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===New Empire, ''Avengers Forever'', and ''Young Avengers''=== Later, the Prime Kang appears, captures the [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|Vision]], and battles both the Avengers and a new foe, Terminatrix, who is revealed to be a revived Ravonna. Kang is critically injured when he intercepts a blow from Thor's hammer [[Mjolnir (comics)|Mjolnir]] that was meant for his old love, who is distraught over his sacrifice and teleports away with him.<ref>''Captain America'' Annual #11; ''Thor'' Annual #17; ''Fantastic Four'' Annual #26 and ''The Avengers'' Annual #21 (1992). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> Terminatrix places Prime Kang in stasis to heal his injuries and assumes control of his empire. However, she finds the empire under attack by a chronal being called {{visible anchor|Alioth}} and is forced to summon the Avengers to assist. She revives Kang, who assists the Avengers in defeating Alioth, but not before allowing the entity to kill the entire Crosstime Kang Corps.<ref>''The Terminatrix Objective'' #1β4 (Sep.βDec. 1993). [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> In ''[[Avengers Forever]]'', flashbacks reveal that many of Kang's recent actions were motivated by more of a desire to do something rather than a genuine desire for power, and that Rama-Tut is his past and future self; feeling listless and trapped by the burdens of the empire he has created, Kang at one point returned to life as Rama-Tut for a more simple life where he did not have a vast empire to administer. However, as Kang prepares to become Rama-Tut once again and from there [[Immortus]], he glimpses the future and learns of Immortus's servitude to the [[Time-Keepers]] of the [[Time Variance Authority]], renewing his horror at the destiny that awaits him as that 'simpering academic'.<ref name="forever9"/> As a result, Kang rejects this future to the point of aiding the Avengers in protecting [[Rick Jones (character)|Rick Jones]] from Immortus's latest scheme.<ref>''Avengers Forever'' #1. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> When Immortus betrays the Time-Keepers to try and save the Avengers, they kill him and attempt to turn Kang into Immortus before Rama-Tut became Immortus. However, the temporal backlash of Kang's strength of will in a temporally unstable environment causes Immortus and Rama-Tut to split off from Kang, essentially making them both clear alternate versions of Kang rather than Immortus being Kang's definitive future. With the weakened Time-Keepers destroyed, Kang rejoices in his freedom from the destiny of Immortus and Rama-Tut, as he has now technically become them while still being himself.<ref>''Avengers Forever'' #12. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> After some months, Kang embarks on an [[Kang Dynasty|ambitious scheme]] to conquer the Earth, this time aided by his son Marcus, who uses the "Scarlet Centurion" alias. Kang promises any who aid him on Earth a place in his new order, which puts Earth's defenses and the Avengers under strain as they fight off villain after villain. He then takes control of Earth's defense systems, and forces a surrender after destroying [[Washington, D.C.]], killing millions. The Avengers continue to battle the forces of Kang's new empire, and Captain America eventually defeats him in personal combat. Although imprisoned, Kang is freed by his son, revealed to be only one of a series of clones, and kills clone Marcus for betraying him by assisting [[Carol Danvers|Warbird]] during the invasion and keeping it secret despite multiple opportunities to admit the truth; while Kang could tolerate the treachery if it allowed Marcus to become his own man, he cannot tolerate a traitor who remains active in his ranks. Depressed at his new loss, Kang retreats from Earth.<ref>''The Avengers'' #41β55 (Jun. 2001βAug. 2002); ''The Avengers Annual'' 2001. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> At some point, Kang travels back to his own past to prevent an incident where a confrontation with a bully left him in a coma for a year. Meeting his future self so horrifies Kang's past self that he steals Kang's armor and retreats to the past, using an emergency protocol created by the Vision to recruit a new team that comes to be known as the [[Young Avengers]]. The young Kang adopts the alias of '''[[Iron Lad]]'''. When Kang tracks his younger self to the past, the Young Avengers are able to kill him, but the subsequent changes to history force Iron Lad to return to his time and erase his memory of these events, although the Young Avengers remain as a team with Iron Lad's armor now self-operating with a consciousness based on an amalgamation of Iron Lad and the Vision.<ref>''Young Avengers'' #1-6. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> Kang travels the multiverse and recruits a number of individuals to save it.<ref>''Uncanny Avengers'' #14. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> He appears to the remaining members of the [[Uncanny Avengers|Avengers Unity Squad]] after Earth has been destroyed by a Celestial leaving only the mutants. Temporal barriers prevent Kang simply traveling back himself, but he is able to help the surviving Unity Squad members project their minds back into their past selves so that they can defeat the Celestial that attacked Earth.<ref>''Uncanny Avengers'' #19. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> Kang subsequently attempts to steal the Celestials' power for himself,<ref>''Uncanny Avengers'' #21. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> requiring [[Sunfire (comics)|Sunfire]] and Havok to put themselves at risk by absorbing some of his energy themselves so that they can force him to expend his stolen power.<ref>''Uncanny Avengers'' #22. [[Marvel Comics]].</ref>
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