Kang the Conqueror #5

Overall, an epic and impactful finale to a series highlighting one of my favourite Marvel villains. Read Full Review

Kang the Conqueror ends on a note that's tragic but also suits his demeanor over the decades. This creative team has done this character justice by giving him new complexity while staying true to who he is and what he stands for. What's most incredible about this story is how it's at once romantic, but also suitably villainous. Read Full Review

Kang The Conqueror #5 delivers a series finale that winds up bringing everything in this series full circle. Kang enacts his final plot in the series in his greatest attempt to save Ravonna from her fate, and it all spirals out of control the only way a Kang time-travel plot could. The artwork by the art team is the biggest star here as every major shot of Kang is nothing short of epic for the series' conclusion. Read Full Review

A one-shot would have served this Wikipedia-with-illustrations approach far better. Read Full Review

cincyfan

Dec 28, 2021

That was absolutely fantastic! This whole series has been fantastic. I just loved how it was written every book had me fully invested in the story. The artwork was incredible. This is a series I've already read a few times I really just love it!

Ebonyc

Jan 07, 2022

This series is great!

retcon_D

Jan 15, 2022

Incredible conclusion. Cannot wait to read again when the trade releases.

Avanvolk

Dec 27, 2025

This was truly awesome. What an epic, brilliantly written (not to mention gorgeously drawn) story. I absolutely loved this mini. It was very wordy, but I wouldn't remove a single letter from it. The narration was totally captivating throughout and it helped carry me with rapt attention through the story while I feasted on Carlos Magno's exquisite artwork. Stories that play around with time can be incredibly difficult to get right, but Lanzing and Kelly did an amazingly impressive job with this. It was perfectly tragic and satisfying, and it made me love the character of Kang so much more. This book proved why he can be such a formidable villain, despite how he is sometimes portrayed as somewhat of a joke. Overall rating for this mini ser ies is somewhere in the 9.8/10 region. Not totally perfect, but damn near to it. more

DDJamesB

Dec 24, 2021

It was pretty great until the end. I kind of got lost. The series overall is worth the read.

Kalaoui

Dec 29, 2021

It got better than the last few but still not very clear at the end. It got lost in its own loop and lost me with it in key moments. I had to re-read a few pages many times looking for clues. Kelly and Lanzing overall had a nice story but they could have been clearer in key moments. It's only an 8 because Magno was not the weak link here. He killed it with the art and didn't take any shortcuts. Grundetjern's colors were great too.

Psycamorean

Jan 23, 2022

A solid finale that closes off the loop, and... yeah, this miniseries had no right being as good as it was, but man it was enjoyable.

CrazyforRAMU

May 07, 2022

Well, it comes in for a landing on the most predictable runway. The creators go the extra mile to make it seem inevitable and tragic; I think the artist did better than the writers. I'm disappointed, but not so much so as to say this isn't a good comic.

Merlyn

Dec 22, 2021

Pretty underwhelming finale. It seemed to me like after taking a trip through all of Kang's variants, the writers didn't really know what to do with the character. I guess this was decent but I expected better. Even the art wasn't that great here, Magno didn't have any chances to amaze us with his awesome splash panels.

Beyond_Batman

Jan 04, 2022

When did Kang turn into such a whiny baby?