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The Many Faces of Loki LOKI’S MAIN MCU TIMELINE TIMELINE Approximately 965 AD The many The only MCU villain who appears from phases one to four, Loki uses lies, faces of schemes and fake deaths to survive. Loki is born to Laufey, Even though he leader of the Frost meets his maker at Giants. Loki was Loki the beginning of abandoned and later Loki, a popular villain from the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers: Innity adopted by Odin, King War (2018), this of Asgard. Odin raised (MCU), returns in a six-part miniseries that is named after trickster god Loki as his own, manages to claw his together with his him. Part of phase four of the MCU and now streaming on way back to life – on other son, Thor. Disney+, it picks up from where the alternative Loki escapes the small screen. (Thor, 2011) with the Tesseract, a cube 2011 that gives its owner unlimited ICONIC HEADGEAR An adult Loki joins Loki’s horned helmet – forces with Laufey to power, but is captured by which symbolises his challenge Odin, only sorcery – is one of the to betray and kill his the mysterious Time birth father to pledge most iconic headgear his loyalty to Odin. Variance Authority (TVA). in the MCU. When Odin denounces his actions, Loki chooses to fall into the abyss of space. (Thor, 2011) ALTERNATE TIMELINE 2012 2012 FIGHTING WITH HIMSELF The god of mischief is given two choices: When the Avengers Loki survives and now either cease to exist as a disruptive “time travel back in time to works for Thanos, the variant” or help x the timeline disruptions procure the Tesseract Mad Titan. Loki uses in the aftermath of the the Tesseract to open and stop a greater threat. The Sunday New York invasion, Loki a wormhole above Times looks at the different faces of Loki in escapes with the New York City and the comics who might appear in the show. Tesseract and creates launch a full-scale a branched timeline. invasion. The (Avengers: Endgame, Avengers foil his plan 2019) and capture him. Loki 1. PRESIDENT LOKI is later repatriated to First appearance: Vote Loki #1 (2016) Asgard, along with the Tesseract. (The Avengers, 2012) IMMEDIATELY AFTER Loki runs for the presidency of the United States and says he has the guts to lie 2013 outright to the people. His campaign tagline is “BeLIEve”. Loki is captured by the TVA for breaking 2. LADY LOKI his timeline and Dark Elves invade First appearance: Thor Vol. 3 #5 (2008) creating a variant Asgard and kill Loki’s timeline. He is forced adopted mother, to help the TVA x The Ragnarok event occurs, killing all the Frigga. A grief-stricken the problem in Loki teams up with Asgardian gods, including Loki. Instead of exchange for his life. Thor to avenge their reincarnating as himself as he always does, (Loki, 2021) mother, sacricing Loki inhabits the body meant for fellow himself during the Asgardian Lady Sif. confrontation. Loki fakes his death and returns to Asgard to masquerade 3. KID LOKI as Odin. (Thor: The Dark World, First appearance: Thor #617 (2010) TIME VARIANCE AUTHORITY 2013) Loki “dies” at the hands of a villain called The TVA is a The Void. But because he had manipulated bureaucratic 2017 the Asgardian goddess of death’s Book Of organisation that Hel, Loki’s name is not found in it. Instead, exists outside of Thor exposes Loki. The time and space. It brothers reunite with he is reincarnated as a young boy with Odin, now a frail old no memories of his past life. keeps tabs on all realities and man. Upon his death, Hela, Loki and Thor’s timelines within the elder sister, is freed and ever-growing Marvel demands their 4. IKOL Multiverse. servitude. The brothers join hands to defeat First appearance: Journey Into Mystery Hela. Thor, Loki and the #622 (2011) Asgardians head into Kid Loki may be a clean slate, but his old self space after the manifests as a spirit that haunts him. Kid Loki destruction of Asgard. turns this spirit into a magpie called Ikol, an (Thor: Ragnarok, 2017) anagram of Loki. 5. CLASSIC LOKI First appearance: Journey Into 2018 Mystery #85 (1962) Their ship is When Loki made his Marvel comics debut in intercepted by 1962, he was an older, darker and more Thanos. In an act of sinister character. A contemporary version of self-sacrice, Loki Loki harking back to that earlier one attempts a futile makes an appearance. attack on the Mad Titan. Thanos kills Loki in front of Thor. (Avengers: Innity OTHER POP-CULTURE REFERENCES War, 2018) THE MASK THE SANDMAN MYTHICAL DETECTIVE The iconic green mask in Loki is one of the characters LOKI RAGNAROK the 1994 Jim Carrey lm in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman Loki is the protagonist belongs to Loki, which comic book series (1988 to in the 1999 manga, explains why the wearer 1996). Depicted as a The Mythical will gain notoriety and thin man with yellow Detective Loki immortality. eyes and aming red Ragnarok, where he is hair, he goes by exiled from Asgard many nicknames, and becomes a such as Loki paranormal detective. Skywalker and Loki Liesmith. NORDIC ROOTS When Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber created Loki in 1962, they based a lot of his personality on Norse mythology. NORSE MYTHOLOGY THE SYMBOL FOR LOKI Sources: MARVEL, • In mythology, Loki is a trickster god. • The animal used to • Two snakes coming together to form BRITANNICA Loki’s main ability is shape-shifting. an “S” is the symbol for Loki. • A depiction of Loki represent Loki is the snake, PHOTOS: MARVEL Loki is neither good nor evil. His aim is carved on a stone, perhaps due to his cunning In mythology, one of Loki’s offspring • • SUNDAY TIMES GRAPHICS: to amuse himself and create chaos. from the late Viking nature and how he can is the giant sea serpent Jormungandr. BILLY KER, period, found in slither in and out of It is said to be so big that it can circle BRYANDT LYN, Denmark. situations. Earth and bite its own tail. SIMON ANG.
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