let’s dig deep into the Origin Story of Kang the Conqueror and explore a few interesting facts & information about the Marvel Supervillain.
The supervillain was created by the iconic pair of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Kang made his first appearance in the 1963 Comic book ‘Fantastic Four’ (volume 19).
Kang the Conqueror’s character was initially introduced as ‘Rama-Tut’. Later Marvel Comics introduced him as Kang in the 8th edition of the 1964 Comic book ‘The Avengers’.
Being a scholar Nathaniel Richards was mesmerized and engrossed into History.
Like his ancestors Richards (Kang) was also interested in the theme of time traveling and discovered the time traveling technology developed by Doctor Victor Von Doom.
After this event Richards traveled back in time to the ancient Empire of Egypt where he strived to absorb a Sphinx-shaped timeship and become the Pharaoh Rama-Tut.
Nathaniel Richards aka Kang the Conqueror has no godly or superhuman powers.
However, the scholar is a genius who has access to advanced technologies. He’s also an expert engineer, tactician.