Gamechanging Avengers 5 Theory Reveals Kang Returns As A Hero
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania!Kang the Conqueror could return as a hero in Marvel Studios' Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. The MCU's Phase 5 kicked off with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, released on February 17, 2023, which introduced the world to Kang the Conqueror, a variant of Jonathan Majors' previous role of He Who Remains in Loki season 1. Scott Lang and his size-changing team were pitted against the Multiverse Saga's overarching villain, fighting to keep Kang from escaping his Quantum Realm prison, and eventually succeeding in apparently defeating their time-traveling foe, but Kang's many variants will pose a huge threat in Phase 5 and beyond.
Both He Who Remains and Kang the Conqueror have warned the MCU's heroes about the greater threat that their variants pose to the multiverse, suggesting that they both are the only ones who can stop the onslaught of the Council of Kangs. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's post-credits scenes introduced the Council of Kangs to the MCU, including the likes of Rama-Tut, Immortus, a Skrull variant of Kang, and hundreds of other versions from various timelines. With Phase 5 set to build up the threat of the Kangs before the climactic Avengers: The Kang Dynasty in Phase 6, Earth's Mightiest Heroes might already have their unexpected secret weapon.