However shaky this claim to victory might be, it still sets Loki free, and he immediately goes after Thor.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported.
Asgardians willing or able to cry over Loki’s imprisonment are few and far between, and indeed, it isn’t until a leaf from the tree falls into Heimdall’s eye that anyone sheds said tear.
In his debut, we see Loki has been condemned by Odin to spend his existence trapped within a great tree until any living creature comes to shed a tear over his predicament. Even when Loki isn’t the central villain, he is almost always in some way involved in the challenges Thor faces. Loki wasn’t Thor’s first nemesis (that honor goes to the Stone Men of Saturn, who he fought in his debut two issues prior), but he would immediately prove to be the most frequently recurring. The first appearance of Loki in Journey Into Mystery #85 is also the first appearance of mainstays like Balder, Tyr, Heimdall, and Odin, as well as the concept of a comic book Asgard, so this era is very much building the groundwork that we now take for granted. Regardless, Loki’s stint as a ruthless villain comes with a lot of hijinks, tricks, and pranks all his own, and even his gestative era gave Thor a nemesis who was always more than meets the eye.Ĭollects: Avengers (1963) #1 Journey into Mystery (1952) #85, #88, #91-92, #94, #97, #100-104, #107-108, #110-125 Thor (1966) #126-129, #142, #147-157, #167, #173, #175-177, #179-181 Thor Annual (1966) #2 material from Strange Tales (1951) #123 Tales to Astonish (1959) #101 Silver Surfer (1968) #4 Journey Into Mystery #85, written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Stan Goldberg, lettering by Artie Simek No More Tears Left to Cry It’s true that he’s a lot more complex today, but so is Thor, and each of their character’s development through over the years has gone in tandem with the other’s. 1, the relationship between Loki and his brother and father was always a little more complicated than could easily be defined, even in their first appearances.Įven at his most spiteful, Loki had a point in his outrage towards the Asgardians, who pigeonholed him as a malevolent force in his infancy and often refused to allow him to grow beyond the mistakes of his youth. The Loki of today is a more thoughtful and well-rounded character than in his early days, but there’s no way to get to one without the other. Avengers #1, written by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Stan Goldberg, lettering by Sam Rosenįor those who discovered Loki through the MCU, it might cause a bit of cognitive dissonance to read the early days of the Lee/Kirby collaboration that gave us his foundational comic book counterpart.
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