Kang the Conqueror #1

Kang the Conqueror dominates this striking 2021 Marvel series opener, his imposing purple-helmeted visage filling the cover as he holds an hourglass containing what appear to be skulls and ancient ruins in one chamber — and a desperate, reaching figure trapped in the other. Mike Del Mundo's cover art makes the time-spanning threat feel genuinely visceral, with Kang's cold, calculating gaze suggesting that every era of history is his to command. Writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, along with artist Carlos Magno, promise a deep dive into one of Marvel's most formidable villains with the intriguing story title "Only Myself Left to Conquer.