Immortus

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Immortus in Avengers Forever v1 #8.

Immortus is a male supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Avengers vs. Immortus in Avengers v1 #10.

Nathaniel Richards was a male human who was a future timeline version of Kang the Conqueror.

After achieving many conquests over various galaxies and time periods, he had become less and less involved in the battles that expanded his empire and, by his 60th year, he had begun to view himself as nothing more than an administrator. Deciding to return to a more simpler time, Kang turned his vast empire over to his lover Ravonna and returned to ancient Egypt, resuming his guise of Rama-Tut. (Avengers Forever v1 #9) He eventually returned to the modern era and attempted to stop his past self from tampering with the Celestial Madonna, meeting his future self as Immortus in the process and assisting the Avengers in stopping Kang. (Giant-Size Avengers v1 #3) Future struggles between Kang and Immortus would eventually have an impact on the destiny of Rama-Tut as well as during the so-called Destiny War at the end of time between the Avengers and the Time-Keepers. During this battle they attempted to speed up Kang's destiny to become Immortus in order to eliminate him from the battle. (Avengers Forever v1 #11) However instead they merely diverged their destinies so that both men now existed autonomously from each other. (Avengers Forever v1 #12) The branching point of this divergence occurred during Rama-Tut's travels through the time stream. Growing old, Rama-Tut began seeking a way to achieve immortality and began studying the realm of Limbo and learned that it was a timeless place where he could live forever and decided to retire there to learn mastery of time. Breaching the barrier into Limbo, Rama-Tut later reinvented himself as Immortus and began following this destiny. (Thor v1 #282) However, the barrier between the time stream and Limbo is not only a point where every moment in time can be seen, but it is also a place where divergences can occur. This is the case with Rama-Tut. While one version of Rama-Tut went on to Limbo to become Immortus, yet another looked into the time stream and saw Immortus' eventual servitude to the Time-Keepers. Furious at the prospect of becoming a slave, Rama-Tut found a new fire for conquest and returned to his empire in the 40th century, and resumed his Kang identity. (Avengers Forever v1 #9)

Divergences in the timestream creating a virtual legion of Kang’s and it was during this time that he took his own identity as Immortus. He was then approached by the trio of Timekeepers who learnt the secrets of time under their tutelage. Immortus was then placed in charge of the time period where Kang operated and was set to unravel the tangle of realities created by his other past selves. He came to learn the true motivations of the Timekeepers and sought to accomplish them in exchange for complete mastery of the seventy centuries. (Avengers West Coast v2 #61)

He was observing the actions of the Masters of Evil in battling the Avengers and decided to amuse himself by aiding the supervillain team. (Avengers v1 #10)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He was said to be more contemplative compared to his Kang counterparts who were only dedicated towards conquest. Immortus sequestered himself in ageless Limbo and dedicated to the study of the ultimate enigma of time. The Timekeepers had made him the custodian of history from the time of 3000 A.D. to 4000 A.D. (Avengers West Coast v2 #61)

It was said that Immortus did not profane his own hands in physical combat. Instead, he sent warriors to fight in his stead with him able to choose anyone across the ages. (Avengers v1 #10)

Over the years, he claimed to had developed a facility towards facile explanations when pressed to reveal his motivations. These were really falsehoods to trick his enemies whilst he remained true to his vision. (Avengers West Coast v2 #61)

Powers and abilities

As the master of time, he ruled a mystic realm that was known as Limbo where it was said that nothing ever changed within it. He was able to fade back in and out of Limbo at any moment. (Avengers v1 #10) The trans-temporal dimension existed outside the timestream and was a reflection of his wishes. (Avengers West Coast v2 #61)

Visions that showed his plans were showcased in a chrono-crystal. (Avengers West Coast v2 #61)

Notes

  • Immortus was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck where he made his first appearance in Avengers v1 #10 (November, 1964).
  • The character was based on the earlier Kang the Conqueror created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Alternate versions

Leader of the Church of Immortus in Universe X v1 #3.
  • In Universe X v1 (2000), an alternate version of Immortus was shown to reside in the world of Earth X. This version saw the future of a humanity mutated by the Terrigen Mists and arrived in the era to usher in mankind's destiny. Thus, he established the Universal Church of Immortus alongside the mysterious Mr. Church and made himself the Space Pope. They began promote the idea of humanity embracing its destiny in the stars with this forming a religion. Due to their goals, they were opposed to the Human Torches that Reed Richards had deployed to destroy the Terrigen permeating the planet's atmosphere and sought to destroy these machines. After the completion of their goal, the Church left Earth and sought to colonize the stars.

In other media

Television

  • In X-Men: The Animated Series, the character made an appearance in a minor role initially as Bender located within the Axis of Time. When Bishop became lost in time, he emerged within the Axis where he was followed by a seemingly crazy being called Bender who followed him around until the X-Men managed to defeat Apocalypse who had usurped the Axis of Time. Once defeated, the X-Men and their allies departed whereupon Bender revealed himself to be Immortus who remained as the custodian of the time-stream.
  • In Loki, a composite version of the character was made who was merged with that of He Who Remains appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Jonathan Majors. This version was a survivor of the Multiversal War where he battled and killed his various variants and created the Sacred Timeline. He then created the Time-Keepers as symbols of his authority and made the Time Variance Authority to manage the timestream to prevent the creation of a new Multiverse with branching timelines. This version of the character then hid at the End of Time in his citadel with his existence being hidden from all with only his artificial intelligence creation Miss Minutes being privy to the truth.

Films

  • In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Immortus made his first appearance in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Jonathan Majors. He was shown as being the leading member of the Council of Kangs after the Multiverse was re-established. Following the death of his exiled Variant, Kang the Conqueror, Immortus began discussing action with the Council concerning the threat other universal individuals' interactions posed to their dynasty.

Appearances

  • Avengers v1: (1964)
  • Avengers West Coast v2:
  • Uncanny Avengers v1:

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