Kang has arrived. At Comic-Con 2022, Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige made official what many fans had been theorizing for some time: Kang the Conqueror is the MCU's next Thanos-like villain.
Plans for the Marvel Universe may feel like they're set in stone, but if Avengers: Endgame proved anything, it's that both the past and the future can be rewritten. The MCU's future currently lies in the hands of Kang the Conqueror, a villain positioned to be the spiritual successor to Thanos.
Summary. Kang the Conqueror is still planned to be the main villain in the MCU despite Jonathan Majors' assault case, as there has been no official confirmation of his replacement or dismissal.
Kang the Conqueror replaced Thanos as the MCU's newest major villain, but the Infinity Saga's Mad Titan could still return to make Kang seem stronger. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania!
Kang vs. Thanos: Who is stronger? Kang is stronger than Thanos, with the Conquerer being much more challenging to defeat than the Infinity Gauntlet-wielding villain.
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Which Avenger defeats Kang?
Kang alone survives, finding the Avengers waiting as he emerges from the ruin. He tells them he wishes to die fighting. Captain America steps up to battle him alone, shield against sword. The Captain defeats Kang in battle, and takes him into captivity.
However, Kang eventually decided to chance a meeting with Thanos, despite his policy, near the end of The Infinity Siblings storyline, though it was still a choice founded by his fear of the Mad Titan.
Prior to his appearance in Quantumania, though, Majors made his MCU debut in the Season 1 finale of Loki, playing one (of many) variants of his villain Kang the Conqueror named He Who Remains.
Kang has arrived. At Comic-Con 2022, Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige made official what many fans had been theorizing for some time: Kang the Conqueror is the MCU's next Thanos-like villain.
Given the involvement of time-travel, Thanos and Eros recruit the help of Kang, and Thanos ensures that he's put in his place immediately. The Mad Titan makes it abundantly clear that Kang is to refer to him as 'Lord Thanos', and Kang obeys.
While Marvel remains quiet about Majors' future, one report suggests that the studio could replace him with Snowfall star Damson Idris while another might see the MCU quickly introduce Doctor Doom as the new big bad. All episodes of Loki Season 2 are now streaming on Disney+.
The legal troubles of Jonathan Majors may require Marvel Studios to recast him in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but there are options like using a different variant of Kang or recasting him with another actor.
A report from Variety discloses that, in light of Majors' domestic violence allegations, Marvel Studios entertained the notion of replacing Kang with Doctor Doom in the MCU. This proposition was conceived as a contingency plan in response to Majors' legal predicament.
Robert Downey Jr. confirmed that Iron Man 4 is indeed in the works. While negotiations continue for his return, this would mark his 7th appearance in a standalone Marvel movie and his 9th outing as Tony Stark in total.
In the aftermath of his failure, Thor had a new-found determination to kill Thanos and undo the Snap. The remaining Avengers converged on the Titan's home to find him wounded and the Infinity Stones destroyed. Seeking vengeance, Thor raised Stormbreaker and, with one fell swoop, beheaded Thanos.
Galactus was killed by Thor during the "Herald of Thunder" story arc in Thor (vol. 6) #1–6 (March–August 2020), and reappeared after a two-year hiatus in Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #45 (July 2022)—the final issue of the event "Reckoning War"—where Galactus is resurrected by his former heralds.
Even if the fight happens with the stones, it'll very difficult for Thanos to kill Wolverine but eventually, Thanos will win given that he has the most powerful weapon in the world. But if the battle is between Thanos without the gauntlet and Wolverine, then Wolverine will definitely defeat him.
But reading between the lines, Loveness nods to just how different of a character Kang will be from Thanos. Unlike Thanos, Kang has an infinite number of identities. In the comics, Kang has multiple egos spread across timelines and universes, and the Avengers encounter several different versions of him.
The origin of the legendary Ten Rings in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings are shrouded in mystery, but one theory suggests they could come from Kang the Conqueror. With Thanos dead and the Infinity Stones gone in the main MCU timeline, Phase 4 introduced new threats on a larger scale than the Infinity Saga.
He was exiled to the realm by the Council of Kangs — a group made up of other versions of the villain from throughout the multiverse. Quantum Kang was banished because he wanted to slaughter the council so that he was the only version to exist.
Jonathan Majors appeared as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, leading many to wonder whether he's the same variant as He Who Remains from Loki.
While Kang and his evil variants could benefit from ruining or interrupting Thanos' plan, they would risk their own existence without the stability that the Sacred Timeline provides.
