Note: This essay contains spoilers for the final episode of Disney+’s Loki season 2. Last week on the season (and perhaps series) finale of Loki, the God of Stories saved the entire multiverse with his bare hands. Weirdly, that’s not a metaphor. After trying for hundreds of years (also not a metaphor) to prevent the…
I recall really enjoying the first season of Loki. Fast on the heels of the mostly successful WandaVision, Loki starred Tom Hiddleston as the titular god of mischief on a timeline-tripping adventure involving a love interest who was also an alternate version of himself, an animated clock, secret jet ski aficionado Owen Wilson, and a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Note: Banner photo is a variant cover to Fantastic Four #8 by Scott Koblish. Listen to Koblish talk about that cover on WMQ&A. Zack’s pick: Loki #1: They may be the “benevolent” God of Stories…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 256: The Seasons Have Teeth, and So Does Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters returns to talk about his new Humanoids graphic novel The Incal: The Dying Star, BOOM’s The Seasons Have Teeth, Marvel’s Loki, DC’s Knight Terrors: Detective Comics and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
Our non-team of fearless DEFENDERS meet their maker in the HOUSE OF IDEAS and have a chat with THE ONE ABOVE ALL. But is EVERYTHING as it SEEMS? Defenders: Beyond #5 created by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Hey Karen, for our final Defenders Beyond review, I wanted us…
As our fearless DEFENDERS continue their epic journey into THE BEYOND, the fearsome fivesome meets THE OMEGA COUNCIL and learns the SECRETS OF CREATION and possibly gains a new non-teammate in Defenders Beyond #2! As told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Well, Karen! It looks like another…
A time traveler, a pharaoh, a despot and a savior at the end of time, Kang aka Nathaniel Richards is and has been many different people since making his debut in Fantastic Four #19. But, as a master manipulator in the Marvel Universe, the villain has always embraced mystery, using personas like Scarlet Centurion, Immortus…
Loki and Sylvie have had enough of being told who to be, their lives lost in the shadow of the supposedly Sacred Timeline. They’ve fought through twists, turns, betrayals, apocalypses, their very selves, and even world consuming monsters at the dumping grounds of all variant timelines. They’ve pulled every last trick in their arsenal to…
It’s a Loki extravaganza, as we discover that pruned Variants are not erased from existence, but are instead shunted off to a distant future at the end of the Sacred Timeline to be eaten by smoke monster Alioth. Scores of Variants have fallen to Alioth, but Lokis? Lokis survive – and in the nightmare of…
Our deities of discord have avoided certain doom, but it’s out of the frying pan and into the torturous time-loop cells for them. An emotional connection between our two Variants has sparked a nexus event like none other. The TVA has an enormous mess to clean up – especially if they want to keep their…
He’s faced thunder gods, Avengers, fire giants, and even his own death – and now, Loki’s facing what may be his greatest challenge of all: on the job training. As a coerced consultant for the TVA, Loki’s tasked with tracking down his variant self, but being a team player has rarely been one of the…
Explore the history of Marvel’s mischievous trickster god in honor of his Disney+ debut! From stalwart super-villain of the Silver Age to one of Marvel’s first gender-fluid characters (depending on whom you ask, and when), Loki has amassed a large & complex history in both comics and via his appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…
Surprising absolutely no one, everyone’s favorite Norse God of Mischief has cheated death once again! Coming straight out of the events of Avengers: Endgame (or just 2012’s Avengers, depending on which timeline you’re counting), a past version of Loki has managed to escape Avengers custody with the Tesseract. Unfortunately, as far as the Time Variance…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1: Someone wants to challenge Shilo Norman for the moniker of Mister Miracle. But if this is anyone but Scott Free or the late Thaddeus Brown, they’re…