Loki: Agent of Asgard - The Complete Collection

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Super Cell Reception: Loki explicitly uses magic to boost their smartphone's reception, allowing Verity to remotely help them through a room of traps and illusions. Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p.193. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X. [1] Our Dwarves Are All the Same: Averted with Andvari, a dwarf who turned himself into a giant magic-proof pike to protect his gold. Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Asgardians and the Angels, albeit their philosophies can't be more different. Except both are prone to Revenge Before Reason.

Production Foreshadowing: During issue #12, Old!Loki mentions that in their timeline they thwarted the Ultron Singularity, a reference to the Ultron Forever mini-series that began a few weeks after that issue was released. You Already Changed the Past: Teen Loki's efforts to change their past enabled (or at least made it easier for) Old!Loki to make the past the way it was.

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Many years ago, when Bor, ruler of Asgard, was battling frost giants, he followed a wounded giant to a powerful sorcerer that was waiting for him. The sorcerer caught him unaware, turning Bor into snow. Bor's son, Odin, found his father as he was blowing away; Bor begged Odin to find a sorcerer to free him, but Odin made no attempt to save his father. Bor cursed Odin saying that he would take in the son of a fallen king and raise it as his own. Not a week later, Odin himself led the Asgardians into battle against the Frost Giants and killed Laufey, who was the King, in personal combat. After slaying Laufey, Odin found a small Asgardian-sized child hidden within the primary stronghold of the Frost Giants. The child was Loki; Laufey having kept him hidden from the Frost Giant people due to his shame over his son's small size. Odin took the child, out of a combination of pity, to appease the memory of his father, and because he was the child of a worthy adversary slain in honorable combat, and raised as his own alongside his biological son Thor. [13] The Con: As Loki themself said, there is always a Con going on somewhere, even if this wasn't what the asker meant. For example the one to get Sigurd in Asgardia as a preparation for the later caper. Yes. Loki conned Mephisto. Starting with issue #622 the ongoing series Thor reverted to the original title Journey into Mystery and shifted focus to Loki. Under the pen of Kieron Gillen, Loki is resurrected but exists in a child's body, remaining the main character from 2011 to 2012, his final issue as lead being #645. One-Steve Limit: Averted, during the creation of Gram, for there is a man named Fafnir who turns into a giant dragon, but is not the same as the other Fafnir Thor has encountered, though his death does cause the origin of the other. "Fafnir is in many", as the narration states. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes on the Way". Marvel.com. January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013 . Retrieved January 8, 2013.

Old!Loki to Loki when they stab them with Gram in issue #5. A sword designed to reveal the truth doesn't work on someone who's honest about who and what they are. Kevin Feige THOR 2, IRON MAN 3, AVENGERS Sequel Interview". Collider. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012 . Retrieved March 1, 2015. It even works in Metaphorical Space, allowing Loki to talk with Verity and realise they can Screw Destiny in issue #13. Inconvenient Summons: The All-Mothers have a bad habit of calling on Loki when they're trying to relax, or socialize with people, or in the shower...

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Temporal Mutability: This work seems to engage in "Temporal Balancing Act" at least. The villain intends to change history, and actually considers the possibility that they could have accidentally unmade their already established future by changing things in the series. There are obviously things that didn't happen note The possession of Thor, Loki's friendship with Verity, the heist of Asgardia, to name a few, or have analogues but went differently note the Tenth Realm adventure (resulted in a war), Sigurd's contract (he went to hell), AXIS (Loki never lifted Mjölnir) etc. in Old!Loki's timeline. At issue #13 Loki breaks the timeline which leaves Old!Loki time displaced. Gillen plays a new superhero tune with Young Avengers". USA Today. January 22, 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013 . Retrieved March 3, 2013. After Ragnarök, Loki returned in a female body working with Doctor Doom so Thor would unwittingly resurrect his Asgardian enemies [46] and manipulated Balder to make him the new successor to the throne of Asgard. [47] Secretly, Loki additionally retained his male form, carrying Thor's reborn lover Sif within himself as his daughter. During this period, Hela and Loki used magic to send Loki to the past to cause the events that led to his younger self being adopted by Odin as a means to eliminate Bor, Thor's grandfather. [48] Mood Whiplash: Generally speaking Loki's most potent superpower is that their presence causes disruption in moods and patterns, in small scale this trope. A True Story in My Universe: That Villain Episode mentioned? That's (one of) the inspiration(s) for the Saga of the Volsungs in the Marvel universe.

Old!Loki thinks it's hilarious, though. The narration points out that they didn't change one bit, which could foreshadow... Well, apparently that the inversion won't last long. I Can't Look!" Gesture: Old!Loki covers their eyes and proclaims that they can't bear to watch, when Loki attempts to lift Mjölnir. The thing is obviously an act as they are still looking, not to mention laughing their ass off.

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The fact that Old!Loki uses a bazooka to kill Andvari is a hint that this might not be the Loki that was, given the Original Loki's disdain for mortals. Living Lie Detector: Verity can infallibly tell when someone is lying, has no patience for any form of fiction, and can even see through high-level illusions. If done carefully enough, she isn't immune to lies by omission, like what Loki pulled when doing the caper. She sarcastically congratulates them for that feat in issue #6. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" The Fall of Asgard (TV Episode 2011) - IMDb , retrieved June 21, 2023 Ironic Echo: Inverted. In issue #1 Loki states that they would rather take an arrow to the face than burn. In issue #5, Old!Loki says they would rather burn than take an arrow to the face. a b Richards, Dave (March 29, 2010). "STORMING HEAVEN: "Siege" #3". Comic Book Resources News. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012 . Retrieved September 26, 2010.

In the Tenth Realm mini Angela is accepted immediately by her old family after her parentage came out and the Angels turned on her. And remember Odin and his children only knew she even existed/was alive for some days at that point! McGloin, Matt (April 18, 2019). "Avengers: Endgame Comes To Marvel Battle Lines Trailer" . Retrieved March 23, 2023. Toxic Friend Influence: Inverted!Amora to Heroic!Loki. If she wasn't there they would question themself sooner and wouldn't give up two of their friends to Asgardian justice. She is just so utterly convinced of her own righteousness it's hard to say no to her. Chekhov's Gun: That super cell reception spell mentioned in issue #5? It comes handy when Loki's forced to choose their destiny in the metaphorical realm in issue #13. Ultimate Spider-Man" The Avenging Spider-Man: Part 1 (TV Episode 2014) - IMDb , retrieved June 21, 2023

Issue #14 ends with almost (adds a 'still') the same lines issue #1 began. " Trust me. I still know what I'm doing..." Loki possesses genius-level intelligence and has extensive training in magic, and possesses the ability to manipulate magical forces for a variety of purposes: energy projection, creation of force fields, temporarily increasing his own physical capabilities, granting superhuman abilities to living beings or inanimate objects, flight, hypnosis, illusion casting and inter-dimensional teleportation. In issue #13 when Verity asked Loki on the phone if their evil future self was around, they answered "No", which was true. In the metaphorical space where she reached them, anyway, and there were the spirits of the evil original Loki and Kid Loki in listening distance.