Editing Kang the Conqueror (section)

===Pre-Kang===
'''Nathaniel Richards''', a 31st-century scholar and descendant of [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]]'s time traveling father [[Nathaniel Richards (Marvel Comics)|Nathaniel]], becomes fascinated with history and discovers the time travel technology created by [[Doctor Doom|Victor von Doom]], another possible ancestor of his.<ref>Mentioned in ''The Avengers'' #11 (Dec. 1964). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref><ref>''Fantastic Four'' #273. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> He then travels back in time to ancient [[Egypt]] aboard a Sphinx-shaped timeship and reinvents himself as '''Pharaoh Rama-Tut''', with plans to claim En Sabah Nur—the [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] destined to become [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]]—as his heir.<ref>''The Rise of Apocalypse'' #1–4 (Oct. 1996 – Jan. 1997). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> The pharaoh's rule is cut short when he is defeated by the time-displaced [[Fantastic Four]].<ref name="FF4">''Fantastic Four'' #19 (Sep. 1963). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> An embittered Nathaniel Richards travels forward to the 20th century where he meets [[Doctor Doom]], whom he believes might be his ancestor.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' Annual #2</ref> He later designs an armor based on Doom's and, calling himself the '''Scarlet Centurion''', pits the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] team against alternate-reality counterparts. He plans to dispose of all of them, but the Avengers manage to force him from the timeline,<ref>''The Avengers'' Annual #2 (September 1968). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> where a divergent version of him becomes '''Victorex Prime''', [[archenemy]] of the [[Squadron Supreme]].<ref>''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' #2 (October 1985). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref>

Nathaniel then tries to return to the 31st century, but overshoots by a thousand years, discovering that humanity has ruined the Earth through endless conflict using advanced weapons they no longer understand. He finds it simple to conquer the planet, expanding his dominion throughout the galaxy, and reinvents himself as '''Kang the Conqueror'''. But this future world is dying, and so he decides to take over an earlier, more fertile Earth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=101}}</ref><ref name="aven8">''Avengers'' #8 (Sep. 1964). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref>