Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania has two end-credits scenes, and they are both essential to understand the future of the MCU.

Victor uses Timely town to hide Chronopolis, the city from which Kang the Conqueror can access any point in the timeline and pursue his conquering endeavors. Scarlet Centurion is a version of Kang who wears battle armor to fight his enemies, using technology to defeat the heroes that kicked him out of Ancient Egypt. So, the man on stage could be the same Kang that Scott Lang thinks he killed in the Quantum Realm. In the scene, the trio of Kanga discusses how the Exiled One was killed by an Avenger. The second end credits scene takes us to a science presentation in the early 19th century. The first end credits scene takes us to a place beyond space and time, where three Variants of Kang look at the myriad of timelines before their eyes. The classic Scarlet Centurion uniform wouldn’t translate well to live-action, which gives Marvel Studios a great reason to redesign it. So, Kang uses his genius-level intellect to slow down his aging and use his powers to fight his Conqueror Variant. [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](https://collider.com/tag/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/) has the ambitious task of reigniting fans’ excitement, introducing Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) to the superhero life, and explaining why Kang the Conqueror ( [Jonathan Majors](https://collider.com/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-poster-jonathan-majors/)) was chosen as the main villain of the MCU's Multiversal Saga. In Marvel Comics, once Kang got bored with his life in the future, he traveled to Ancient Egypt, where he used advanced technology to become pharaoh and rule the country’s people with an iron fist. Rama-Tut was eventually dethroned by time-traveling Avengers and other Marvel heroes, leading Kang to more adventures across the timeline where he assumed many different identities. In the end-credits scenes, we also see Immortus, a different Variant of Kang.

MODOK began his Marvel Comics life as a formidable foe of the Avengers, but his modern history is full comedy. The character debuts in the MCU in Ant-Man ...

And then there’s the joke of the MODOK variant. His original incarnation is all about playing up his grotesque look as being the consequence of his enhanced intelligence (he’s all brain and no brawn — you get it). It’s just hard getting around the fact that his design looks pretty silly in the art style of today’s comics. And, as MODOK himself bellowed at Captain America in his first appearance, the scientists did their work “too well.” MODOK subsequently took over AIM, and reigned the organization supreme for many years. It seems possible, even likely, that Stoll is still playing Darren Cross in Quantumania, and whatever’s happened to him in the Quantum Realm since last we saw him, it’s turned him into the MCU’s version of MODOK. But now, thanks to Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), we know that if you shrink down far enough you make it to the Quantum Realm, a strange world hidden within the subatomic structures of the universe.

Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will officially begin when "Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania," opens in theaters on Friday.

"It's an honor to be a part of the MCU," said Kathryn Newton, who plays Cassie. "I feel what Marvel's really offered me is the opportunity to bring a human being to the screen," he said. "Kang is somebody that's like on a Thanos scale," said Rudd.

Confused by the post-credit and mid-credit scenes in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania? We'll (try) to answer all of your questions about Kang, Loki and ...

That is, at least until one Kang uses Alioth (the reality-destroying monster featured in season one of Loki) to kill all the others to establish himself as the true Kang and the true love of Renslayer. In fact, Variants are so fundamental to the time-traveling Kang that he was at the center of the first Variant team. You may recall that a Variant of Renslayer is Loki and Mobius’s boss at the TVA, which means that Kang may want to check in on the love of his life. [explained earlier here at ](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/who-is-kang-the-conqueror-powers-and-marvel-comics-history-explained/) [Den of Geek](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/who-is-kang-the-conqueror-powers-and-marvel-comics-history-explained/), Kang the Conquerer was born in the 31st century as Nathaniel Richards. The name of the company that published Marvel Comics #1? That android takes the name Human Torch and famously stars on the cover of 1939’s Marvel Comics #1, the comic that also introduced Namor. After his defeat at the hands of the Fantastic Four, Richards returned to the 31st century to change his technology, taking the form of the Scarlet Centurion and coming to our time, where he’s thwarted by the Avengers. It was a trio of Kang Variants — namely Immortus, Rama-Tut, and the Scarlet Centurion (maybe) — who dispatched the Kang who conquered the Quantum Realm. [Avengers](https://www.denofgeek.com/avengers/) #8), Kang went to 19th century America, where he took on the identity of inventor Victor Timely. The one in ancient Egyptian gear is Rama-Tut, the one with the tall headpiece is Immortus, and the third may be a younger variation of the Scarlet Centurion (yes, I know he’s not wearing scarlet, I’m getting to that). [Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-review-marvel-big-phase-5/) would abandon the laid-back attitude of the previous two movies starring Scott Lang, the latest MCU entry managed to be a pretty light adventure. Confused by the post-credit and mid-credit scenes in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is now out in theaters and of course it has not one, but two post-credits scenes that tease what's to come in the MCU.

Because of this, there is only one Immortus, unlike all of the Kangs and Scarlet Centurions running around the multiverse. In the comics, Immortus’ primary gig is essentially ridding the timeline of all of his divergent selves. Kang is maybe the most confusing character in all of Marvel, and the MCU is treating him as such. Did they not pick up on that after Avengers: Endgame, Loki, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? Kang the Conqueror warned the Avenger that if they defeated him, if they prevented Kang from escaping the Quantum Realm, then a whole army of Kangs would descend upon his universe/planet/timeline/etc. Also is the war that He Who Remains mentioned the one that’s already happened or is it about to happen? [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](https://decider.com/movie/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/) is in theaters now! The Council of Kangs (as they’re known in the comics) were monitoring the Conqueror’s imprisonment in the Quantum Realm and they were alerted to his death at the hands of [checks notes] the Avenger who talks to ants. Anway — the death of Kang the Conqueror (that’s what we’ll call the primary villain of Quantumania, played by Jonathan Majors) at the end of the film has triggered exactly what Kang the Conqueror warned against. Both of the scenes in question spotlight his new Marvel villain Kang — rather, they introduce a whole lot of variants of Kang. And if you know anything about the comics, you know that Majors is gonna play way more than just two iterations of this guy. This is another one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s wild rides, taking us all the way into the unexplored Quantum Realm and introducing us to the MCU’s next major threat: Kang ( [Jonathan Majors](https://decider.com/tag/jonathan-majors/))