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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 0:58:12 GMT -5
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96. "Holiday"
Set shortly after the events of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, The Long Halloween follows the crusade of Batman, Captain James Gordon and Harvey Dent to topple mobster Carmine Falcone's crime family. At the same time, however, a mysterious assailant begins killing mafiosi.
The killer's identity remains a mystery for most of the story, but the method is always the same. The killer's weapon is a .22 pistol (using a rubber baby bottle nipple as a silencer) with the handle taped and the serial number filed off. Also, every crime takes place on a holiday and a small trinket representing each holiday is left behind at each of the crime scenes. This is what leads the newspapers come up with the name "The Holiday Killer." Beginning on Halloween and continuing for a full year until the next Halloween, Holiday continues a murderous rampage each month (with the exceptions of April Fools Day, where the killer confronted the Riddler but left him alive, and New Year's Eve where the 'victim' later turned up alive). There are several red herrings that appear in the story to further deepen the mystery.
Clues to Holiday's identity are found throughout, but the identity of the real killer is still unclear.
Suspects include
* Alberto Falcone * Gilda Dent/Two Face * Harvey Dent/Two Face * Salvatore Maroni * Selina Kyle/Catwoman * Carla Vitti
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 1:05:16 GMT -5
The clues to Villians from 95 to 91 are as followed.
* A Message of Hate
* Rome Wasn't Built In A Single Day
* The Cosmic Control Rod
* The Wealthiest Man In Metropolis
* Time Traveling Father
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Apr 16, 2007 3:13:48 GMT -5
No Picture Available 96. "Holiday" While Batman is after Carmine Falcone's crime syndicate, a mysterious killer known as Holiday would be offing criminals himself. Given the name Holiday because of his attacks always being scheduled on a holiday, it is unknown even at this time who he is and why he is committing these crimes. However, regardless of what little we know about this mysterious killer, there are several people who have been suspected as the psychotic vigilante. The main suspects are Alberto Falcone (younger brother of Carmine), Gilda Dent (wife of Two Face), and of course Two Face himself. Other less known suspects involve Salvatore Maroni (Carmine's chief rival), Catwoman (The Riddler's guess), Carla Vitti (mother of a victim of the Falcone Family), as well as Carmine Falcone himself. While this man has only a short term effect, he is still a mystery with many comic book fans. There have been red herrings and the only two people who truly know are perhaps Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, and last I checked, neither are revealing anything. Alberto is Carmine's youngest son, actually.
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Post by Joker on Apr 16, 2007 5:01:10 GMT -5
This should be good. Who voted Hydro-man? ... C'mon own up! lol
The cosmic control rod? That will be Annihilus then
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Post by Funkyjumbo on Apr 16, 2007 6:56:43 GMT -5
Hey I voted Annihillus when he appears and Kang the Conquerer ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 10:36:18 GMT -5
![](http://www.marvel.com/universe3zx/images/a/a2/Psycho-man.jpg) 95. Psycho-Man Psycho-Man is a mad scientist, the leader of a technocracy that governed a system of worlds within a Microverse. Facing overpopulation, he determined that it would be easier to cross other dimensions than to travel to other systems. Deciding that Earth would be an ideal target due to its inhabitants vulnerabilities to his unique weaponry, he used scientific means to enter the normal-sized universe, though he was only able to achieve microscopic size in this world and has to resort to a human-sized, armored exoskeleton to interact with anything not on a microscopic scale. Using a portable device capable of influencing people's emotions, Psycho-Man used a number of human subjects to build a larger-scale version of the machine, one capable of covering the world with its emotion-influencing rays. This effort was thwarted by the Human Torch and The Thing, several members of the Inhumans, and the Black Panther, and Psycho-Man was forced to retreat back to the Microverse. He was subsequently followed by the Human Torch, the Thing, and Mister Fantastic, who were forced to let him go in order to deal with a greater threat back in their own dimension. Psycho-Man later faced the Fantastic Four again, as well as a group called the Micronauts who were native to his home dimension, by which time he claimed to be in exile from his homeworld. Returning to Earth, Psycho-Man next used an android known as H. M. Unger (also known as the Hate-Monger) to stimulate hatred among the population of New York City through demagoguery and chemically-treated pamphlets. The Hate-Monger also succeeded in turning the Invisible Woman into the hateful warrior Malice, sending her to destroy her teammates. After her husband, Mister Fantastic, succeeded in breaking the Invisible Woman free of her conditioning, the Fantastic Four pursued the Psycho-Man back to his home dimension once more, where they found they had conquered a kingdom ruled by their friend Queen Pearla. There the Invisible Woman confronted Psycho-Man and used his own emotion-control device on him by subjecting him to all three emotions simultaneously at maximum intensity, collapsing his nervous system.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 11:48:57 GMT -5
![](http://cobweb.scarymonsters.net/~corleyj/images/yearone/carmine1.jpg) 94. Carmine "The Roman" Falcone In the story Batman: Year One, Falcone virtually runs the city, with the mayor, city council, and Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb under his influence. However, his power base comes under attack by the new mysterious vigilante, Batman. Despite Loeb's assurances that the new opponent may be a long term benefit, Falcone was still worried about him. That concern was justified by Batman's bold assault on a dinner party hosted by Falcone, and attended by the commissioner and other corrupt high society members to announce that they will be delivered to justice. Despite Loeb's desperate attempts to stop him, Batman's attacks on Falcone's organization become even more brazen; Batman had his car was dumped into the river, invaded his home, assaulted him, stripped him to his underwear, and left him hogtied to his bed. Humiliated, Falcone orders Batman killed. He is too elusive, however, and he later helps Catwoman attack him. Finally, Falcone orders police detective Jim Gordon's wife and child kidnapped to bring him to heel, but the plot is in part foiled by the Gordons while Batman rescues their child. Eventually, District Attorney Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon's investigations, with some secret assistance by Batman, restore law and order to Gotham; Loeb is forced to resign, and Falcone's power is put under threat by the new opposition he now faces. The plot of The Long Halloween involves a serial killer named Holiday targeting Gotham's crime families, with particular attention paid to the Falcone family. While fighting the criminal justice system, Falcone is desperately trying to get a grip on his once-powerful empire, and he resorts to hiring "freaks" in the form of what becomes Batman's Rogues Gallery. Falcone's son, Alberto, confessed to all of the Holiday killings, as he wanted his father to accept him into the family business, but it is important to note Harvey and Gilda Dent are at least somewhat responsible for them. Harvey Dent was in fact the initial suspect, and the suspiscions directed toward him were in part responsible for the accident in which he became Two-Face. While Falcone played a large role in The Long Halloween, he was killed in the end, shot in the head by Two-Face. In Batman: Dark Victory, Falcone's grave is robbed and his body goes missing. His finger is cut off and sent to his daughter, Sofia Gigante, the new leader of the Falcone Family. This is described as an "old style message", signifying that someone is out to take everything away from the Falcone Family, crushing them both as a public, business organization in the crime world as well as literally killing members of the family. Not until the end it is revealed that Two-Face has Falcone's body, having frozen it using Mr. Freeze's cryogenic technology.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 16, 2007 11:52:59 GMT -5
![](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/2/21/225px-Boomerang.PNG) 97. Captain Boomerang Captain Boomerang was originally George "Digger" Harkness and somehow always had a great skill in making boomerangs and using them as weapons. As a young adult, he was hired as a performer, but because of ridicule, he used his weapons as a means to commit crimes. Captain Boomerang would join the Rogue Gallery and the Suicide Squad, but was considered a pathetic person at best. He would however stay with the group until it was disbanded. George's last act as Captain Boomerang would be an attack on Superboy, that resulted in George's death. But before his death, George was able to reach out to his abandoned son, Owen Mercer. Feeling the need to continue the legacy, Owen Mercer would become the next Captain Boomerang. He is now in the new Rogue Gallery because Flash villian, Captain Cold, believes that Owen is his sister's son. While pathetic and having no superhuman strengths, Captain Boomerang is a frequent villian of the Flash. it wasn't Superboy who killed him, it was Jack Drake, Tim Drake's dad, who was killed at the same time... just clearing that one up a bit
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 12:03:58 GMT -5
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Morganedgedcu0.jpg) 93. Morgan Edge In his original incarnation, Edge was the president of Galaxy Communications (a.k.a. Galaxy Broadcasting System, owners of television station WGBS), the media corporation which eventually bought out the Daily Planet. In this capacity, Edge was in many ways a typical stereotype of a ruthless capitalist, intervening in the Planet's homey atmosphere and challenging the authority of the somewhat older Perry White, but he was a basically decent man who had moments of good-heartedness and maintained reasonably friendly relationships with most of his employees, including Clark Kent. Following the buyout, Edge promoted Kent to news anchorman on WGBS, a move which added several TV co-workers to the Superman supporting cast, including fretful producer Josh Coyle, sports broadcaster Steve Lombard, weather forecaster Oscar Asherman, and co-anchor Lana Lang (who had been one of Clark's childhood friends in Smallville). As one of the wealthiest men in Metropolis, Edge was a major political figure in the city and frequently encountered Superman, the subject of many of his network's news stories, whom he, like most others, failed to realize was also Clark Kent. Although rarely integral to a plotline, Edge was a supporting character in many Superman stories. For a while it appeared that Edge was connected to the Apokalips-sponsered crime organisation Intergang, but this was revealed to be clone created by the Evil Factory. When DC continuity was rebooted after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Edge remained president of WGBS, but his ties to the Planet and friendship with Superman were retconned away, and he was genuinely connected to Intergang. He was eventually exposed and imprisoned, but subsequently returned as sponsor of the Superman Revenge Squad.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 12:17:33 GMT -5
![](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b9/250px-Annihilus.png) 92. Annihilus Untold millennia ago, the Tyannans, a technologically-advanced semi-humanoid/leonine species of the anti-matter universe the Negative Zone, seeded barren worlds with life spores. A freak meteor collision hurled one of their ships into the volcanic planet Arthros, where the crew released their spores before starving to death. Many generations later, one of those spores evolved into a weak insectoid creature. Significantly intelligent due to a mutation, the creature found the Tyannan starship wreckage and used a knowledge transference helmet to master the advanced Tyannan technology. This enhanced his intelligence and strength, creating a "Cosmic Control Rod" and body armaments. Obsessed with survival, the paranoid creature, who came to be known as Annihilus, set out to destroy any other living being he viewed as a possible threat to his existence. Annihilus used his newly acquired power to dominate other lifeforms that had arisen from the spores on Arthros, and plotted to either conquer or destroy the neighboring worlds in the Negative Zone. He transformed many prisoners via the Tyannans' Gene Transmuter into his servile Scavengers. Annihilus first encountered the Fantastic Four when Reed, Ben, and Johnny entered the Negative Zone seeking anti-particles needed to treat Sue's cosmic ray-related pregnancy complications. Annihilus' minions captured the heroes, but they escaped, stealing his Control Rod. They returned it after siphoning off the needed anti-particles and returned to Earth. Annihilus next invaded the Microverse, a dimension accessed via the energies of shrinking, sending his Insectivorid drones to conquer worlds in his name. Psycho-Man tried to control the dimensional interface leading to the Microverse, but the Insectovorids, emotionless and immune to his power, overran the entire Sub-Atomica System and forced him to retreat to his worldship. Psycho-Man captured the Silver Surfer and Spider-Man to power his weapons and drive off the invaders, but the heroes escaped, leaving Annihilus and Psycho-Man to battle for control of the worldship. Annihilus' Microverse invasion was presumably repelled. Shortly thereafter, Doctor Doom stole Annihilus' Rod in a complex scheme to steal Galactus's cosmic power. Almost immediately, Annihilus captured the human Rick Jones, who was often stranded in the Negative Zone through a bond he shared with Kree soldier Captain Mar-Vell. Annihilus released Jones when the Fantastic Four retrieved his Control Rod from Dr. Doom. Later, Annihilus was challenged by Janus the Nega-Man, a research scientist and contemporary of Reed who developed a module capable of harnessing anti-matter energy, within the Negative Zone. Annihilus defeated Janus, forcing the Nega-Man to lead him to Earth, but Janus was instead seemingly killed in the exploding atmosphere where matter meets anti-matter. When Mar-Vell used Reed's technology to free Rick Jones from the Negative Zone- thus meaning that Mar-Vell would no longer be forced to return to the Zone- Annihilus nearly crossed over to Earth along with Jones, but was driven back by the Avengers, the Vision turning intangible and tricking Annihilus into falling back into the portal to Negative Zone. Jones later returned to the Negative Zone, but his ability to access the Destiny Force--a near-infinite power source inherent in all humanity--protected him from Annihilus. Sensing great power within Franklin Richards, Annihilus once abducted him, amplifying his powers out of control. The Four defeated Annihilus and escaped back to Earth, but Reed was forced to temporarily shut down Franklin's mind to protect Earth's Solar System. When the Mad Thinker regained control of his "most powerful android," which Annihilus had previously transmuted into one of his Scavenger servants, it stole Annihilus' Control Rod, morphing into monster form. Annihilus was forced to team up with Reed, who had been stranded in the Negative Zone by the Brute (Reed Richards of the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth), to foil the Mad Thinker's plan to conquer both the Negative Zone and Earth. The monster android was ultimately defeated, and Annihilus regained his Rod. Annihilus next forged the first of many uneasy alliances with Blastaar, another Negative Zone warlord who ruled the planet Baluur. When his monarchy was overthrown, Blastaar offered to serve Annihilus in exchange for assistance in regaining control of Baluur. Although Annihilus viewed Blastaar as emotional and weak, he agreed to Blastaar's proposal, secretly planning to betray his newfound ally. Annihilus showed Blastaar his new weapon, the Super-Adaptoid — a powerful Advanced Idea Mechanics android which Annihilus "found" and reprogrammed, but when Nyglar, Blastaar's mate, grew suspicious of Annihilus and sent out a distress signal, the Thing and Avengers responded and defeated the villains. Annihilus slew Nyglar, after which Blastaar stole the Control Rod and left Annihilus to weaken and deteriorate rapidly. Dying and desperate, Annihilus slipped through the portal to Earth while the Fantastic Four were in the Negative Zone. Taking Franklin and Alicia Masters hostage, he attempted to merge the Earth universe with the Negative Zone, nearly destroying both in the process. Narrowly surviving the ensuing conflict, Annihilus eventually regained his Control Rod with the unwitting aid of Blastaar Annihilus next attacked the dimension of Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, which had partially drifted into the Negative Zone for a time after the Rainbow Bridge was shattered. Annihilus slew several of Asgard's elite guard, the Crimson Hawks, and was almost defeated by the mighty Thor before finally falling in battle to Odin, King of Asgard. Later, when Odin entered a week-long "Odinsleep" to renew his godly energies, Annihilus kidnapped his dormant body and transported it to the Negative Zone. Annihilus was soon located by the god Heimdall and defeated by Thor, who returned Odin to Asgard. Shortly thereafter, the extra-dimensional energy vampire Rune was defeated and cast into the Negative Zone. The weakened Rune attempted to steal the Control Rod, but was defeated by Annihilus and held prisoner within a cosmic singularity until eventually escaping through a portal. After investigating a strong energy pulse within the Negative Zone, Annihilus and Blastaar were imprisoned alongside the Fantastic Four by the Brute, who had enslaved the Tyannans as his personal army. Annihilus and his fellow captives eventually escaped and defeated the Brute, but Reed helped the Tyannans seal themselves off from the rest of the Negative Zone before a vengeful Annihilus and Blastaar were able to conquer them. Soon after, Annihilus and Blastaar joined forces with fellow Negative Zone warlord Syphonn, who created the Conqueror Wheel to access the Earth universe. During a confrontation with Adam Warlock, Annihilus and Blastaar realized that Syphonn planned to betray them-so they betrayed him first, forcing Syphonn to retreat as his Conqueror Wheel was destroyed by Warlock's allies. Stranded on the Negative Zone world of Argor by a glitch in Reed's Fold Space Transceptor prototype, the Fantastic Four stowed aboard Annihilus' monstrous spacecraft, but were soon detected and fought a heated battle with Annihilus inside a cargo hold. Seizing the Control Rod, Reed combined its technology with his Fold Space Transceptor and opened an access portal that allowed the Fantastic Four to escape Annihilus' spacecraft. Later, Annihilus faced a major setback when the N-Explorers, a team funded by the Gideon Trust to explore and loot the Negative Zone, stole his Control Rod. While fighting the N-Explorers for possession of his Rod, Annihilus was decapitated and slain by Hellscout, a descendant of 17th-century Puritan settlers who had been stranded in the Negative Zone for centuries. Upon Annihilus' death, his body released a pod containing a nymph-like clone possessing his memories. After his new body's maturation, Annihilus awoke from his rebirth, but found the Control Rod missing and his empire in ruins. When Reed planned a new superhuman prison in the Negative Zone, the Fantastic Four were assaulted by Annihilus, who believed they had stolen his Control Rod. After a brief skirmish, the Fantastic Four subdued him, only to be attacked by a second Annihilus who had apparently also been spawned upon the death of his predecessor. Each believing himself to be the true Annihilus and the other the thief, the two Annihili fought each other, allowing the Fantastic Four to escape. The conflict between the two Annihilus spawn, however, seems to have been resolved, as it appears one of them- the other presumably deceased- is now leading the Annihilation Wave, an enormous fleet of Negative Zone battleships, ostensibly claimed to have the goal of conquering the universe. He claims that the universe is expanding into areas of the Negative Zone, making the universe now rightfully his territory. His forces have already destroyed the Kyln, an intergalactic power station and maximum security prison, and the planet Xandar, headquarters of the Nova Corps. He has since gained the aid of Thanos, and two beings that were trapped in the Kyln by Galactus, Tenebrous and Aegis. Tenebrous and Aegis then managed to defeat Galactus and the Silver Surfer, and the two are connected to a giant mechanism in Thanos' starship. It has now been revealed that Annihilus' goal is actually creating a massive Power Cosmic bomb with which to destroy the Universe and the Negative zone, leaving Annihilus the only survivor. Drax, however, with the help of the Silver Surfer, manages to free Galactus, who then nearly annihilates the Annihilation Wave, with Galactus, The Silver Surfer, Nova, Phyla-Vell, and Star-Lord, and the surviving Annihilus the only beings still alive in the area. Nova then has a final battle against Annihilus, in which Phyla manages to steal away the Quantum Bands, and Nova then finally kills Annihilus, by shoving his fist down his throat and ripping out his internal organs. In the epilogue, however, Annihilus' surviving general of his armies, Ravenous, is seen taking a newborn egg for one of the last surviving queen insects, and holding a fetal looking bug in it, proclaiming "THE LORD ANNIHILUS LIVES!" He also leads an elite personal guard, The Centurions, 100 super-powered aliens, each from a different Negative Zone world. They are extremely loyal to him and form a devastatingly effective army.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Apr 16, 2007 13:12:12 GMT -5
I'm enjoying this list. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Jeff on Apr 16, 2007 13:55:04 GMT -5
How does Black Tom not make it and these jokesters do???
As long as Kraven made it i'm happy though
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Apr 16, 2007 14:00:36 GMT -5
Dude, seein' Hydro-Man and some of the other scrubs early on in this list, I'm gonna be pissed if some of my favorites dont' make it in down the line. Of course, I didn't vote, so I can't complain.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Apr 16, 2007 14:02:37 GMT -5
Dude, seein' Hydro-Man and some of the other scrubs early on in this list, I'm gonna be pissed if some of my favorites dont' make it in down the line. Of course, I didn't vote, so I can't complain. Hey Spanky, have you read the Marvel Zombies comics? I wonder if any of them could be considered as villains.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Apr 16, 2007 14:18:41 GMT -5
Dude, seein' Hydro-Man and some of the other scrubs early on in this list, I'm gonna be pissed if some of my favorites dont' make it in down the line. Of course, I didn't vote, so I can't complain. Hey Spanky, have you read the Marvel Zombies comics? I wonder if any of them could be considered as villains. I unfortunately don't have much experience with Marvel Zombies. When I get ahold of any comics these days, it's mostly DC. I keep meaning to get back into Marvel, but I just never get around to it.
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Post by Jeff on Apr 16, 2007 14:47:10 GMT -5
Marvel is way better then DC right now. 52 has just bored me.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 16, 2007 15:16:29 GMT -5
I've seen 3 of the villians I voted for. Imperiex just missed the list, but Cyborg-Superman and Morgan Edge have made it.
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Post by KingPopper on Apr 16, 2007 18:18:30 GMT -5
This should be good. Who voted Hydro-man? ... C'mon own up! lol It was me. I did a Spider-Man villian only list to screw with the system. Spider-Man > Everything eles.
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Post by Joker on Apr 16, 2007 18:21:32 GMT -5
This should be good. Who voted Hydro-man? ... C'mon own up! lol It was me. I did a Spider-Man villian only list to screw with the system. Spider-Man > Everything eles. Then that means goldfish bowl head has two votes at least!! Awesome!
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 19:13:15 GMT -5
![](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/67/200px-Avengers_Forever1a-Kang.jpg) 91. Kang The Conqueror Nathaniel Richards - the man who would become Kang - was born in an alternate timeline. The Earth there had been transformed into a paradise thanks to Mister Fantastic's father, the Nathaniel Richards after whom he was named. However, this younger Nathaniel, a scholar, was restless in this peaceful world, and studied the history of war in his longing for a more savage and driven age. His long-term hospitalization after being severely injured by bullies (and the near-financial ruin of his family as a result) quite probably caused or increased this drive. He discovered time travel technology that one of his ancestors (who may have been Nathaniel Richards or Doctor Doom) had invented. Kang travelled back in time to ancient Egypt and became the Pharaoh Rama-Tut. He had traveled to the past hoping to find En Sabah Nur, the mutant that would be known as Apocalypse, and control him, yet his actions would only succeed in making En Sabah Nur become Apocalypse. Kang ruled until he was driven off by the time-displaced heroes of the 20th century, including the Fantastic Four and the West Coast Avengers. Following that conflict, he left the past and travelled to a post-apocalyptic 40th century and reinvented himself briefly as the Scarlet Centurion before settling on the identity of Kang the Conqueror. From there he created his interstellar, interdimensional and inter-temporal empire that would not only include Earth, but future versions of the Brotherhood of the Badoon, the Shi'ar Empire, and the dimension of Kosmos. On his first foray into the twentieth century, he was thwarted by the Avengers, and they have remained his enemies ever since, having fought him on dozens of occasions. However, due to the diverging of timelines that was caused by his time travelling technology, multiple and sometimes divergent versions of himself were created. Most of them were eventually eliminated by the Council of Kangs, which were set up by one of the multiple Kangs to rid himself of his counterparts. At some point in his personal timeline, Kang became weary of battle, due to frustration and the loss of his son Marcus and consort Ravonna in several timelines. He was approached by the alien Time-Keepers — time travelers from the end of the universe, the last living creatures in existence — to become their agent, preserving timelines rather than conquering them in exchange for immortality. He accepted and reinvented himself again, this time as Immortus. He again came into conflict with the Avengers, but under different circumstances, and more notably with his younger self, who was unable to see the reasoning behind Immortus' actions. Kang's conflict with Immortus was dubbed the "Destiny War." Immortus faked his death several times before ultimately turning on the Time-Keepers to assist the Avengers and, as punishment, was truly killed. However, he was resurrected minutes later as temporal energies from the Time-Keepers' attempts to turn Kang directly into Immortus and thus fulfill the time loop caused a backlash that created Kang and Immortus as separate beings, freeing Kang from what he saw as a destiny as a "doddering old scholar." Kang would then go on to launch his most vicious attack yet on present-day Earth. He appeared with his son Marcus, the new Scarlet Centurion and showed many visions of the Earth's possible futures, all of them dark and horrific. At first it was thought he intended to help the Earth, but then he announced that he wished to conquer it in order to save it. Kang told the UN that he would strike at France first- he wished them to be prepared. He then cunningly split his enemies by announcing that any who conquered land in his name would have a place in his new order. Several groups and foes- including The Wizard, the Deviants and Attuma's Atlanteans, attacked across the world. Kang knew that against an invading army the Earth would unite but against their own, they fractured. After these attacks were beaten off, Kang launched his invasion of Europe with his army from the far future. The Avengers and UN troops fought back valiantly at the ramparts they had constructed, while the American forces were occupied with an attack by the self-proclaimed Master of The World. The Avengers tried to infiltrate Kang's starship, Damocles Base. After they failed, he seized control of the Sentinel Fleet the US planned to protect themselves with, and used a furistic weapon to devastate Washington DC and kill millions. With the threat of more such attacks, the world had no choice but to surrender to Kang. He had finally succeeded. His reign, though, was undone by the Avengers, with help from 3D-Man and Triathalon- as well as with the unwitting aid of his son, Marcus, the new Scarlet Centurion. Kang was content, though, happy that he would die knowing he would go down in history. When his son saved him, an angry Kang killed him, his legacy ruined. Recently in the pages of the comic Young Avengers, it has been revealed that the super-hero known as Iron Lad is actually a younger version of the villain, who discovered that he would become an evil tyrant and went back in time to prevent himself from conquering the world. Kang battled the teen heroes and was seemingly gaining the upper hand when Iron Lad, with tears in his eyes, ran Kate Bishop's sword through Kang's chest. This killed Kang, but the ramifications caused several changes to the timeline, including all the Avengers being dead (this seems to go against the Marvel rule that time travel simply creates another timeline, although it is speculated that they were simply witnessing the creation of the new timeline). Iron Lad realized that the only way to restore everything was to go back in time and become Kang. The Young Avengers had to wipe his mind before he went back, but before they did he asked them to forgive him for the actions he would commit in the future. On the last page of Young Avengers Special #1, Kang was seen looking in on the Young Avengers. What implications this has on his memory of them remains to be seen.
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