

Loki: Agent of Asgard #10, written by Al Ewing, art by Lee Garbett and Nolan Woodard, lettering by Clayton Cowles Now, Where Were We? Loki: Agent of Asgard #4, cover art by Jenny Frison, written by Al Ewing, art by Lee Garbett and Nolan Woodard, lettering by Clayton Cowles To find this new, heroic Loki at his very best, we have the Loki: Agent of Asgard complete collection. Yet in recent years, his movie counterpart and a handful of dedicated comics writers have somewhat helped redeem the irredeemable God of Lies. Making his first appearance in Journey Into Mystery #85 in 1962, Loki spent several decades experiencing relatively little in the way of depth.

Still, none of Marvel’s baddies have quite achieved the antihero status of Loki. Be it Doctor Doom’s relationship with his mother to Magneto’s lost family, superhero comics have given the genre world many of its most nuanced characters with supervillains. Many of Marvel’s most notorious villains have gone through changes that added layers to their personalities, transforming them from mustache-twirling fiends to complex figures in their own right.
