Loki (Marvel Comics)

For the first time, Loki's character appeared in the comic strip Venus # 6 (August, 1949), where he was inaccurately presented as the Olympic god exiled to Tartarus . His first official appearance was in the comic strip Journey into Mystery # 85 (October 1962), where it was reintroduced by brothers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and remade by Jack Kirby. Loki also appeared in various issues of the comic books Journey into Mystery, Thor, The Avengers, and several other series.

As a result, Marvel publishing house found the character popular enough to allow Robert Rody to continue creating the Loki # 1-4 mini-series (July 2004 - October 2004), which provides an opportunity to take a different look at the hero. The features of the mini-series were the covers and interior pages of the comics created by the artist Esad Ribik.

Origin

After the ice giants were defeated, Odin discovered a half-blood child in the citadel (his mother was an aces, his father was the lord of the Jotuns Lafey ; in accordance with the Scandinavian rules for the formation of patronymic names, his full name is Loki Lafeyson). Lafey hid him from his subjects because of the small growth for the ice giant. One could not kill an innocent child; he took the boy to Asgard and raised him as his own son, along with his own heir - Thor.

Growing up

Throughout his childhood and youth, Loki suffered humiliation due to differences between himself and Thor. The inhabitants of Asgard primarily appreciated physical strength, perseverance and courage in battles, but in this Loki could not compete with Thor. However, Loki's vocation lay in other areas. He possessed great abilities for witchcraft , the ability to command magical powers, and somehow wanted to become the most powerful god in all Asgard and crush the Torah. Because of his talent for harm, he became known as the God of Lies and Harm. However, instead of making safe jokes, he became more and more malicious in his actions, and his desire for power and revenge was obvious to everyone around him. Several times he tried to use tricks to get rid of Thor. His nickname changed from Trickster to the God of Evil. Over the centuries, Loki tried many times to seize power over Asgard and kill Thor. He even helped storm giant Ghana escape from Thor, and supported other Asgard enemies. One, who had long condoned Loki's attempts, magically imprisoned him within a magical ash tree until someone shed tears over him. Loki ultimately subjugated the tree to his will, forced him to drop a leaf in Heimdal’s eye, which caused him to drop a tear and, without knowing it, set Loki free. After that, his thirst for power and desire for revenge only increased. Loki collected an extensive dossier in Asgard, and often referred to him. After meeting with the wizard Eldrad, he improved his skills in black magic. Loki later repaid Eldrad, giving him to the torn demon of the fire demon Surtur.

Battles with the heroes of the Earth

Loki's plans often related to the Earth , which is why the heroes of the planet fought with him to protect both Earth and Asgard . At first he fought against Thor in modern times after his escape from a tree ^[3] . Then Loki ruled the Hulk using an illusion, while simultaneously in an astral form trying to seduce Thor with the idea of ​​returning to Asgard. But this led to the formation of the Avengers , as some heroes arrived to meet the Hulk ^[4] .

Thor became one of the founders of this team. Several times, Loki, without directly fighting him, created threats for him. So he increased the mental abilities of the fortune teller Sandu, making her able to raise buildings with the power of his mind ^[5] , freed Mr. Hyde and Cobra, strengthening them, but they were all defeated. Among the best servants of Loki was the criminal Karl Creel, whom he transformed into a supervillain, known as the Devourer ^[6] , who became a serious opponent of Thor over the years.

Loki tried to turn Odin against Thor and steal Thor's enchanted hammer, Mjolnir , but his efforts fell to dust. Then he persuaded Odin to go to Earth and leave him responsible for Asgard with part of the army. After that, he released the storm giant Skagg and the fiery demon Surtur to kill Odin. However, Thor and Balder helped him defeat the monsters, and Loki was sent to serve the dwarves. Loki was responsible for awakening the Destroyer, leading the Hunter to the Temple where the Destroyer's armor was located, while the nearby Thor made Hunter's soul revive the armor. But Thor forced Hunter to return to his body, burying his armor under the rocks ^[7] . Later, Loki tried to use the Absorber to defeat Odin and capture Asgard, as a result of which both were sent into space.

Loki is Jotun from Jotunheim in origin, although he does not have the usual growth for them. He possesses unique physical skills: a huge force inherited from his ancestors, superhuman endurance, immunity to all known diseases and poisons.

Loki owns the art of black magic, which allows him to create areas of power that temporarily increase his own physical power, give superhuman abilities to living creatures or inanimate objects, have the ability to fly, hypnosis, create illusions and teleportation.

He also has the ability to change his appearance to beast (moose, wolf, fox) and human. In addition to his knowledge of magic, Loki has a well-developed mind. However, his hatred of Thor, the thirst for power and unprincipled methods impede the implementation of his cunning and sophisticated plans. He is an experienced manipulator and schemer.

Television

Animated

1960s

• In the first animated series “Mighty Thor” from the 1966 series “Marvel Superheroes”, he is the main villain of the animated series, which lasted only one season out of 13 episodes.

1980s

• Appears in one of the episodes of the animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends .

2000s

• Loki appears in The Superhero Squad , which is voiced by Ted Biassel.

2010s

• Appears in the animated series Avengers. The greatest heroes of the Earth "as one of the supervillains.
• Loki appears in the animated series taking place in the same universe (12041), where he was voiced by one person, Troy Baker.
  • Appears in the animated series " Perfect Spider-Man " as an enemy of Thor and Spider-Man.
  • Appears in the animated series Avengers, The General Gathering! "As one of the supervillains.
  • Appears in the animated series "The Hulk and the Agents of U.D.A.R. "As an enemy of Thor and agents of U.D.A.P.a.
  • Appears in the animated series Guardians of the Galaxy where he has not yet become a constant and famous supervillain. He enjoys the trust of Thor and carefully tries to start a war with Spartax and Asgard. After the outbreak of war, he becomes the interim ruler of Asgard. After the alleged death of Thor and Prince Peter Quil, he comes to sign a peace between Spartax and Asgard. Guardians of the galaxy prove that Loki is to blame for everything, but he doesn’t care, since now he is officially the ruler of Asgard. But Thor appears saying that he does not have such authority and orders Loki to be taken into custody. Suddenly Spartax attacks Thanos and Loki escapes in the house, but later helps the heroes in the fight for Thanos threatening his home. After defeating Thanos, Thor lets Loki leave for now.
    • In the second season, he helps the Guardians get rid of the symbiots in Asgard.
• Loki appears in the mini-series Lego Marvel Superheroes: Maximum Reboot, voiced by Troy Baker.
• Appears in the anime animated series Avengers: Disk Wars.

Series

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Disney announced that Loki and other Marvel characters in KVM will have their own limited series. Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role as Loki, the series will begin to be broadcast on Disney + in the spring of 2021.

The series will be dedicated to Loki, who managed to escape with Tesseract (Stone of Space) from the alternative 2012 in Avengers: Final.

Movies

Animation

• In the feature film Thor: Tales of Asgard ( 2011 ), Loki is voiced by Rick Gomez . This cartoon in content is a prequel to the entire further epic about the Torah hero of Asgard. Here Loki and Thor are still children, and the relations between them are quite friendly, they help each other while traveling for the Surtur Sword.
• Loki appeared in the cartoon "Adventures of Superheroes: Frost Fight / Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!".

Full-length

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Thor

• In the feature film "Thor" (2011), directed by Kenneth Branagh , the role of Loki was played by actor Tom Hiddleston ^[8] . Loki is the main antagonist. He wanted to destroy Yotunheim and rule Asgard, but he was defeated and falls into a spatial hole after the destroyed rainbow bridge.

Avengers

• In the full-length film Avengers (2012), Loki is again the main villain. He used the Tesseract to call on the Earth an alien army of Chitauri and with its help to conquer the world. In the end, he was defeated by the Hulk and teleported with Thor to Asgard for imprisonment. Here he was also played by Tom Hiddleston.

Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness

• In the feature film Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness (2013), Tom Hiddleston played Loki again. In the film, Loki was a prisoner in the Asgard prison, where he was there due to the events in New York in the movie The Avengers, but after a series of circumstances he was released by his half-brother Thor. After the escape that Thor arranged for Loki, the latter joined Thor and began to help him. It was shown in the film that Loki was dead, but at the end of the film it became clear that he had survived and ascended the throne of Asgard under the guise of Odin.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

• The scene with Tom Hiddleston, who returned to the image of Loki for a cameo role, was cut from the main version of the film ^[9] . The scene was expected to appear in additional materials in the DVD and Blu-ray versions , which were released on October 2, 2015 ^[10] .

Thor: Ragnarok

• Tom Hiddleston returned to the role of Loki in the feature film Thor: Ragnarok, which was released in 2017.

Avengers: Infinity War

• Tom Hiddleston repeated the role of Loki in the full-length film Avengers: Infinity War, which premiered in 2018. In the story, Loki gives Tesseract to Thanos in order to save Thor. He is trying to attack the titan, but he is strangling him to death with the words “this time will not rise”, which means Loki died forever.

Avengers: Final

• Loki appears in this film during the Avengers travels in time. In the beginning, he appears in the Battle of New York . Tony Stark from the present tries to steal the Tesseract, but the Hulk knocks him out of the past and Cube gets to Loki, who is teleported to an unknown direction. Loki also appears in Asgard in 2013 , when Thor and the Rocket are trying to take Ether.

Thor: Love and Thunder

• According to rumors, Loki will appear in the film after the events of his own series.

Video Games

• Appears in the game " Marvel Super Hero Squad Online " in several versions: as bosses ("classic" and the version from the movies), and also as a playable character (version from the movies).
• Loki is one of the main antagonists at Marvel: Ultimate Alliance . There, it was he who organized the attack on Asgard, which helps Doctor Doom with the abduction of Odin. Twice acts as a boss - in his usual guise and in the armor of the Destroyer.
• Playable character in Marvel Heroes . Among the available costumes are the “classic” Loki and the movie version.
• In Lego Marvel Super Heroes , teams up with Doctor Doom and other villains, but subsequently deceives everyone and brings them to the Earth of Galactus .
• The playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers is also the main villain of the first half of the game, the plot of which was based on the movie The Avengers (film, 2012) .

• A + X # 5 ( Avengers + X-Men # 5) (2012)

In 2009, Loki took 8th place in the list of " 100 best villains of comics " according to IGN ^[11] .

• Loki on Marvel.com