Who is Victor Timely? Why is Timely’s Kang Variant Crucial to the MCU?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania might have stuck to one Kang variant in the entire film, but the two post-credits scenes established that the “exiled one” is not the only threat to the Multiverse. 

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While Immortus, Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurion, and the Council of Kangs made their debut in the MCU during the mid-credits scene, the second end-credits scene introduced us to a Kang variant we’ll be seeing very soon.

Season 2 of Loki is assumably hitting Disney+ sometime in Summer 2023, and with it will begin Loki and the TVA’s hunt for the variants of He Who Remains. The 2023 threequel that kicked off the MCU’s Phase Five showed us a sneak peek of the upcoming season of Loki, where the trickster god and Mobius come face to face with Victor Timely.

But who’s Victor Timely? In Marvel Comics, Timely was a variant of Kang who had time traveled to 1901 to Wisconsin and founded a city named after him. The inventor created Chronopolis with his advanced technology and coveted the modern age by continuing to develop his new tech in secret.

The comics also mention that though Timely was a version of Kang, he was more of a disguise used to hide out and forward his mission of ruling the Multiverse. This detail makes me think, what if it was Kang the Conqueror who escaped in Ant-Man 3 after faking his death and set up shop in Wisconsin only to be discovered by Loki?

Who is Victor Timely? Why is Timely's Kang Variant Crucial to the MCU?
Loki Season 2

While that theory could be a tad far-fetched, I can entertain this possibility considering Loki season 2 has been confirmed to host a lot more Kang variants than just Victor Timely. Maybe Timely is just one variant that Loki and Mobius initially ran into and who will give them the means to search for other variants.

But Victor Timely himself is a key figure in the comics, and I think he will play a similarly important role in Loki season 2. After Timely’s “death,” Kang assumed his son’s identity and recruited Horton, who created the first android, the Human Torch. Timely’s inventions were ahead of their time and may have gone to inspire the likes of Howard Stary and Hank Pym in the Marvel continuity.

Who is Victor Timely? Why is Timely's Kang Variant Crucial to the MCU?
Timely Industries Creates Human Torch

Timely’s appearance in Loki is being kept hush-hush, but we’ll soon know just how crucial he is to the storyline and the MCU’s future. Do you think Timely will play a role in bringing the Council of Kangs to Earth-616? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!

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About Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures, it is intended to continue the story of Ant-Man after Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) as a part of the MCU.

Directed by Peyton Reed, it was released on February 17, 2023. Filming began in early February 2021 in Turkey and was also shot in Atlanta, London, and Los Angeles.

It is the thirty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first instalment of the MCU’s Phase V. The movie follows Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne and Cassie Lang, battling against the evil time traveler Kang the Conqueror. 

Source: Screenrant

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