Doctor Strange 2 Already Made Kang A More Terrifying Villain Than Thanos
The implications of multiversal travel in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness show why Kang the Conqueror might be a more terrifying villain than Thanos. Kang is the presumed next big bad of the MCU. The Disney+ series Loki introduced a variant of Kang, known as "He Who Remains," who explains the dangers of multiversal war. In Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, theexploration of incursion events shows why «He Who Remains» was so worried about the arrival of his evil counterpart.
Kang is next set to appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but the MCU is already laying the foundation for the character. Kang is one of Marvel's oldest villains, both in the continuity of the story and with his first comic appearance being in 1964. He is also one of the more complex villains, with varied personas across several timelines. He is originally Nathaniel Richards, a distant relative of his namesake, born on an alternate Earth who takes on many names, including Immortus and Iron Lad. Unlike most of the huge threats in the Marvel universe, Kang does not possess supernatural powers but instead uses his superior intellect and knowledge of the multiverse.
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Kang might not be more powerful than Thanos from a strictly physiological standpoint, but his knowledge of how the multiverse works makes him a higher-level threat in the MCU. Thanos, empowered by the Infinity Stones, only affected the universe where he was present. In Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the alternate version of the Avengers on Earth-838, the Illuminati, had to deal with their own Thanos, which shows he was only a universal threat. The introduction of incursions,
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