The council of Kangs is coming for Earth 616! In this video we explain the deadly new villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what they mean for the future of the MCU. Immortus, Rama-Tut, and the mysterious third leader that may have been hinted at in Loki.
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Phase 5 of the MCU has officially begun with Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania. Featuring Jonathan Majors as the MCU’s next big bad, Kang the Conqueror. But this isn’t the first time we’ve met a variant of the character, He Who Remains was also played by Majors in the season finale of Loki. And we see this trend continue in the post credits scenes of Quatnumania where Majors plays thousands of different variants of Kang.
So we’re going to break down the Kang variants that we met in these post credit scenes-who they are, where they came from, and how they connect to He Who Remains and the Sacred Timeline.
In the comics this group of Kang’s is known as The Council of Kang’s.
Doug: Hey they stole that from Rick and Morty.
Actually buddy, it’s kind of the other way around. The council of Kang’s has been a thing since the late 80’s, but more on that in a bit.
First up we’ve got the Pharaoh himself, Rama Tut. In the 30th century, a bored scientist by the name of Nathaniel Richards constructed a time machine that looked like a sphinx. He then traveled back in time to ancient Egypt where he utilized his genius and advanced technologies to perform his first conquer.
Now this story unfolded in the pages of 1961’s Fantastic 4 #19. At the time, the character of Kang didn’t exist. But, the story was later retconned to have Rama Tut be a variant of Kang the Conqueror.
In the original ‘61 comic, we see Rama Tut escape the Fantastic 4. But over a quarter century later in 1986’s Avengers 269, we learn that Rama Tut’s escape led to an encounter with Dr. Doom.
This encounter inspired Rama Tut to take on a new persona, the Scarlet Centurion, another Kang variant we think we may have met in this post credit scene.
Now we’re actually not certain that this variant is Scarlet Centurion. For one, he’s not red, he’s like a purply, blue color. And he’s a lot more mechanical. Another possibility is that this is an adult version of Iron Lad, a Kang variant who went down the path of the hero, but later succumbed to his destiny and became Kang the Conqueror.
My guess is that we’ll likely hear this variant be referred to as simply “The Centurion.”
Next we have the Pope Variant of Kang, Immortus.
Doug: (Mumbling, trailing off) Aha, because he has a tall hat and robes, that’s a funny observation, person. I love observational humor. Seinfeld’s probably my favorite, I mean what is the deal with airport food after all?
If you’re a fan of the channel you’ve likely heard us talk about how the He Who Remains variant from Loki was basically a take on the character of Immortus. You see, in the comics, He Who Remains isn’t a Kang variant at all. He’s his own independent character, separate from Kang.
He Who Remains resides at the Citadel at the End of Time and oversees the TVA, just like in the MCU. But, in the MCU, he has a very different design. Instead of a decrepit old man, he looks a lot like Immortus. In fact, concept art from Loki reveals that He Who Remains was indeed based on Immortus’ design from the comics.
Now Immortus, like He Who Remains, also resides in a place that exists outside of time-a pocket reality known as Temporal Limbo.
Another similarity is that Immortus successfully tricked the Council of Kang’s into eliminating all other Kang’s from the multiverse. This guaranteed that Immortus would become the only Kang variant in existence. Similar to how the MCU’s He Who Remains has seen to it that he is the only Kang variant in all of existence. [clip]
Now before we move on to all the Kang’s we saw in the arena and the Kang variant we met in the 2nd post credit scene. Let’s talk about this shot of the multiverse, and what used to be the Sacred Timeline
So if you’ve seen Loki, this will look very familiar. In the Loki final we were introduced to the concept of The Sacred Timeline. A series of timelines or universes threaded together like strands of a rope. These timelines run parallel to one another in a circular motion, and they happen again, and again, and again. [clip, Mobius]