Loki (Marvel Comics)

Loki
Cover art for Loki #1. Art by Esad Ribic.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Venus #6 (August 1949), Journey into Mystery #85 (October 1962) (modern day)
Created by	Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter ego	Loki Laufeyson
Team affiliations	Acts of Vengeance Cabal Mighty Avengers
Notable aliases	God of Lies and Mischief, God of Evil, Loki Odinson, Scarlet Witch
Abilities	Vast mystical powers, Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Shapeshifting, Teleportation, flight, Superhuman strength, durability, longevity, genius intelligence

Loki is a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain and the adoptive brother and archenemy of the superhero Thor. He is based on the being of the same name from Norse mythology. The character first appeared in Venus #6 (August 1949) and was created by writer Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby.

In 2009, Loki was ranked as IGN's 8th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Publication history

Loki made his first Marvel Comics appearance in Timely Comics' publication Venus #6 (August 1949), where Loki was inaccurately featured as a member of the Olympian gods exiled to the Underworld. He made his first official Marvel appearance in Journey into Mystery #85 (October 1962), where Loki was reintroduced by brothers and co-writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and he was redesigned by Jack Kirby. Loki has appeared in various issues of Journey Into Mystery, Thor, The Avengers, and several other Marvel Universe titles.

Marvel eventually found the character popular enough to let Robert Rodi proceed with writing a 4-issue miniseries, Loki (July–October 2004), that features a different look at the character. The miniseries features painted covers and interior pages by artist Esad Ribic.

Loki appears in the comic book series Thor: Son of Asgard #1-9 (2004), which follows Thor's early adventures in Asgard with Sif and Balder.

Following the conclusion of "Dark Reign" in "Siege", in which Loki played a key role, marvel launched another limited series, Loki, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with art by Sebastian Fiumara.

Loki appears in Thor: Ages of Thunder written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Patrick Zircher. It features some tales of Thor and Asgardians from past Ragnarök cycles.

Fictional character biography

After slaying the King of the Frost giants Laufey, Odin found a small Asgardian-sized child hidden within the primary stronghold of the Frost Giants. The child was Loki, and Laufey kept him hidden from his people due to his shame over his son's small size. Odin took the boy because he showed strength when Odin slew his father in combat and raised him as his son alongside his biological son Thor.

Growing up

Throughout their childhood and into adolescence, Loki was resentful of the differences in which he and Thor were treated by the citizens of Asgard. The Asgardians valued great strength, tenacity, and bravery in battle above all things and Loki was clearly inferior to his foster brother Thor in these areas. Loki's gifts lay in other areas, most notably sorcery. As Loki grew to adulthood, his natural talent for causing mischief would make itself manifest and earned him a nickname as the God of Lies and Mischief. He grew steadily more malicious in his deeds, and his lust for both power and revenge was apparent to all those around him. Several times he tried to use tricks to get rid of Thor. In time, his nickname grew from being a playful and mischievous trickster god to the "God of Evil". Over the centuries, Loki attempted on many occasions to seize rulership of Asgard and to destroy Thor. He even helped the Storm giant Ghan to escape Thor planning to get a debt from him later, and aided other enemies of Asgard, planning to take over. Odin, who had long tolerated Loki's attempts, magically imprisoned him within a tree until someone would shed a tear for him. Loki eventually freed himself by causing a leaf to strike Heimdall, the guardian of Bifrost, in the eye, which made him shed a tear. Loki compiled an extensive criminal record in Asgard, and was frequently exiled. After meeting the Sorceror Eldred, his mastery of black magic was increased. He repaid Eldrad by later giving him to the Fire demon Surtur.

Battles with Earth's Heroes

Loki's schemes eventually came to include Earth itself and these schemes often drew some of Earth's superhuman heroes to defend Earth and, often, Asgard itself. He first battled Thor on Earth in modern times after escaping from the tree Loki then manipulated the Hulk into wreaking havoc using an illusion of dynamite on train tracks, while in astral form in an attempt to lure Thor to Asgard, which inadvertently led to the formation of the Avengers as several other heroes came to meet the Hulk.

Thor was one of the founding members of this superhuman team, and Loki often found his goals frustrated by them, even when they appeared close to success. Several times Loki, while not directly battling Thor himself, caused threats for Thor to battle, like increasing the mental powers of a carnival fortune teller Sandu making him powerful enough to lift buildings with his mind, and releasing a Lava man called Molto by accident when he caused a long-dead volcano to explode, who Thor mercifully returned to his people. He even released Mr Hyde and Cobra by paying their bail, then doubled their powers, but they were again defeated. Among Loki's better known henchmen was the human criminal Carl "The Crusher" Creel, whom Loki transformed into the superhuman criminal known as the Absorbing Man. Creel would prove to be a formidable adversary to Thor over the years. Loki went so far as to attempt to turn Odin against Thor and to steal Thor's enchanted hammer, Mjolnir in an attempt to free himself, but all his efforts failed. When he convinced Odin to go to Earth and leave him in charge of Asgard with part of the Odinforce, he released Skagg, the Storm Giant, and Surtur, the huge Fire Demon, to try and destroy Odin. However Thor and Balder helped defeat the monsters, and Loki was sent to serve the dwarfs. Loki was responsible for the Destroyer being awakened, by leading a Hunter to the Temple where the Destroyer armor resided using his mental abilities while Thor was nearby, causing the Hunter's soul to animate the armor, but Thor forced the Hunter to return to his body, then buried the armor under thousands of tons of rock. When he tried to use the Absorbing Man to defeat Odin and take over Asgard, he and his ally were exiled into space due to a trick by Odin.

Taking over Asgard

Loki's destiny to be the cause of Ragnarok was later recounted. Loki returned from his exile in space by Odin, and was stripped of his powers and exiled to Earth by Odin. Loki plotted to gain new powers from Karnilla, although this accidentally resulted in violent criminal, the Wrecker gaining Asgardian powers when he was mistaken for Loki after knocking him out and putting on his helmet. He almost killed Thor by collapsing a building on him, as Thor had been stripped of all his powers except his strength by Odin. Loki then fomented a battle between Thor and the Destroyer animated by Sif. Loki then took command of Asgard during the Odinsleep, and fled when Asgard was invaded by Mangog.

Loki later usurped the throne of Asgard by taking the Odinring, but fled again when Asgard was invaded by Surtur. Much later, Loki usurped the throne of Asgard again, and set the Destroyer against Thor once more. Shortly after that, Loki caused the temporary death of Balder using mistletoe. At this time, Loki's estranged wife Sigyn returned to Asgard. When Loki was chained and a viper dripped poison onto his face as punishment for killing Balder, Sigyn tried helping him. Loki attempted to bring about Rangnarok, but was foiled by Odin. Alongside Tyr and his forces, Loki stole the golden apples of Idunna and invaded Asgard with help from the Midgard serpent, but then changed sides and aided Odin's forces in defeating Tyr.

Despite Loki's loathing for his half-brother and father, Loki helped to defend Asgard from destruction from Surtur and his fire demons. This was because Surtur's goal was to destroy Asgard, whereas Loki sought only to rule it. Alongside Odin and Thor, Loki battled Surtur, and witnessed the seeming demise of Odin. Not long after that, Loki transformed Thor into a frog for a time, using the Twilight Sword. Thor was turned back when Volstagg destroyed one of the machines Loki had used to transform Thor. He then involved the X-Men and Alpha Flight in a plot to gain favor with "Those Who Sit Above in Shadow".

Acts of Vengeance

In disguise, Loki manipulated a group of master villains into engineering the "Acts of Vengeance". With these prime movers, he set in motion a plot against the Avengers and other heroes. He sent the Juggernaut against Thor, and cast a spell that caused temporary bouts of weakness in Thor. He battled the combined forces of the West Coast and East Coast Avengers. His identity was ultimately revealed, and he was defeated by the Avengers. Loki would actually die at the hands of Thor, although, manipulation of the time stream would later bring him back.

Debt to Spider-Man

Through a time traveling adventure with Doctor Strange, Morwen, a foe of Strange's former master, is released. She is detected by both Loki and Spider-Man, and she takes the body of Tessa Black, a child of Loki. When Spider-Man saves her, Loki proclaims he owes one debt to the wallcrawler.

Ragnarök

It has been prophesied Loki would lead Asgard's enemies into the "Eternal Realm" and aid them in destroying it in a final conflict known as Ragnarök, or sometimes referred to as "The Twilight of the Gods". Loki fulfilled the prophecy of leading the enemies of Asgard against the Asgardians, by forging Uru weapons for his army, after finding the forge used to create Thor's hammer Mjolnir. Not even Thor's hammer can break the shields, it is shattered in a nuclear-scale explosion. This battle consumed all who participated in it and it was revealed that the cycle of the birth, lives, and death of the Asgardians was a continuing cycle presided over by beings known only as "Those Who Sit Above in Shadow" for their amusement. Loki is decapitated by Thor and has his head preserved. Thor, Loki's foster brother and monarch of the Asgardians after Odin perished in battle against Surtur months earlier, is able to put an end to this continuing cycle. All Asgardians perished in this last Ragnarok except for Thor, who would disappear into a deep sleep. Yet this time, "Those Who Sit Above" followed them in death and were unable to revive them. With Thor's recent return, it was revealed Asgardians now exist on Earth in mortal guises.

Return

Loki's female form. Art by Olivier Coipel.

After the Ragnarok, Loki returned in a new female form and was revealed to have been working with Doctor Doom, plotting to manipulate events so Thor unwittingly resurrected his greatest Asgardian enemies.

After Loki's resurrection, she claimed to make a new vow: to never lie again. However, she is now manipulating Balder to make him a new successor to the throne of Asgard, and potentially start a civil war against Thor.

It was revealed that Loki retained his male form after Ragnarok but hid himself inside a female body (which originally belonged to Thor's reborn lover Sif) in order to sell to Thor the idea that he wished to change. Combining his magic with that of Hela, Loki traveled to the past and set into motion the events that led to his younger self being adopted by Odin, starting by turning Bor into snow. His reasons for doing this were later revealed as a means to eliminate Bor, Thor's grandfather.

Secret Invasion

Loki was with the Asgardians when she goaded them into believing the injured Beta Ray Bill was a Skrull, resulting in a mob of Asgardians nearly attacking him, although Thor used his hammer to stop the rumor by showing Bill could lift it.

Dark Reign

Following the Skrulls defeat, she was introduced as a member of the Cabal, consisting of herself, Norman Osborn, Emma Frost, Doctor Doom, Namor, and the Hood. Osborn gathered them to obtain their support for his plans for his "new world order." Osborn offers the Cabal solidarity and the resources to accomplish their own agendas. In return Osborn asks for their public support/registration, as well as cooperation fulfilling any request he may have of them. When asked what she wants, Loki responds she wants Asgard and wants it back in the heavens where it belongs.

In Thor #600, it is revealed Loki traveled to the past to ensure Bor, father of Odin and first king of Asgard, perishes in battle against the Frost Giants. He turns the Asgardian king to snow after luring them to him with a Frost Giant. In the present day Loki revives Bor from some snow in New York City, but places a spell on him to mistake everything around him as an enemy, therefore attacking everything in sight. Further aggrieved by the belief that his son's failure to resurrect him can only mean he was killed in battle, when Thor arrives on the scene, Loki's enchantment causes Bor to see Thor as a monster. Sensing Odin's power inside what he sees as a demon, Bor attacks Thor, attempting to avenge his son. While Thor and Bor fight Loki makes Balder aware of Bor's identity and the two rush to New York to stop Thor from killing him (Thor never met Bor until now and is unaware of his identity). Thor is forced to kill Bor for fear of the entire planet being destroyed in the wake of their battle, due to Bor's vast power. In the aftermath of the battle, Loki reminds Balder that the resurrected Bor was technically the king of Asgard when Thor killed him, and the punishment for killing the king is banishment from Asgard. Balder is forced to agree. After Thor's banishment, Loki mentions to some disgruntled Asgardians she made arrangements to have all Asgardians, but not Asgard itself, moved to Latveria at the invitation of Doctor Doom.

Loki attends a dinner hosted by Doctor Doom along with Balder to secure a new home for the Asgardians in Latveria. She is caught off guard by Balder's insistence that since they are leaving Asgard, Thor should be allowed to rejoin them. Loki is able to calm Balder before he offends Doom too much. She later appears before Blake and Thor to tell them that she will be returning to her male form shortly and that he has come to the realization that his body was meant for Sif. Loki explains that, after Ragnarok, when the Asgardians were being placed into human hosts Sif's soul was placed into a dying human. When Thor sent out the call for the Asgardians to return, Sif's host was too weak to hear the call. When Thor mass-summoned the Asgardians, Sif's body was created but her soul could not be placed into it, so the body went looking for a soul with no body and found Loki. Loki goes on to say that the transfer from his female form to his male form will probably kill Sif's host and she urges Blake and Thor to find Sif and say goodbye. By the time Thor restores Sif, Loki is back in his male form. Following the Hood's depowerment at the hands of Doctor Strange, Brother Voodoo, and the Son of Satan, Loki offers the Hood a second chance.

Mighty Avengers

The Scarlet Witch appears in her astral form recruiting a team of Avengers to face the Elder God Chthon. It is soon revealed that Wanda is Loki in disguise. The Avengers, unaware of Loki's trick, follow the false "Wanda's" instructions. Her goal is to throw Norman Osborn off balance, as shown during the second meeting of the Cabal, after Thor was banished due to her trickery, when Loki intended to put "cracks in Osborn's armor" and gradually "widen" these cracks through the Mighty Avengers. Pietro Maximoff, though desiring to see and converse with his sister, joins the Mighty Avengers after he races around the world searching for her, not knowing that his nephews Billy and Tommy have just done so and failed to find her either.

However, Loki had planned on the deaths of Pietro and Cassandra Lang, fearing they may be wedges in her plans. She cuts off communications from the former, and tries to convince Hank Pym to expel Cassie after placing a spell on her to prevent her from saying anything bad about her disguise. The latter, however, invites her fellow Young Avengers into the Infinite Avengers Mansion (an extension of the PymPocket), to prove that the Scarlet Witch is evil. When Wiccan casts a spell to bring Scarlet Witch to them, Loki appears as Scarlet Witch and states that Cassandra Lang sealed their fate. Just then, Ronin appears and ambushes "Scarlet Witch." He determines that she is not Wanda by kissing her and stating that the real Scarlet Witch would have used her power to revive Cassandra's father. Wiccan then chants a spell to reveal her true form. Afraid of exposure, Loki is forced to leave swearing all their deaths. The continued achievements of the Mighty Avengers strain Osborn to the breaking point. Loki decides to play the final card that will break Osborn by unleashing the Absorbing Man, who had absorbed the power of the Cosmic Cube.. In the Dark Avengers, Loki is in Norman Osborn's office and manipulates him into becoming the Green Goblin again, as Siege begins.

Siege

Main article: Siege (comics)

Loki was present at the Cabal when Norman Osborn denied to bring Namor to Doctor Doom. When the Doombot posing as Doctor Doom unleashed insect-like robots, Loki advised to the Hood to take flight. Following Norman Osborn's chat with the President, Loki advises to recreate an incident similar to the Stamford Incident that will bring about the invasion upon Asgard.

He then reveals a plot to Osborn that will take advantage of Volstagg's presence in Chicago, as Volstagg has gone for adventures like Thor, having the U-Foes attack him and destroy a packed Soldier Field during an American football game killing thousands while he and Osborn watch in astral form. Loki then warns Balder about Obsorn's impending attack on Asgard and claims he tried to convince Osborn to not attack. Loki, when Osborn called out to him for their aid, later apparently sends the Hood and his syndicate as reinforcements to help Osborn's forces against the Avengers, and when Thor asks Osborn where was Loki in all this, the unstable Osborn claimed that he was "dead", just like all of them, due to the Void fully released now. Loki later appears to Balder, telling him that he would have simply pardoned Thor instead of banishing him if he had not wanted the throne of Asgard for himself. Balder later banishes Loki from Asgard.

Some time after he magically disguised himself as Osborn's Green Goblin persona to cause him to lay siege to Asgard, Loki encounters the Disir (the Valkyries of Bor), revealing that he desired to gain their service as his slaves. The Disir unite and assault him as one, but Loki manages to defeat them using extraordinary swordsmanship skills, thus forcing them to submit to him and declare him the victor. Loki meets with Mephisto, agreeing to lend him the Disir for a hundred and one days in exchange for the demon lord granting a portion of his netherworld to his daughter Hela for one thousand and one years, as her new "Hel". In exchange for this, Hela erases Loki from the Books of Hel, thus he is no longer tied to Hel or Asgard, gaining absolute freedom.

When the combined forces of the New Avengers, Young Avengers and the Secret Warriors defeat the Dark Avengers, Thor demands to know where Loki is. Norman Osborn can only tell him that he's dead, just like the rest of them as the true form of the Void appears. As the creature tears apart the three teams, Loki begins to repent, realizing that what has happened to Asgard was not what he wanted. He begs his father Odin to return to him the Norn Stones, which are taken away from the Hood and given to the trickster. He uses its power to empower the three teams and give the powers of the Hood's gang to them, and fight back against the Void, causing it visible pain. However, it senses Loki's hand in this and attacks him, resistant to the Norn Stones direct attacks, and destroys the Norn Stones. As Loki is torn apart in front of a shocked Thor by the Void's tendrils, his last words were to apologize to his brother. Thor resolves to avenge his fallen brother and destroys the Void and the Sentry with a lightining strike when they transform back from the H.A.M.M.E.R Helicarrier crashing into them from Iron Man; he then takes the Sentry's remains into outer space, and releases them into the Sun.

Powers and abilities

Loki is a member of the race of Frost Giants of Jotunheim, although not a giant in stature. He possesses physical attributes equal to a fit average member of the race of superbeings known as Asgardians, such as superhuman strength; stamina (his Frost Giant metabolism grants him superhuman levels of physical stamina in practically all activities); durability; and immunity to all known diseases and toxins, as well as some resistance to magic.

Loki has extensive training in the rites of black magic, and possesses the ability to manipulate great quantities of magical forces for a variety of purposes: energy projection, creation of force fields, temporarily increasing his own physical strength, granting superhuman abilities to living beings or inanimate objects, flight, hypnotism, illusion casting, and inter-dimensional teleportation. With only a fraction of his full power, in his astral form, Loki was able to nearly destroy Doctor Strange on Midgard, prior the latter's ascension to the office of Sorcerer Supreme, and through extreme effort, he has been able to break free of a Celestial device in the possession of Apocalypse. Loki's power has been stated by Dormammu to be almost equal to his own, and the Silver Surfer believes that the power Loki wields is sufficient to "decimate a planet". His illusion casting can fool entire cities.

Apparently, Loki possesses some extrasensory abilities and is capable of astral projection and casting his thoughts across great distances, even across dimensional barriers, like that between Asgard and Earth even if he is unable to move. He cannot read the minds of other beings, although he can influence their actions, and once briefly hypnotized Thor, as well as controlling a flock of birds. However not even his hypnotic spell was powerful enough to make Thor give him Mjolnir. He can slightly control minds even if he is in Asgard and the subject is on Earth, particularly if the subject has evil thoughts. He can influence other events, like driving a missile from its path.

Loki is also an adept shapeshifter with the ability to change both form (examples include transmogrification to a salmon, horse, etc.) and person, framing some heroes including Thor and Captain America. His shapeshifting ability does not necessarily include the abilities of whatever he turns into, although he can fly in bird form. He can transform other objects, he once turned clouds into dragons, and animated trees to attack Thor.

At times Loki imbues himself with magical abilities that enable him to withstand injuries that would prove fatal to another Asgardian, such as being beheaded by Balder. He has likewise proven resistant to the Controller's control disk, immune to the mental influence of Voice, and been unaffected by the power sapping abilities of Rogue.

Loki made a pact with Hela that appeared to give him immunity from death, but was later simply revealed to bar him from entrance to the Argardian realm of Hel. This pact did not actually protect his soul from being destroyed.

Aside from his mystical abilities, Loki possesses a brilliant intellect. However, his passionate hatred of Thor, lust for power, and tendency to alienate others by his ignoble actions greatly impeded his ability to bring his well-laid plans to fruition. He is an expert manipulator and schemer. His magic is weaker on Earth as he was not born of Gaea.

Loki is sometimes armed with a sword and a whip and he has made use of various magic items.

Other versions

Ultimate Universe

Loki appears in the second volume of The Ultimates as the evil stepbrother of Thor. The Ultimate version of Loki has the ability to "shuffle time and space", and in his first appearance, causes a ripple during Thor's conversation with Volstagg. In the restaurant, Loki is apparently in the background, which would mark his first "appearance" (he is mentioned and his powers apparently used, but he is only briefly seen). Loki comes to Earth after escaping from the Room Without Doors and begins to cause havoc, especially for Thor and the United States after assisting the Liberators. Through his power he creates the persona for himself of "Gunnar Golmen," the head scientist of the Norwegian extension of the "European Defense Initiative," the European counterpart to The Ultimates, and turns Thor into "Thorlief," Gunnar's brother, a former mental patient who stole the technology that Gunnar created for the Initiative.

Later in the story, he confronts the captive Thor and gloats that it is all just another one of their games, and informs him that there is a traitor in the ranks of the Ultimates. When Thor requests assistance from the guards, Loki is nowhere to be seen, though he appears as a snake around Thor's neck after they leave (most likely a nod to the real Loki in Norse mythology). Most recently (at the end of Ultimates 2 #9), Loki has stated that the reason he joined the Liberators was that "They had a Norse god on their side. It's only fair you should get one too", and that "Odin sent his son to bring the world peace. I couldn't resist the opportunity to mess that up." However, he is hesitant to use his abilities overtly as he claims Odin will then be able to find him. Yet once all The Liberators are defeated, he decides to do things himself. After revealing to the Ultimates who he is, he rises into the air and changes the color of the sky. At that moment, the sky opens and Thor, his brother, appears for revenge.

Issue 13 shows further demonstrations of his power by attempting to trap Thor in an illusion and withstanding a direct blow from Thor's hammer uninjured, claiming it cannot hurt him. During this battle, Thor mentions that Loki's powers have weakened for an unexplained reason. After Loki summons an army of monsters to battle the Ultimates and nearly kills Thor, the thunder god then proceeds to summon allies from Asgard while he strikes Loki with his hammer, sending him back to Asgard where Odin awaits him.

Loki's motivation for his actions is not completely revealed. He mentions several motivations from a desire to cause World War III to Odin favoring Thor over him and attempting to gain Odin's favor. Throughout the whole ordeal Loki regards humans as mere playthings for his pranks. In addition to creating a Norwegian super-soldier program that was supposedly part of an EU initiative and making people believe it was real, even though Norway is not part of the European Union, he claimed to have been the one who framed Captain America for treason, regarding the failure of humans to realize the problems with these assertions as humorous.

According to Wizard Magazine, Loki will play a role in the relaunched Ultimate universe in 2010.

MC2

In the reality of Earth-982, Loki decides to bring an end to the "Age of Heroes", still regretting the fact that his actions led to the creation of the Avengers. In the series Last Hero Standing, he kidnaps several major superheroes, brainwashes them so that they are more violent, and returns them to Earth so that they will destroy their reputations, knowing that his spell will be permanent the moment they shed innocent blood. Eventually this plot is foiled by the superheroes of Earth, especially Captain America, who shatters the gem Loki was using to create the spell before any innocents can be killed. In battle, Loki badly injures Captain America, but, because of his actions, Loki is banished to the limbo realm and is joined by the Hulk, who intends to punish him for affecting the Hulk with his spell and driving him to attack the other heroes.

Within the Avengers Next miniseries, it is revealed that Loki's daughter (within the MC2 universe), Sylene, is on a mission to restore Asgard as a way to honor her father and to prove herself to the Asgardians. Unfortunately, her plan is not only to transform Midgard/Earth into a version of Asgard but also to eliminate the Avengers, since Loki was blaming himself for his part of indirectly creating the team.

Marvel 2099

In the Marvel 2099 line of series, the original Asgardians were no more. However, belief in them had grown into a full-fledged religion with many followers. Seeking to take advantage of this, a corporation called Alchemax decided to create their own pantheon. One of the company's scientists, Jordan Boone, decided that he wanted to have powers and sneaked himself into the program. He ensured that he avoided the receiving of a computer chip implant which would give him falsified memories of his godhood. Jordan became the Loki of the program, but fled before the program and their floating fortress were destroyed. He later reappeared and remade himself as the villainous Halloween Jack who went about trying to warp the entire world with a Virtual Unreality Projector. His plan would have succeeded if not for President Doom stepping in with the help of the X-Men Meanstreak and Krystalin. Halloween Jack was supposedly killed in 2099 World of Tomorrow #2, but made an unexpected cameo in X-Force #92. He was somehow pulled from the time-stream before his death and redeposited in the present where he pestered Domino. Since then his resident time period and/or location have been unknown.

Earth X

In the reality of Earth-9997, Loki duped Odin into transforming Thor into a woman and he cast a spell across Bifrost that would prevent Thor from returning to Earth if he ever returned to Asgard. Among several heroes, in this reality, he opposed the Celestials due to finding out the falsehood of the Asgardians' origins. Realizing that his form was actually solely dependent on his convictions (as that of all Asgardians), he became an angelic being with a very ambiguous appearance. With his new state, he was instrumental in defeating the Absorbing Man and he later formed the new Avengers and became the new Thor.

Guardians of the Galaxy

In the Guardians of the Galaxy timeline (Earth-691), Loki is alive and well in the 31st Century.

In other media

Television

• Loki appears in the Thor segment of The Marvel Super Heroes.
• Loki appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The Vengeance of Loki" voiced by John Stephenson.
• Loki was scheduled to appear in an unproduced episode of The Avengers: United They Stand.
• Loki appeared in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Oh Brother" voiced by Ted Biaselli. To get to a Fractal that landed in the Frost Giant Armory and made as part of an arrow, he convinces Doctor Doom into lending his villainous allies into inciting a war in Asgard. After a fight with Thor, he steals the Fractal that turned Wolverine into an actual wolverine and gets away. Doctor Doom knew Loki would double-cross him and used the dimensional transporter to transport Iron Man, Hulk, and Silver Surfer to his lair to beat him up. In "Tremble at the Might of...MODOK," he conspires with MODOK to overthrow Doctor Doom. During the fight between the Super Hero Squad and Doctor Doom against MODOK, Loki ended up fighting Thor. He ends up retreating with Loki quoting to Odin that Thor isn't playing fair.

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Loki as he appears in the 2010 Animated Series.

• Loki appears in the The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes micro-episode "The Siege of Asgard", voiced by Graham McTavish.

Film

• Loki is the antagonist in the animated direct-to-video film Hulk vs. Thor voiced by Graham McTavish. Aided by Amora, he tries to bring about a new Ragnarök by transporting the Hulk to Asgard.
• Loki will again appear in the upcoming Thor: Tales of Asgard animated direct-to-video. In this, he and Thor do not start as enemies as the movie is about the early adventures of Thor and Loki before they become arch-enemies.
• Tom Hiddleston will portray Loki in the upcoming live-action Marvel Studios film Thor directed by Kenneth Branagh.
• Tom Hiddleston will reprise the role of Loki in the upcoming film The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon.

Video games

• Loki appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by Larry Cedar. He is an important member of Doctor Doom's Masters of Evil, first appearing disguised as the Mandarin, then as one of Doom's council alongside Enchantress, Baron Mordo, and Ultron. Loki takes an army of Super Soldier Serum enhanced soldiers and smashes the gates of Asgard, taking over the realm, imprisoning Tyr, Heimdall, Balder, and delivering Odin to Doctor Doom. Loki battles the heroes at Raven's Spire, then tricks them into releasing the Destroyer armor by disguising himself as Nick Fury, only to be defeated when the heroes trick the Destroyer armor into shooting a blast at Loki's trapped body. When Doctor Doom is defeated, Thor tells Nick Fury that Doctor Doom and Loki are being tortured by Odin.
• Loki is referenced in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. When talking to Thor in Stark Tower, he mentions that Odin continues to punish Loki and Doctor Doom for their previous treachery.
• Loki appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad, voiced by Ted Biaselli. Loki disguises himself as Storm, Juggernaut and Thor and the player has to beat him in every form he takes.

External links

• Loki at Marvel.com