Speaking with Empire, Ant-Man 3 director Peyton Reed described Kang the Conqueror as an “an all-timer antagonist,” noting that the time-traveling villain will be "very different" from He Who Remains: “Kang The Conqueror in our movie is a very different character.
Yet, once the dust settled at the new TVA (now anchored around Loki's Yggdrasil-shaped multiverse), audiences learned that He Who Remains and Victor Timely had nothing to do with the variant of Kang who fought Ant-Man in the quantum realm.
Yes, Kang the Conqueror has already appeared in the Loki TV series. In the season 1 finale of Loki, Sylvie and Loki encounter He Who Remains, a version of Kang the Conqueror played by Jonathan Majors .
Summary. The Council of Kangs, introduced in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, is likely connected to Loki season 2 and will play a key role in upcoming crossover events. The death of He Who Remains in Loki season 1 triggered chaos in the multiverse, leading to the creation of the Council of Kangs.
By far, Loki is now the strongest MCU character. It was shown in season 1 of Loki that Timelines=the universe. Loki held infinity of them with his strength.
The Time-Eater ranks atop the most powerful Kang variants thanks to his assuming Galactus' power. This variant killed Galactus and absorbed the Power Cosmic. He then went on to kill all other Galactus variants he could find, destroying their universes and unraveling the multiverse.
Summary. In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, various versions of Kang are revealed, including Immortus, Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurion, and more. The Council of Kangs, taken directly from Marvel Comics, makes an appearance in the film's mid-credits scene, introducing even more unique Kang variants.
But don't be fooled: The Kang in Quantumania is different from the Kang in Loki (where he was known as He Who Remains). Variants, remember? "Kang The Conqueror in our movie is a very different character," Quantumania director Peyton Reed told Empire in a new interview.
Here's how 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' connects to the 'Loki' series. The "Loki" season one finale introduced an older version of Kang the Conqueror in 2021. "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" sees Scott Lang fight the time-traveling villain. There is some connective tissue between "Loki" and "Quantumania."
Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the MCU Quantum Realm by his own variants in the Council of Kangs due to his attempts to eradicate them and become the sole Kang in the multiverse.
Despite being central to the plot of Loki, Kang hasn't been mentioned at all, as the focus is on Loki's own story and self-discovery. The omission of Kang's name from the script has a deeper meaning - Loki now has the power to write his own destiny.
This, along with the Kang statue in the middle of the TVA, gave the idea of Loki landing in a future where another He Who Remains variant, most likely Kang the Conqueror, had taken over the TVA.
Immortus is an older version of Kang who grew tired of ruling his empire. This Variant acts as the de facto leader of the Kangs, with Ant-Man 3's post-credits scene confirming that he's the one responsible for assembling all of them in the Council of Kangs.
Therefore, Loki season 2 also takes place after the events of that movie too (which spans the period 2018-2023 in the MCU) in a way. In terms of events, Loki also references the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which introduced Kang variant Victor Timely.
Ant-Man has already shown the ability to sabotage technologically-advanced suits like he did with Falcon and Iron Man in previous movies. This could be a key advantage in defeating Kang. However, disabling Kang's suit may not be easy as he is a more dangerous opponent than Falcon and Iron Man.
Loki season 1 introduced Kang as “He Who Remains,” the invisible hand guiding the Sacred Timeline — and the guy that Sylvie, the multiverse's most put-upon Loki variant, wanted to murder.
Kang claims that he found and weaponized the giant cloud monster Alioth and ended the Multiversal War between Kang variants. He then offered the two Lokis to either replace him and run the TVA or kill him and unleash all of his variant selves upon the multiverse, causing another Multiversal War.
Do I have to watch Ant-Man: Quantumania before Loki season 2?
February's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was meant to be a pivotal setup for the Multiverse Saga, including Loki's second season and the first leg of its culminating two-part big-screen event, 2026's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Why Kang would beat Thanos. Kang isn't physically stronger than Thanos, and if the two were to square up in a one-vs-one fight then the Titan would arguably win. However, Kang's knowledge of the multiverse means that would quite literally be several steps ahead of Thanos at all times. As a result, Kang wins this battle ...
But confusingly enough, this wasn't the regular old Kang who brought the Avengers and the Fantastic Four to a standstill time and time again in the comics. This was an eccentric variant of Kang called He Who Remains, who was named such because he's the only one who remained at the Citadel at the End of Time.
In Marvel Comics, the most dangerous version of Kang is none other than Immortus. Introduced in Avengers #10, Immortus represents a later point in Kang's timeline. After years of orchestrating all sorts of time travel shenanigans, the 31st-century time traveler rebranded himself as Immortus.
This isn't the first time that a variant of Kang the Conqueror has died in the Multiverse Saga; it's the third. Firstly, Sylvie killed He Who Remains in the Loki season 1 finale. After that, another variant was killed in the Quantum Realm at the end of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quauntumania by Ant-Man and the Wasp.
In his campaign to destroy the Avengers, comics Kang has had many identities: Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurion, Iron Lad, Victor Timely, Immortus, and of course, Kang the Conqueror.
