Kang the Conqueror - Popular Character Encyclopedia

Quotes

I'm older than I look
Without me and the TVA, everything would be chaos
We'll meet again soon

Trivia

Nathaniel Richards is a different person from Mr. Fantastic's father of the same name.
Various aliases and variants exist, including Immortus and Iron Lad.
'He Who Remains' who appeared in MCU drama 'Loki' is another form of Kang.
Travels to ancient Egypt via time machine and reigns as Rama-Tut.
Even sealed in the quantum realm, plots to seize the energy core.
A representative enemy and simultaneously an important character bearing complex timeline stories.

Alternate names

Kang the Conqueror Nathaniel Richards Rama-Tut Iron Lad Immortus

Profile

Species: Human
Gender: Male
Birth year: 31st Century

Appearance

Overall appearance: Wears a purple Victorian cape, Mongol-style pants, and Genghis Khan-era boots, often donning brainwave-linked armor and mask. Has a futuristic and dignified appearance.
Distinguishing features: Brainwave-linked weapons when wearing the mask

Victorian cape

Mongol-style clothing
Iconic items: Battle Armor

Mask

Time Machine

Energy Core

Time Pad

Personality and abilities

Core personality: Cunning
Detailed personality: Mocks people disdainfully as if hating bugs, while showing composed and exaggerated reactions, and is a strategist who calmly manipulates the future and timelines. A cold-hearted ruler who unfolds history according to his own scenario.
Keywords: Cunning

Calm

Future Person

Time Traveler

Tactician

Ruler

Exaggerated Reactions

Composed

Hostile
Motto: “I'm older than I look”
Talents: Genius-level intellect

Understanding of future technology

Advanced tactical design
Skills: Advanced tactics and hand-to-hand combat abilities

Time travel operation

Piloting of combat battle armor

Energy projection and force field generation

Multiverse knowledge
Motivation: To dominate history and conquer the multiverse. To manage and control timelines, aiming for the integration of the Sacred Timeline.
Habits: Gestures of eating green apples, exaggerated reactions, enjoying tea.
Favorite foods: Green Apple

History

Backstory: Derived from Nathaniel Richards, a future person from the 31st century, he uses ancestral technology to build a time machine and attempts to alter history. Begins domination as Rama-Tut in ancient Egypt, later donning mask and armor to become Kang the Conqueror. Manipulates the multiverse and timelines, with various variants existing. In the MCU, appears as 'He Who Remains,' secretly dominating the Time Variance Authority and managing the Sacred Timeline.
Debut date: 1964-09
Work title: Avengers
Media type: Manga
Episode or chapter: #8

Domination of ancient Egypt using time machine

Significant event: Domination of ancient Egypt using time machine
Description: Nathaniel travels to ancient Egypt, manipulates history as Rama-Tut, and dominates using future technology.

Confrontation with the Avengers

Significant event: Confrontation with the Avengers
Description: Depicted multiple times as an invader from the future obstructing the Avengers.

MCU 'Loki' Season 1 appearance

Significant event: MCU 'Loki' Season 1 appearance
Description: As 'He Who Remains,' plays the role of Sacred Timeline administrator and forces Loki and Sylvie to choose a successor.

MCU 'Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania' appearance

Significant event: MCU 'Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania' appearance
Description: Exiled to the quantum realm, offers a deal to captured Scott, gathers the Kang Council, and plots to defeat the Avengers.

Relationships

Nathaniel Richards (different person with same name)

Father

Ancestral figure from the future. Same name but different person.

Ravonna Renslayer

Spouse

Wife and partner.

Afra Boltagon

Child

Adopted child.

Immortus

Mentor

Member of the Kang Council and Kang's future self. Aims to dominate timelines together but sometimes clashes.

Rama-Tut

Ally

Variant from the Egyptian domination era. Key member of the Kang Council.

Council of Kangs

Council of Kangs: leader

Media appearances

Avengers

Manga / Villain

September 1964 #8

Marvel Future Avengers

Anime / Villain

Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania

Movie / Villain

2023 theatrical release

Loki (TV series)