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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