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Originally Posted by Kylo Ren
But, could [Show spoiler]Kang really match Thanos's power? Is he a serious threat to the universe? Not too familiar with him. |
He doesn't possess Thanos' raw power. However, he's incredibly crafty and manipulative.
[Show spoiler]He basically has dominion over the timestream so he could wreak havoc that way, doing what the Avengers did to defeat Thanos in Endgame. I think Kang was described as the ultimate villain for the Avengers once because just as you defeat him, he can be back one second later. For the Avengers it'll only be one second later, but Kang could have spent hundreds of years in the timestream preparing for this moment and then return to the precise moment of his defeat, this time ready with a new plan. And this something he could continue to do over and over until he succeeds. He also has multiple incarnations, depending on what part of the timestream he's been plucked from, so an older, wiser version of him (such as Immortus) could serve as an ally for the Avengers.
Another connection to him is that he considers himself to be the descendant of
[Show spoiler]Doctor Doom. Back when he first debuted, he and Doom both believed that Kang was perhaps a future version of Doom. Later on, it was retconned so that Kang was really a descendant of Reed Richards, or Reed's father Nathaniel Richards anyway.