Loki Agent of Asgard
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Going to see Thor: Ragnarok reminded me that I'd never finished reading Loki Agent of Asgard, the comics series by Al Ewing and Lee Garbett, which I have in graphic novel form.
More behind cut, with spoilers for it.
Bought them long before I made my decision to stop reading the X-Men comics and try to stay away from Marvel comics altogether. Never finished reading them partly because of why I made that decision, which is that I was sick to death of Marvel playing fast and loose with its own characters (their right, since they own them, but I can opt out if I want), and of the constant 'explosive event that will change the Marvel universe as we know it' re-boot crap. One of those happens at least once a year, and I believe they're about to do another (and if they're not, I'm sure they will be soon).
A-anyway, Loki Agent of Asgard is a really good book, though IMO doesn't quite fulfil its potential, due to having to constantly fall in line with these Marvel Universe-wide events, three of which happened during the short(ish) run of the book.
Personally, I would have liked more of Loki's (doomed) attempts to wipe his very smudged slate clean by doing Asgard's dirty work before the big reveal that his quest was doomed and he was fated to turn into evil King Loki in the end. Those adventures were fun. I'm sure there would have been more, actually, if it weren't for the constant interruptions of these larger franchise-wide storylines.
I would also have liked more Thor/Loki brotherly interaction before Teen!Loki revealed to Thor that he was not actually Kid!Loki more grown up but had killed Kid!Loki so that he (ie. Original!Loki) could have a second chance at life in Kid!Loki's body, thus killing Thor's affection for him stone-dead.
On the other hand, given all the interruptions, I thought the end - with Teen!Loki morphing into Wild!Loki, declaring himself the god of stories, rather than the god of lies and taking ownership of his own future - was pretty good. I'm glad he escaped his horrible fate.
I've no idea if Loki even exists as a character in the Marvel Comics Universe these days, but if he doesn't, there are worse ways to go.
Going to see Thor: Ragnarok reminded me that I'd never finished reading Loki Agent of Asgard, the comics series by Al Ewing and Lee Garbett, which I have in graphic novel form.
More behind cut, with spoilers for it.
Bought them long before I made my decision to stop reading the X-Men comics and try to stay away from Marvel comics altogether. Never finished reading them partly because of why I made that decision, which is that I was sick to death of Marvel playing fast and loose with its own characters (their right, since they own them, but I can opt out if I want), and of the constant 'explosive event that will change the Marvel universe as we know it' re-boot crap. One of those happens at least once a year, and I believe they're about to do another (and if they're not, I'm sure they will be soon).
A-anyway, Loki Agent of Asgard is a really good book, though IMO doesn't quite fulfil its potential, due to having to constantly fall in line with these Marvel Universe-wide events, three of which happened during the short(ish) run of the book.
Personally, I would have liked more of Loki's (doomed) attempts to wipe his very smudged slate clean by doing Asgard's dirty work before the big reveal that his quest was doomed and he was fated to turn into evil King Loki in the end. Those adventures were fun. I'm sure there would have been more, actually, if it weren't for the constant interruptions of these larger franchise-wide storylines.
I would also have liked more Thor/Loki brotherly interaction before Teen!Loki revealed to Thor that he was not actually Kid!Loki more grown up but had killed Kid!Loki so that he (ie. Original!Loki) could have a second chance at life in Kid!Loki's body, thus killing Thor's affection for him stone-dead.
On the other hand, given all the interruptions, I thought the end - with Teen!Loki morphing into Wild!Loki, declaring himself the god of stories, rather than the god of lies and taking ownership of his own future - was pretty good. I'm glad he escaped his horrible fate.
I've no idea if Loki even exists as a character in the Marvel Comics Universe these days, but if he doesn't, there are worse ways to go.