Loki introduced "He Who Remains" in the first season finale, which fans have inferred is none other than Kang The Conqueror, among the greatest Avengers supervillains from Marvel Comics. Kang lacks superhuman abilities, but he possesses incredible powers in the comics that the MCU is sure to realize in live-action.

He achieves his ruthless aims with advanced technology from the far future and creates endless Kang variants by tampering with the timestream. Whether it's Kang himself, Rama Tut, or Iron Lad from the Young Avengers, Kang utilizes a broad array of powers to use against his enemies and sometimes, himself.

Updated on November 12th, 2022 by Darby Harn: The first trailer for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania shows Kang The Conqueror in all his glory for the first time in the MCU. This Kang variant appears to embody the character's most terrifying powers and abilities, including a vast army and highly advanced technology. These powers come straight from Marvel Comics, where Kang returns, again and again, to try and conquer the past, the future, or sometimes both. Some powers prove unique to particular Kang variants, making the comics a good primer for fans wondering what to expect with The Multiverse Saga's Big Bad.

15 Time Travel

Since he made his debut in Avengers #8 in 1963, numerous powerful Kang variants have menaced the Marvel Universe, some more powerful than others. Comic fans know that Kang The Conqueror rules over Marvel Universe's biggest time travelers, an achievement that his alter ego Nathaniel Richards was able to realize in the 31st century.

Richards actually builds off Doctor Doom's time travel technology, including ambitious inventions like the Time Platform in Marvel Comics' present day. Richards then used that technology to travel forward and backward in time, developing even greater technologies as he went.

14 Longer Lifespan

Kang The Conqueror initially seems to be middle-aged in his first appearances, but he later reveals he's actually over seventy years old. By the 31st century, medical advances stretched the human lifespan considerably, and he ages very slowly compared to modern people.

He used this to his advantage against his enemies in the present day, becoming a persistent threat across decades and even centuries. His elongated lifespan becomes even more menacing considering he has so many variants. These variants vary in age dramatically from the prime Kang.

13 Intellect

Kang The Conqueror's greatest power lies in his advanced intellect. Nathaniel Richards harnessed the power of time travel and then continued to accumulate knowledge through time, including from the 40th century when he met Ravonna Renslayer, who became his love interest.

He demonstrates a vast knowledge of history and technology from numerous timelines and realities, giving him an almost cosmic awareness rivaling other powerful Marvel Comics cosmic beings.

12 Technological Prowess

Kang displays his technological prowess from his very first image in Marvel Comics. The cover for Avengers #8 shows him holding back the Avengers with a force field, an impressive feat for any villain. He invented antigravity floating chairs and other unique weapons, including the Damocles Base, his giant sword-shaped spaceship that he launches his conquests from.

Throughout the best Kang The Conqueror story arcs, he invents numerous technologies. These include his time ship, which one variant, Rama Tut, rendered as the ancient Egyptian Sphinx. He also created robotic foot soldiers like the Scarabs who populate his massive armies.

11 Enhanced Strength

Kang possesses no superpowers but effectively gains them through his Battle Armor. The armor gives him super strength, making him among the most powerful villains in Marvel Comics. Kang's enhanced strength comes courtesy the 40th century when he adopted a highly advanced synthetic alloy to produce his suit.

With his armor, Kang gains the agility, speed, and fortitude to go toe to toe with the most powerful Avengers in battle, which, unlike some villains, he actually prefers to do.

10 Enhanced Endurance

Kang's Battle Armor also gives him enormous endurance and stamina. The armor proves highly resistant to most physical attacks, though Captain America has been able to damage the armor with his shield. Kang's armor can take a major beating, though, especially since he can project a force field from the armor.

This field can extend out to varying lengths depending on the Kang variant the Avengers are dealing with. The field repels most conventional attacks, and can even absorb a nuclear blast.

9 Willpower

Kang's greatest comic book strength arguably lies in his willpower. While he commands armies and technologies far beyond his enemies, he frequently meets with failure. That never stops him, though, and his repeated attempts to rule time create infinite Kang The Conqueror variants that rival his own ambition.

Kang refuses to yield, seeking greater power and devising more elaborate schemes. His willpower often leads to chaos, as it did when he destroyed The Council of Kangs, a multiversal body embodying his countless variants.

8 Energy Blasts (Iron Lad)

Numerous Kang The Conqueror variants populate Marvel Comics. Iron Lad, the Young Avengers' leader and founder, ranks with the most powerful. He wears a suit of armor as well, but an advanced one that can fire powerful energy blasts. These blasts appear far more destructive than the concussive blasts Kang's Battle Armor produces.

Like Kang's armor, Iron Lad also derives super-strength from the suit. Iron Lad will likely appear in the MCU at some point given that the Young Avengers are a team that the MCU seems to be building toward by introducing Kate Bishop, Cassie Lang, Kid Loki, and other characters.

7 Weapon Summoning

Kang's ability to time travel not only gives him almost exclusive knowledge from across space and time but access to it. This allows him to summon weapons from any period in history that he has visited or obtained knowledge of. No defense exists for these highly advanced weapons in the present day.

Kang wields weapons like a neutrino-ray warhead missile launcher, a weapon of mass destruction that he miniaturized into a handgun. He also leverages the Growing Man, an android Kang acquired from a world he conquered in the future.

6 Flight (Iron Lad)

Iron Lad wields one power other Kang The Conqueror variants mostly don't have. The armor's neurokinetic nano-metal allows Iron Lad to fly at impressive speeds. Despite the fact he served on a team that included a powerful Loki variant, this made Iron Lad a powerful Young Avenger.

The armor also changes shape and function according to Iron Lad's thoughts, and even operates independently from him, like some powerful Iron Man variants in Marvel Comics.