Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania reveals why Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the MCU’s Quantum Realm and who sent him there. Existing as one among several variants in the vast multiverse that has opened up, Kang the Conqueror is properly introduced in this new Ant-Man film after being teased in Marvel’s Loki series on Disney+. Now, audiences are finally getting more insight into this time-traveling despot and his primary rivals.
In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, it’s revealed that Janet van Dyne and Kang have a history together back when they were both stranded in the MCU’s Quantum Realm. Although she helped Kang rebuild his time-traveling ship without knowing his true motivations, Janet stole its energy core to ensure Kang would never be able to leave once she discovered his dark past. As the movie continues, Kang confirms he was exiled to the Quantum Realm by none other than himself, variants of Kang whom the movie’s Conqueror claims feared him and chose to imprison him in this subatomic universe outside of time and space.
The Council Of Kangs Exiled Kang To The Quantum Realm
Kang elaborates that other Kangs exiled him due to his attempts to wipe them all out. Essentially, his mission was to become the only Kang in the multiverse, a version he will forge himself as he sees fit. However, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania‘s end-credits scene confirms that a Council of Kangs did indeed form against him (and presumably any rogue Kangs just like him).
Led by a trio of powerful Kangs, the variant who appears to be Immortus from the original Marvel Comics confirms he’s summoned all the Kang variants in existence, assembling an army of conquerors at their command. This is in response to the exiled Kang being defeated in the Quantum Realm by Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Scott Lang’s daughter Cassie who reveals a suit of her own in this new chapter. As such, there appear to be thousands of different Kang variants, making them a sizable threat that will likely culminate with 2025’s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Why Was Kang Exiled To The Quantum Realm?
With Kang having used his powers to destroy countless worlds and entire universes in the name of conquest to erase his variants from time itself, it makes sense that the Council of Kangs would want this particular version sent to the Quantum Realm. It’s the one place where he could no longer affect time and space and harm them. Likewise, this exiled Kang is not unlike the original variant from the Loki series who became known as He Who Remains, the one who managed to create the contained Sacred Timeline before his demise at the hands of Sylvie set it free.
Now, the multiverse has been reopened and the variants of Kangs have been unleashed, coming together as a formidable and perhaps unstoppable force in the MCU going forward. As such, even Scott Lang questions during Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania‘s ending if they did the right thing by seemingly destroying the Quantum Realm’s Kang. Whatever the future may hold for the MCU, it’s clear that the multiversal chaos has only just begun.
