10 “Big Picture” Manipulators In Comics
8. Kang The Conqueror
The man who would be Kang, Nathaniel Richards was born in the 30th Century on Earth-6311, a world that never suffered a Dark Age. His counterpart from Earth-616 brought peace to this war-torn world. At age 16, the Richards of this reality attempted to derail his eventual history as Kang and traveled to 616 to form the Young Avengers. He would then begin his eventual role that would define his life: that of a conqueror.
Richards traveled back to Ancient Egypt of Earth-616 and assumed the guise of Pharaoh Rama-Tut. He ruled there until he was ousted by the time-traveling Fantastic Four. He attempted to return to his own time but a time storm dropped him into the current era of 616, where he tried again to return to his own 30th Century but overshot by ten centuries. In the war-torn 40th Century, Richards took the name of Kang and conquered first the Earth and then other planets. He continued to reach back in time and spread his influence to the Modern Era.
Kang and Immortus became regular foes of the Avengers as he attempted various times to conquer various time periods. Immortus and the Scarlet Centurion often ran afoul of the Fantastic Four, and various incarnations of Nathaniel Richards from different Earths and/or different time periods would come into conflict with each other when their goals didn’t align.