmen, military tacticians, inventors, or even different versions of other Marvel characters. At this point, it is almost impossible to know which Kang was the original, or if the real one still lived given the number of times Kang had been killed by someone or by another version of himself.

Ravonna And Kang Were A Thing

The Ravonna in Loki was quite different than the one from the comics. Whereas Ravonna in Loki was the head of the TVA, Ravonna from the comics was a woman from the 40th century who hated Kang for conquering her kingdom. Kang's commanders wanted Ravonna executed for her insubordination, but Kang could not do it because he loved her. Kang's commanders then turned on Kang and teamed up with the Avengers to destroy him. However, just as a blast was about to kill Kang, Ravonna sacrificed herself by leaping in the way, saving his life. Before her death, Ravonna reciprocated Kang's love. Ravonna's apparent death was only the beginning of her story as she would later return as the Terminatrix.

Among Several Other Versions, Kang Was Also Immortus, The Master Of Time

Eventually, over time, Kang would get tired of losing loved ones and became Immortus. At this time, Kang's powers had no room to level up. Kang decided to give up his time as Kang and instead serve the Time-Keepers, who were aliens from the end of the universe. The Time-Keepers chose Immortus as their sort of Wizard of Oz to defend the timelines from those who would disrupt them. Immortus would even fight on the side of the Avengers and other heroes while battling his former self in defense of the timeline. It is all very meta.

Kang The Younger Became Iron Lad And Created The Young Avengers

Iron Lad was the founding member of the Young Avengers who looked very similar to Iron Man. Not only did the older Kang become wise by becoming Immortus, the younger Kang also chose good by becoming Iron Lad. When Kang traveled back in time to convince his younger self to accept his destiny as the conqueror, the plan backfired. So if you could go back in time to give your younger self advice, don't bother. You would just make a giant mess of the universe. Iron Lad would eventually grow tired of being the good guy and reverted back to his old Kang self.

Kang Raised The Apocalypse Twins In Order To Eradicate Mutants

No, the Apocalypse Twins were not tag-team wrestling champions. The Apocalypse Twins Uriel and Eimin, whose birth and rise to power led the mutant race, threatened Kang's rule. Kang knew this and took preventative measures by kidnapping the twins while they were babies. Let's just say Kang was not going to win any Father of the Year awards. When the Apocalypse Twins were teens, they escaped and got their revenge against their adoptive father, Kang, bringing about their own rule. Kang's machinations were ultimately discovered as a plan to eliminate all mutants, although he would eventually be stopped by the Uncanny Avengers.

Kang Had His Own Version Of Avengers

The Avengers were pretty tough. Like most bad guys, Kang preferred to have someone else do the fighting for him. He created the Anachronauts, who were Kang's enemies that he had defeated in the past. Now, they would work and fight for him.

Kang Raised Black Bolt's Son To Destroy The Inhumans

Remember the television series The Inhumans? I hope not. The Inhuman king Black Bolt sent his son, Ahura, to the past with Kang to save him from the attack that would lead to the current Secret Wars event. Kang agreed to do so only if he could keep Ahura. Instead, Kang manipulated Ahura into wiping out the Inhumans. The Inhumans were forced to kill the adult Ahura (Kang), but they were able to save the young Ahura from the past (confusing, I know). While Kang already had deep-rooted ties to the Avengers and Fantastic Four, this gave Kang a solid link to the Inhumans as well. It made Kang an even more significant villain in the Marvel universe.

Kang Could Have Two Very Famous Fathers

What may, in fact, be the funniest thing about Kang was his real name, Nathaniel Richards from Earth-6311. Does the last name Richards sound familiar? Although it was never confirmed, it had been teased that Kang could be a descendant of Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic. However, Kang actually thought the Latverian monarch Doctor Doom was an ancestor. These possible familial links were explored in numerous ways by multiple different writers, further complicating Kang's origins. Let's face it, Kang had more iterations that the 80’s slasher movies. As a constant antagonist of the Fantastic Four, these possible connections made the villain all the more intriguing. Kang, I am your father!

Kang Came From The 30th Century

Kang was best known as the genius from the future and the numero uno time traveler in the Marvel universe who loved to conquer (why? because he could). With the MCU introducing time travel in Avengers: Endgame in 2019, the buildup to Kang made perfect sense. Some expect Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to be his official introduction. His time-traveling abilities had always set him apart and made Kang one of Marvel's most intriguing villains.

Source(s): CBR

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