Victor Timely

Victor Timely first appeared in The Avengers Annual #21 and was created by Peter Sanderson and Rich Yanizeski.{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=181}} Due to the events of The Celestial Madonna Saga, every action taken by Kang the Conqueror, Pharaoh Rama-Tut, and Immortus due to the actions of "Prime Kang" leads to each of their travels into the past creating divergent versions of themselves, all of whom seek to rule their own divergent empires and continue their own schemes, with Victor Timely diverging from the events of Avengers Forever.{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=203}}

At some point in his personal timeline, a divergent version of Kang decides to abandon the 21st Century and sets his sights on conquering the 20th. Travelling back in time to January 1, 1901, he founds the town of Timely, Wisconsin, grows a moustache and takes on the identity of town mayor "Victor Timely". Building a corporate empire, Timely Industries, he builds a series of factories for common machinery ahead of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, while instilling in his company's workers unflinching loyalty and knowledge of robotics. Subsequently, Timely uses his town to establish the time-crossroads of Chronopolis, which he intends to serve as city-state headquarters for all future versions of himself. Originally confined to the town itself, the fortress gradually grows out of sync with time and space into the outskirts of Limbo, becoming a crossroads between past, present, and future, where one can walk between all time periods without requiring the use of a time machine, accessible via a portal. When away in Chronopolis, Timely is replaced by robotic stand-ins remotely run by A.I. copies of himself, which would age and die over time, allowing him to fake his death and assume the mantle of his own "son", Victor Timely, Junior.{{Cite web|last=Marston|first=George|date=February 17, 2023|title=Victor Timely — The Comic History of the Kang Variant|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/victor-timely-kang-marvel|access-date=February 17, 2023|website=GamesRadar|language=en-US}}

In 1929, Timely employs Phineas Horton to develop the technology to allow him to eventually create the original Human Torch by 1939, allowing Timely a secret backdoor to take control of the android. By the 1980s (modern-day; floating timeline), now presenting as his own grandson Victor Timely III, Timely Industries' technology stretches out to include the security measures behind the Baxter Building and Avengers Tower, and the robotic limbs of every cyborg in the Marvel Universe, in particular Misty Knight and Deathlok, allowing him to control their actions and eventually supplant Kang Prime with his former name, becoming the Anachronauts, his soldiers in Chronopolis. This grants Timely (now Kang Prime) control over the Sentinels in "Kang Dynasty".{{Cite web|last=Marnell|first=Blair|date=July 23, 2021|title=The Many Faces of Kang|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/versions-of-kang-in-the-comics|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Marvel.com|language=en-US}}

Victor Timely has eternal youth and possess a genius-level intellect. He amassed an extensive knowledge of 20th Century history, allowing him to dominate the mechanical industry of the time and providing his future selves with an advantage over their adversaries. He also is capable of making robot duplicates of himself that simulate human aging to help hide his immortality from the world at large.Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #7 (March 2009)

In 2023, Comic Book Resources included Victor Timely as their fourteenth-best characterised incarnation of Kang the Conqueror.{{Cite web|last=Harn|first=Darby|date=February 10, 2023|title=Every Version Of Marvel's Kang The Conqueror, Ranked|url=https://www.cbr.com/kang-the-conqueror-marvel-every-version-ranked/#victor-timely|access-date=February 10, 2023|website=Comic Book Resources|language=en-US}}

• Victor Timely appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Jonathan Majors as an adult and Nasri Thompson as a child. This version was born and is primarily active in the 19th century and is described by Loki producer Kevin R. Wright as "sort of an eccentric, quiet inventor that maybe is, like, a bit out of time and out of place".{{Cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=October 19, 2023 |title=Loki's Victor Timely may seem like a surprise, but he was in the pitch from day one |url=https://www.polygon.com/23922328/loki-season-2-victor-timely-kang-jonathan-majors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020033303/https://www.polygon.com/23922328/loki-season-2-victor-timely-kang-jonathan-majors |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Polygon}} Timely first appears in the post-credits scene of the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) before appearing in the second season of the Disney+ series Loki.{{Cite web|last=Francisco|first=Eric|date=February 16, 2023|title=Ant-Man: Quantumania Post-Credits Scene Explained: What [SPOILERS] Means for Loki Season 2|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-post-credits-scene-explained-loki-season-2|access-date=February 16, 2023|website=Inverse|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Delicana|first=Ysmael|date=February 16, 2023|title=Who Is Victor Timely? Kang Variant Explained|url=https://www.comicbasics.com/who-is-victor-timely-kang-variant-explained|access-date=February 16, 2023|website=ComicBasics|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Dockterman|first=Eliana|date=February 17, 2023|title=Breaking Down the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania End-Credits Scenes|url=https://time.com/6256169/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-end-credits-kang-victor-timely-rama-tut|access-date=February 17, 2023|website=Time.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Oddo|first=Marco Vito|date=February 18, 2023|title={{‘}}Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania{{’}}: Who Was [SPOILER] in the End Credits Scene?|url=https://collider.com/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-victor-timely-explained|access-date=February 18, 2023|website=Collider|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Osborne|first=James|date=February 18, 2023|title=Ant-Man 3 – who is Victor Timely?|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/marvel-cinematic-universe/ant-man-3-victor-timely|access-date=February 18, 2023|website=The Digital Fix|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Fogarty|first=Paul|date=February 21, 2023|title=Who is Victor Timely in Ant-Man? Quantumania{{'}}s Loki Scene Explained|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/02/21/who-is-victor-timely-in-ant-man-quantumanias-post-credits-loki-scene-explained|access-date=February 21, 2023|website=HITC|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Glassman|first=Julia|date=February 16, 2023|title=Who is Victor Timely? Victor Timely in the MCU, Explained|url=https://www.themarysue.com/who-is-victor-timely-victor-timely-in-the-mcu-explained|access-date=February 16, 2023|website=The Mary Sue|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Hood|first=Cooper|date=February 17, 2023|title=Loki Season 2 Story Revealed|url=https://screenrant.com/loki-season-2-story-quantumania-setup|access-date=February 17, 2023|website=Screen Rant|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Arka|date=February 18, 2023|title=Who is Victor Timely – The Kang Variant Who Will Play a Major Role in Loki Season 2|url=https://fandomwire.com/who-is-victor-timely-the-kang-variant-who-will-play-a-major-role-in-loki-season-2|access-date=February 18, 2023|website=Fandom Wire|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Nebens|first=Richard|date=February 18, 2023|title=Why Loki Season 2's Victor Timely Is So Horrifying|url=https://thedirect.com/article/loki-victor-timely-season-2|access-date=February 18, 2023|website=The Direct|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Kai|date=February 19, 2023|title=Why Victor Timely Is An Important Kang Variant|url=https://screenrant.com/why-victor-timely-is-important-kang-variant|access-date=February 19, 2023|website=Screen Rant|language=en-US}}
• Victor Timely appears as an alternate skin for Kang the Conqueror in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2,{{cite web|last=Sarkar|first=Samit|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/15/15640804/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2-pc-ps4-switch-xbox-one|title=Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 coming to PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One|date=May 15, 2017|website=Polygon|access-date=May 16, 2017}} voiced by Peter Serafinowicz.{{cite web|author=@arthur_parsons|url=https://twitter.com/arthur_parsons/status/905827593206865920|title=Replying to @GameUnboxing Correct!|date=September 7, 2017}}

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