Rama-Tut Kang – As X-Men ’97 Season 2 streams on Disney+, Marvel is already leaning into a Kang-linked twist with Rama-Tut—sparking fresh questions about how (or whether) Kang could ever tie into Avengers: Doomsday.
The start of X-Men ’97 Season 2 feels like a signal flare: the first three episodes are now streaming on Disney+, and the series has already matched the kind of buzz that made Season 1 a runaway hit.
Last season earned 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. and now Season 2 is sitting at a perfect 100% on the aggregate site—continuing to outpace its predecessor even after a second season was set up to follow a “tough act.” For fans. the numbers are only part of the story. Marvel has also made a bolder creative move by bringing back Rama-Tut. a variant of Kang the Conqueror. into the season.
Rama-Tut isn’t just a name on a credits card. Marvel fans have long watched Kang loom over the franchise’s larger arc—he was previously scheduled to be the feature villain of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga. and even set to lead Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. That plan has since been reshaped. After Marvel parted ways with Jonathan Majors. the entire story was restructured around Doctor Doom. who will be played by Robert Downey Jr. in Avengers: Doomsday.
That shift is exactly what makes Rama-Tut’s appearance feel charged. While Season 2 is streaming week-by-week on Disney+, the broader Kang conversation is still unsettled—especially for viewers trying to connect what happens in animated form to what’s on the big-screen horizon.
At the time of writing. it remains unclear if Marvel has planned a role for Kang the Conqueror in Avengers: Doomsday. but it’s considered unlikely he’ll show up. There have been rumors that a variant of Kang would appear, only to be thwarted by Doctor Doom. Still. several factors make that scenario hard to picture: it would likely require either bringing back Jonathan Majors to play the character one final time. or casting someone else—both of which could complicate continuity for general audiences. It would also mean acknowledging that Kang was once the primary focus for the saga. even though Marvel has yet to do that. The studio has only admitted that Doctor Doom was always planned to be the overarching villain.
Right now. Marvel is holding two timelines at once—one playing out in X-Men ’97 Season 2. where Rama-Tut is already back. and another building toward Avengers: Doomsday. where the Kang threads are still tangled. What’s streaming this week may not settle the question of Kang’s fate in the live-action future. but it’s certainly keeping the discussion alive as the release date approaches.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set to release later this month. and Marvel’s Disney+ slate before the big-screen return includes Wonder Man—starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II—which earned a rare Season 2 renewal due to being so beloved by fans and critics. Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 followed Wonder Man. and closing out the year for Marvel in live-action is VisionQuest. the new series starring Paul Bettany. And just earlier this week, X-Men ’97 Season 2 became the latest animated entry for viewers on Disney+.
For now, the math points in one direction: Doom is the center of the multiverse endgame that’s been confirmed. But Marvel’s decision to reintroduce Rama-Tut in Season 2 keeps a lingering possibility on the table—one fans will be watching for every time an episode ends and the next drops weekly.
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Wait Rama-Tut is Kang? I’m lost lol.
Rotten tomatoes 100% already like… okay, but does that mean Avengers: Doomsday is gonna be good too? They keep changing storylines with Kang and now it’s Doom?? I can’t keep up.
So they “bring back” Rama-Tut but Kang won’t show up in Doomsday… doesn’t that defeat the whole point? I saw something about Avengers having multiverse stuff so I’m like why not just put Kang in the movie if Rama-Tut exists. Feels like they’re teasing for no reason.
I swear every time I think Marvel is done messing with time travel, they un-mess it. Majors got replaced and now Doom is the big bad, but Rama-Tut pops up in X-Men ’97 like it’s connected. It’s probably connected, but also maybe not? Like isn’t Rama-Tut supposed to be the actual Kang from the future or whatever, so why would it be “unlikely” he appears in Doomsday… unless the animation canon doesn’t count, which is just confusing.