Kang knew that against an invading army the Earth would unite but against their own, they would be fractured. Several groups and foes-including the Presence, the Deviants, and Attuma's Atlanteans, attack across the world. He then announces that any who conquer land in his name will have a place in his new order. Kang tells the UN that he will strike at France first. At first it is thought he intends to help the Earth, but then he announces that he wishes to conquer it in order to save it. Kang creates a force-field around the group, and shows many visions of the Earth's possible futures, all of them dark and horrific. Kang the Conqueror appears with his son Marcus, the new Scarlet Centurion in front of the U.N, after Marcus is barely defeated by Goliath, Triathlon, Iron Man, Vision, Wasp, and Warbird, and destroys the building using a blast from a space base, Damocles, which is shaped like a giant sword, but when Wasp talks of the murders he has committed, he shows none of the occupants have been killed. it had been planned before the events of September 11, 2001, but was published afterwards as Marvel Comics decided not to alter the storyline. The story is noteworthy for its length, as well as depicting the destruction of the United Nations headquarters building (though without loss of life, as Kang saved them all to make a point) and the death of the entire population of Washington, D.C. Although Kang is temporarily successful, the first villain in Marvel Comics to physically take over the world (as opposed through mind control, as Doctor Doom once accomplished by amplifying the powers of the Purple Man) he is opposed and eventually defeated by the Avengers. The story features Kang the Conqueror, a warlord from the 30th century, and one of the Avengers’ oldest and deadliest foes, arriving in the early 21st century with his son Marcus intent on conquering the planet. It was written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by a number of artists including Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer, Ivan Reis and Manuel Garcia. 3) #41-55 and Avengers Annual 2001 between June 2001 and August 2002. " Kang Dynasty", sometimes called " Kang War", is a 16 part comic book storyline which ran through Avengers (vol.
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