This serves as a decent setup, while establishing Loki’s tone, and by extension, the comic’s. To be fair, that’s a very Loki thing to do.įortunately, this leads into a bit of super-powered action, as Loki gets into a fight with a former-supervillain security guard.

There are a myriad of ways that this story can go – how Loki can try to fill the shoes of his evil frosty father, or how the weight of the crown can weigh on him – but the story instead has him ditching his duties to go gamble. The comic kicks off at an interesting point in Loki’s life, wherein the aftermath of “War of the Realms” placed him as the new king of Jotunheim. So how does Daniel Kibblesmith’s “Loki” comic manage to compare? Comics with Loki at the center have been on a sliding scale from amazing – such as Kieron Gillen’s “Journey into Mystery” – to less than impressive, like “Vote Loki” (amusingly, both comics are visually referenced on the very first page). Often these include morally ambiguous behavior in spite of a desire to do good, a sense of playful trickery, and most importantly: cleverness. There are a few things that can make a great Loki comic. DEADPOOL writer Daniel Kibblesmith takes the god of mischief in a thrilling new direction! But now he has a whole new set of responsibilities – and his brother Thor is not about to let him walk away from them this time. EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HERO! ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES! After dying a grisly death in THE WAR OF THE REALMS, Loki learned a valuable lesson in warmongering: Don’t get caught.

Loki by Daniel Kibblesmith