Appearing in "Kang, The Conqueror!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Kang the Conqueror ⏵ (First appearance as Kang the Conqueror) (Main story and flashback)
- 40th Century Kang's Barbarian Army (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- NYPD
- U.S. Army (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed General
- Numerous unnamed soldiers (Main story and flashback)
- Defense Department
- Paul R. Ignatius (First appearance) (Topical Reference)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
- Rama-Tut (Only in flashback)
- Ant-Man's Ants
- President of the United States (Mentioned)
- United Nations
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians
- Ants
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Moon, Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
- Asgard (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-6311 (Only in flashback)
- Subspace
Items:
- Giant-Man's Suit
- Iron Man Armor MK II
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Mjolnir
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Kang Armor (First appearance)
- Kang's Time Chair (First appearance)
- Kang's Anti-Grav ray
- Kang's Anti-matter screen
- Kang's Attractor ray
- Kang's Energizer tank
- Stark/Pym's Power ray
- Kang's Force field
- Neutrino missile
Vehicles:
- Kang's Timeship (Main story and flashback)
- Avengers' Plane
Synopsis for "Kang, The Conqueror!"
Kang the Conqueror comes to rule Earth. The Avengers attack and are beaten and captured, apart from the Wasp. She and Rick Jones form a plan and get onto Kang's ship and free the Avengers. The Avengers battle Kang again and manage to defeat him by destroying his suit which controls all his weapons. Kang is forced to flee back into his time.
Notes
- In this issue, Captain America's shield is mistakenly described as being made of "steel."
- Thor was last seen in Journey Into Mystery #108 battling Loki to save Jane Foster.
- Giant-Man and the Wasp were last seen in Tales to Astonish #59, where they battled the Hulk. They also made a brief appearance in Journey Into Mystery #108, where they attempted to aid Thor's battle with Loki.
- Iron Man last appeared in Tales of Suspense #57 where he battled Hawkeye. He also made a brief appearance in Journey Into Mystery #108 attempting to aid Thor in his battle against Loki
- Although this is Kang's first appearance under the guise of Kang the Conqueror, as he states in this issue, he was formerly known as Rama-Tut. A time-traveler from the year 3000, who was originally trapped in ancient Egypt. He battled the Fantastic Four before escaping into the present back in Fantastic Four #19. In Fantastic Four Annual #2, Rama-Tut ran into Dr. Doom, and this inspired him to take on his guise as Kang the Conqueror.
- The Teen Brigade last appeared in Avengers #6.
- Following his defeat, Kang would appear again in Avengers #11, although his future counterpart Immortus would battle the Avengers in Avengers #10. Kang is a major nemesis to the Avengers, as well as the Marvel Universe. He continues to have numerous appearances in Marvel Comics.
- Thor will appear next in Journey Into Mystery #109.
- Giant Man and Wasp will appear next in Tales to Astonish #60. They also make a small appearance in Tales of Suspense #58.
- Iron Man and Captain America would both appear in Tales of Suspense #58.
- This story is Job# X-767.
- References: Fantastic Four #19 and Fantastic Four Annual #2
Trivia
- On Page 20, the Teen Brigade is incorrectly mentioned as being led by Rick Brown, rather than Rick Jones.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Giant-Size Avengers #2: A brief origin of Kang and Rama-Tut.