10 MCU Moments & Characters Marvel Could Retcon As Being Kang The Conqueror
Marvel Studios could retcon several moments from the MCU's history to include Kang the Conqueror, the Multiverse Saga's major villain. Jonathan Majors debuted as a variant of Kang the Conqueror, He Who Remains, in Loki season 1, before starring as the Conqueror himself in Phase 5's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Though not much is yet known about Kang's backstory in the MCU, his ability to travel through time makes his story more complex than most. This also creates the opportunity for Marvel Studios to easily integrate Kang into the history of the established MCU, which could explain some major mysteries from the MCU's past.
The concept of time travel was first introduced to the MCU during Avengers: Endgame, as the remaining Avengers embarked on the Time Heist to collect the Infinity Stones from various periods in the MCU's history. These actions indirectly led to Kang the Conqueror and his numerous variants being unleashed on the cosmos, as the Sacred Timeline was destroyed in Loki season 1, and the multiverse was unraveled. Each variant of Kang, whose real name is Nathaniel Richards, helms from a different timeline and a different era of history, so several teases from the MCU's past could be explained by having Kang the Conqueror be involved.