10 Comics Characters Who Have Defeated Kang The Conqueror

10. Ahura - Uncanny Inhumans #4

Black Bolt, leader of the Inhumans, has had to make a lot of desperate plays over the years to ensure his people's continued survival. One of his most desperate plays came in the storyline Time Runs Out, where - in order to save his son Ahura from the impending destruction of the multiverse at the hands of the Beyonders, hands him to Kang for safekeeping.

Black Bolt probably knew damn well that this move would bite him in the ass, but hey, desperate times.

In the following Uncanny Inhumans series that followed in the wake of the Secret Wars reboot, Black Bolt learns just how egregiously Kang has cheated him in their deal. Kang did indeed keep his end of the bargain, keeping Ahura safe from the destruction of the Marvel universe, he also took it upon himself to mentor the boy. When Black Bolt goes to confront Kang, he finds not Nathaniel Richards, but his son has taken up the mantle, as his "father" has been long dead.

But two can play the time travel game, so the Inhumans manage to go back in time before Kang's brainwashing has really taken hold, and coax Ahura back to the side of good. When Kang intervenes, Ahura uses his Inhuman powers - the ability to possess others, to take over Kang's body and force him to surrender.