Who Is Kang? A Guide to the MCU’s New Thanos
is the MCU’s next Thanos-like villain. The character was kind of introduced in last year’s Disney+ series “Loki” – we say “kind of” because the version of the character in that show was actually a variant of Kang, but not Kang himself.Regardless, Jonathan Majors is stepping into the shoes of Josh Brolin and will be causing all kinds of havoc for our favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes, as evidenced by the title of “Avengers 5” – “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.”But who is Kang, how does he fit into the MCU, and what exactly is the Kang Dynasty? All your questions answered below.The character of Kang the Conqueror first appeared in Marvel Comics way back in 1963, in an issue of “Fantastic Four.” That iteration wasn’t quite Kang either, but a variant known as Rama-Tut, while “Kang” debuted in an issue of “The Avengers” in 1964.He is a time-traveling entity who has many different past and future selves, which poses a problem for those trying to pin him down.