![]() Kirby also has fun with strange manifestations of Loki’s abilities, like a delightful recurring motif of his disembodied eyes spying on the heroes. ![]() The powerful profile of Loki in one of the strongest opening pages of the Silver Age. Beautiful, often blunt linework depicting the majestic Rainbow Bridge of Asgard. Eventually his plan is revealed and the heroes turn on their true foe, but not before we see Hulk as an elephant-juggling clown and multiple Lokis beating up Thor. This wonderfully out there issue sees Loki frame the Hulk for a train crash, and the heroes of the world assemble against the beast sometimes known as Bruce Banner. In the first issue of the flagship Marvel team series, the Avengers assemble to fight none other than the horned terror himself. You can’t have the Avengers without Loki. Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg, and Sam Rosen Image: Jack Kirby/Marvel Comics Avengers #1 (1963) And those are some of his best stories, too. He’s been trapped in an anthill by Ant-Man and turned his long-suffering brother into a frog. Loki’s arrival also set up a long running streak of emotionally driven humanity revolving around the two godlike brothers and their place in the Marvel Universe - but he wouldn’t be much of a trickster god if his stories were all about high emotions. Who doesn’t occasionally want to root for the non-blonde bombshell, to cheer for the least favorite son? plucked him from the icy fjords of Norse mythology, where he had long been the trickster god that we know and love.īut this Loki was the adopted brother of Thor and son of Odin, a significant change that has become a key part of what makes Loki such a timeless comics character, and so much fun to both read and watch. Just like his half-brother Thor, Kirby and co. Of course, the villain turned anti-hero turned supervillain turned (anti-)hero is not an original creation. ![]() Like many of Marvel’s most famous characters, Loki sprung from the brains of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and - in this case - Lee’s brother, Larry Lieber. Loki may have been charming and cheating superhero movie fans from Thor all the way to his very own Loki TV series on Disney Plus, but he’s been causing comic book chaos for far longer.
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