Loki - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:13:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Loki - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Loki just created a multiversal Yggdrasil, I guess? https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/13/loki-season-2-finale/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47113 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...

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]]> 47113 The Absolute Mess of Loki Season 2 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/02/the-absolute-mess-of-loki-season-2/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:50:24 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47038 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...

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]]> 47038 Loki, Worf and Ninja Turtles Lead Off This Week’s Staff Picks. Turtle Power! https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/07/loki-worf-and-ninja-turtles-lead-off-this-weeks-staff-picks-turtle-power/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45630 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...

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]]> 45630 WMQ&A Episode 256: The Seasons Have Teeth, and So Does Dan Watters https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/09/wmqa-episode-256-the-seasons-have-teeth-and-so-does-dan-watters/ Tue, 09 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45432 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,...

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]]> 45432 Defenders: Beyond #5 Brings us A Cosmic Ending Worth the One Above All. https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/30/defenders-beyond-5-brings-us-a-cosmic-ending-worth-the-one-above-all/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44041 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...

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]]> 44041 Two Cosmos(es?) for the Price of One in Defenders Beyond #2! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/29/two-cosmoses-for-the-price-of-one-in-defenders-beyond-2/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42649 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...

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]]> 42649 Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly Unwrap The Many Lives Of Kang the Conqueror https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/16/jackson-lanzing-collin-kelly-unwrap-the-many-lives-of-kang-the-conqueror/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32112 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...

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]]> 32112 All Things End in Kang in Loki Episode #6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/16/all-things-end-in-kang-in-loki-episode-6/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31038 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...

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]]> 31038 Self Love at the End of the World in Loki Episode #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/12/self-love-at-the-end-of-the-world-in-loki-episode-5/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30741 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...

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]]> 30741 Three Lokis at the End of the World in Loki Episode #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/01/three-lokis-at-the-end-of-the-world-in-loki-episode-4/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30397 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...

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]]> 30397 Double Trouble in Loki Episode #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/17/double-trouble-episode-2-loki-tva-variant/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29743 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...

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]]> 29743 Looking Up Loki https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/14/looking-up-loki/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29324 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,...

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]]> 29324 Timekeeping Tyrants Frustrate a Glorious Purpose at Every Turn in Loki Episode #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/11/timekeeping-tyrants-frustrate-a-glorious-purpose-at-every-turn-in-loki-episode-1/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29317 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...

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]]> 29317 Next Stop: Hellfire Gala, Mister Miracle and More Staff Picks for 5/26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/24/next-stop-hellfire-gala-mister-miracle-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-26/ Mon, 24 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28036 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...

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