Through a special focused on Kang, one of the most important villains in Marvel. We can take a brief look at the future that awaits us in the short and medium term in the Universe of La Casa de las Ideas. Panini Comics adds us to the journey of the Conqueror who will give more to talk about.
What is to come in Marvel
Using Kang to reveal some bits of what is to come is very original. Especially since it is done in a story dedicated almost exclusively to the character. Although it can serve as a starting point for new readers or those who have not approached the editorial’s superheroes for a long time, it is not exactly a start to use. Just three or four pages offer us brief glimpses of the most shocking and even controversial scenes, some that we already know and others that are surprising.
Seeing Ben Reilly as Spiderman is something that we are already experiencing today. Just like that Iron Man turned into a God thanks to cosmic powers. But we also have advances about a new generation of Young Avengers, a kind of Thunderbolts, female versions of Black Panther and Spiderman, The Punisher under a new symbol or Thanos carrying Mjolnir. The most shocking of all is that he leaves us that Cap kneeling and defeated before the Winter Soldier, the explosion of the Moon, the new or new Iron Fist and the presumed return of the Jack of Hearts, a character who died shortly before Avengers Disunited (and returned as a zombie encouraged by the Scarlet Witch to end Scott Lang’s life at the start of that event), a whopping 17 years ago.
But except for all this… here the one who carries the weight is Kang
The villain also known as Rama-Tut, Immortus, Iron Lad or the Scarlet Centurion, in his different evolutions throughout the various timelines, is the absolute protagonist and not only because of his work of conquest, or because of his constant search of overcoming the limits of the human race personified in himself. No, Kang also carries out important work on various lines that have taken a path to their own destruction and need someone to act as a liquidator, as a cleaner of the rotting and dying remains that threaten to destabilize the space-time continuum.
In this adventure we will see how Kang is accompanied by Professor Anatoly Petrov, a writer who is bringing to paper a biography of Doctor Death himself. Something that Kang quite dislikes and intends to avoid. But first, the pending issue remains to be resolved in the Pirate Timeline 20208-Manticore-Green, a desolate place where there is only one living being left that must be eliminated to restore control, a kind of Doctor Death who has a deep surprise with him and does not it is only that he is the possessor of the gems of time and reality, of those known to the Infinite.
conquests apart
The true creator of this interesting story is Jed MacKay, an author who is equally comfortable facing an urban environment than a cosmic one, who demonstrates ease and adaptability to make us think that everything is a bit left to improvisation when everything is part of a much more complex plan. He offers us a version of the character that, despite having seen it before in a work as complete and iconic as Forever Avengers, capable of aligning himself on the side of the heroes, is still innovative for teaching us that even Kang can be benevolent if that works. to your purpose.
To embellish the whole set, he has surrounded himself with three great cartoonists who deal with different facets of history. The part that takes place in the Ice Age we have Kev Walker. For the scenes that take Petrov and the Conqueror through the Oracle Base we have Greg Land’s line. The impressive final resolution of the work rests in the hands of Mark Bagley. It may not be convincing as a Starting Point, but it is a good Kang story that also leaves us with a pleasant surprise right at the end, with what promises to be the arrival of a new superhero in the Marvelite cosmos. It all started here, are you going to miss it?