Kang (comics)

Kang the Conqueror
Cover of Uncanny Avengers #12 (Sep. 2013) Art by John Cassaday.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Rama-Tut: Fantastic Four #19 (Oct. 1963) As Kang: The Avengers #8 (Sep. 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Nathaniel Richards
Team affiliations	Council of Kangs Cross-Time Kangs
Notable aliases	Iron Lad, Rama-Tut, Victor Timely, Scarlet Centurion, Immortus
Abilities	Expert historical scholar Master physicist, engineer, technician, hand to hand combatant and tactician Genius-level intellect Resistance to radiation Access to advanced technology via "time-ship" Slowed aging via time travel Wears highly advanced battle armor that grants: Enhanced strength Energy, hologram and force-field projection 30 day supply of air and food Ability to control other forms of technology As Rama-Tut: Use of "ultra-diode" ray-gun

Kang the Conqueror is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In 2009, Kang was ranked as IGN's 65th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Kang first appears in The Avengers #8 (Sep. 1964), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

Nathaniel Richards, a scholar born in the 30th century, becomes fascinated with history and discovers the time travel technology created by Victor von Doom. Richards then travels back in time to ancient Egypt c. 2950 B.C., aboard a Sphinx-shaped timeship, to become the Pharaoh Rama-Tut, with intentions of claiming En Sabah Nur—the mutant destined to become Apocalypse—as his heir. Though briefly blinded in a crash, a radioactive herb restores his sight after frightening the Egyptians by firing his ray-gun. Richards' rule lasts for a time, until his defeat by time-displaced heroes from the 20th century, the Fantastic Four, who had traveled back in time (with some help from a time-traveling Doctor Strange and Khonshu). The Fantastic Four are placed under mind-control by Rama Tut's Ultra-Diode Ray; he makes Susan Storm his Queen, puts Ben Grimm to work on the ship, plants Reed Richards as a lookout for his armies, and makes Johnny Storm his court jester. The four of them escape in the Sphinx, while Tut flees back into time, and an explosive device destroys the Sphinx. He eventually returns to rule in ancient Egypt, and encounters the time-traveling West Coast Avengers.