Let me reiterate: The point of this two-part guide of mine is to point fans of movie!Loki to Loki comics that are of interest to us. The more Marvel comics I read the more I see why the comics fans think we Loki fangirls are insane. To them, watching the movie must have been something like this:
Comics fans: “What the hell? Why is Loki having normal emotions, like love and hurt? Why are they trying to make him three-dimensional and give him understandable motivations? Why isn’t he being completely evil? This is so OOC.”
Movie!Loki: *suddenly starts telling vicious pointless lies and killing everybody in reach, often without good reason*
Comics fans: “Finally, Loki’s in character! About time!”
Movie viewers who were sympathizing with Loki: “…Whuh? Why is he doing all this? Most of it makes no sense! The only way this makes sense at all is if he had a psychotic break from the trauma of finding out he was a frost giant and is now completely raving mad.”So when they tell us Loki is just evil and not a sympathetic woobie, they’re talking about a completely different Loki.
Most of the comics just have Loki as a completely evil villain whose motivation is “because he’s evil”. The best one can usually hope for is to be impressed by the intricacy of his schemes. However, there are a handful of comics that present a Loki more in line with movie!Loki.
Earth-9997 Loki has had it with the “Shakespeare in the Park” dialogue. (The third image is actually Loki who has magically taken on Thor’s appearance for plot reasons.)
For context, from the Marvel wiki:
It has been revealed through the monitoring devices of the Watcher, as well as through the eyes of Kyle Richmond that the Asgardians of Earth-9997 are not gods, as they have long believed to have been.
As it has been revealed, the Asgardians are really aliens who, like humanity, had been manipulated by the Celestials to be guardians of the Celestial embryo growing at the core of their planet. Like many of the species the Celestials have manipulated, this species lived long enough to evolve to the third tier of mutation. This level causes the individual to lose all definition and is defined by those around it, or its environment.
lady loki by pepe larraz
Last Hero Standing pg 22-23 double page splash by Pat Olliffe…
thor comics: a summary
Bruce McCorkindale pays homage to Foster, Kirby, Lee and Keane in the latest Fits and Starts!
SIGNAL BOOST.
Things I wish they would have kept in the Thor movie. (Part III)
The piercing eyes.
You know that whole “trust your eyes, not your head” thing? I think it works.
Loki in various costumes.
Practice.
