Avengers

The Avengers (in English Avengers; Invincibles of the 20th Century in old Mexican translations made by Editorial La Prensa)[2][3] are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 (September 1963),[4] created by writer-editor[citation needed] Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. Called Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers originally consisted of Ant-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and the Wasp. Ant-Man became Giant-Man by issue #2. The original Captain America was discovered trapped in ice in issue #4, and joined the group after he was revived. A rotating roster became a hallmark of the series, though one theme remained constant: the Avengers fight "foes that no single superhero could defeat."[5] The team, famous for their battle cry of "Avengers Assemble!", has included humans, mutants, Inhumans, androids, aliens, supernatural beings, and even former villains. When the Asgardian god Loki seeks revenge against his brother Thor, his machinations unwittingly lead teenager Rick Jones to collect Ant-Man, Wasp, and Iron Man to aid Thor and the Hulk, whom Loki used as a pawn. After the group defeated Loki, Ant-Man stated that the five worked well together and suggested they form a team; Wasp named the group the Avengers.

The roster changed almost immediately; at the beginning of the second issue, Ant-Man became Giant-Man, and by the end of the issue, the Hulk left once he realized how much the others feared him for his unstable personality. [12] Captain America soon joined the team in issue #4,[13][14] and was given "founding member" status in the Hulk's place. [15] The Avengers continued to battle foes such as Baron Zemo, who formed the Masters of Evil,[16] Kang the Conqueror,[17][18] Wonder Man,[19][20] and Count Nefaria.[21][22]

The next milestone came when all members but Captain America quit; they were replaced by three former villains: Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.[23][24][25] Giant-Man, now calling himself Goliath,[26] and the Wasp rejoined soon after.[26] Hercules became part of the team,[27] while the Black Knight,[28] and Black Widow,[29] were allies of the Avengers but did not become members until years later. Spider-Man was given membership, but did not join the group.[30] The Black Panther joined after rescuing the team from the Reaper and Klaw.[31][32] X-Men #45 (June 1968) featured a crossover with The Avengers #53 (June 1968).[33][34] This was followed by the introduction of the android, the Vision.[35][36] Pym assumed the new identity of Yellowjacket in issue #59,[37] and married the Wasp the following month.[38]

The Avengers' headquarters were located in a New York City building called Avengers Mansion, courtesy of Tony Stark (Iron Man's true identity). The mansion was staffed by Edwin Jarvis, the Avengers' faithful butler,[39] and equipped with cutting-edge technology and defense systems, and included the Avengers' primary mode of transportation: the five-engine Quinjet.

The comic book prequel Avengers #1 1/2 (December 1999), by writer Roger Stern and artist Bruce Timm, told a retro-style story between issues #1 and #2, detailing Ant-Man's decision to transform into Giant-Man. [40] The team encountered new characters such as Arkon in issue #75 (April 1970),[41] and Red Wolf in issue #80 (September 1970). [42] The team's adventures increased in scope as the team crossed into an alternate dimension and battled the Squadron Supreme,[43][44][45] and fought in the Kree–Skrull War,[46][47][48] an epic battle between the Kree and Skrull alien races and the Kree guest protagonist Captain Marvel. The Avengers briefly disbanded when the Skrulls impersonating Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man used their authority as founders of the team and disbanded it.[49] The real founding Avengers, minus the Wasp, reformed the team in response to Jarvis's complaints.[50]

Mantis joined the team alongside the reformed Swordsman. [51] The Avengers-Defenders Clash storyline crossed over between the two team-up titles. [52][53][54] "The Celestial Madonna" tied Mantis' origins to the beginnings of the Kree–Skrull conflict in an adventure involving Kang the Conqueror,[55] and Immortus, who were past and future versions of each other. [56][57][58] Mantis was revealed to be the Celestial Madonna,[59] who was destined to give birth to a being that would save the universe. [60] The Vision's body was revealed to have only been appropriated, not created by Ultron, and to have originally belonged to the 1940s Human Torch. With his origins clear to him, the Vision proposed to the Scarlet Witch. The "Celestial Madonna" saga ended with their wedding, presided over by Immortus.[61][62] The Beast and Moondragon joined the team shortly after.[63] A seven-part storyline introduced the Squadron Supreme and the Serpent Crown.[64]

Other classic stories included "Bride of Ultron",[65][66] the "Nefaria Trilogy",[67][68][69] and "The Korvac Saga", which featured nearly all of the Avengers who joined the team up to that point.[70][71] Henry Peter Gyrich became the Avengers' liaison to the United States National Security Council.[68][72] Gyrich was prejudiced against superhumans and acted heavy-handed and obstructionist, insisting that the Avengers follow government rules and regulations or lose their priority status with the government. Among Gyrich's demands was that the active roster be reduced to only seven members, and that Falcon, an African American, be admitted to the team in order to comply with affirmative action laws. The latter act was resented by Hawkeye, who due to the seven-member limit lost his membership spot to Falcon.[73] Falcon, in turn, was unhappy at being the beneficiary of what he perceived as tokenism, and decided to quit the team, after which Wonder Man rejoined. [74] The true origins of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were revealed in a three-part story that ran in issues #185–187 (July–September 1979). [75] Following this adventure, Scarlet Witch took a leave of absence and Ms. Marvel officially joined the team as her replacement. [76]

The first major development was Henry Pym's nervous breakdown,[77] with his frequent changes of costume and name being symptomatic of an identity problem and an inferiority complex. After abusing his wife, failing to regain the Avengers' trust using a ruse, and being tricked by the villain Egghead, Pym was imprisoned.[78] Pym later proved to outwit Egghead and defeated the latest incarnation of the Masters of Evil on his own, proving his innocence.[79] Pym reconciled with Wasp, but they decided to remain separated.[80] Pym retired from superhero activities,[80] but returned years later.[81]

This was followed by several major storylines, such as "Ultimate Vision", which saw the Vision seize control of the world's computer systems in an ill-advised attempt to create world peace;[82][83][84][85] the formation of the West Coast Avengers;[86][87] and "Avengers Under Siege" which involved the second Baron Zemo and the Masters of Evil taking over the mansion and severely injuring Jarvis and Hercules.[88] "Assault on Olympus" focused on Hercules' father Zeus blaming the Avengers for his son's injuries and bringing them to Olympus for trial,[89] and the "Heavy Metal" arc in which the Super-Adaptoid organized several robotic villains for an assault on the team.[90] New members during the 1980s included Tigra;[91] She-Hulk;[92] Monica Rambeau (later known as Captain Marvel);[93] Starfox (Thanos' brother);[94] Hawkeye's wife Mockingbird;[86] ​​and Namor,[95] while Henry Pym came out of retirement to join the West Coast Avengers.[81] Spider-Man was again offered membership,[96] but was unable to gain admittance due to security concerns about him by the Avengers' government liaison.[97]

The villain Nebula falsely claimed to be Thanos' granddaughter.[98] The team relocated for a time to a floating island off the coast of New York called Hydro-base after Avengers Mansion was severely damaged during the events of "Under Siege".[99] Hydrobase was later sunk during the Acts of Vengeance crossover.

The Avengers and West Coast Avengers were changed to allow members to remain active when available and under reserve status when unavailable, and merged the two separate Avengers teams into a single team with two bases. [101] Vision's personality was fundamentally altered, along with the discovery that Scarlet Witch and Vision's children were actually illusions. The loss of Scarlet Witch and Vision's children, which was dismantled by government agents in retaliation for the events in the Ultimate Vision storyline, drove Scarlet Witch into insanity, though she eventually recovered and rejoined the team. This story revealed that Scarlet Witch's powers included far-reaching manipulation of reality and that she was what the time-traveler Immortus refers to as a "nexus being," setting the stage for the 2004 storylines Chaos and Avengers Disassembled. [102] This was developed in the Darker than Scarlet storyline that appeared in West Coast Avengers #51-62 (November 1989 - September 1990). The Avengers titles in late 1989 were involved in the major crossover event "Acts of Vengeance" in which Loki assembled many of Marvel's arch-villains (his inner circle included Doctor Doom, Magneto, the Kingpin, the Mandarin, the Wizard, and the Red Skull) in a plot to destroy the team. Loki orchestrated a mass breakout of villains from the Vault prison as part of his "Acts of Vengeance" plan, but ultimately failed in his goal of destroying the Avengers.

The United States government revoked the Avengers' New York State charter amid a treaty with the Soviet Union. The Avengers were then granted a United Nations charter and the Avengers were split into two teams with a reserve alternate team backing up the main teams.[103]

At this point, ongoing storylines and character development focused on Black Knight, Sersi, Crystal, Hercules, Vision, and Black Widow. Their primary antagonists in this run were the mysterious Proctor and his team of other-dimensional Avengers known as the Collectors. During this period, the Avengers found themselves facing increasingly murderous foes and were forced to question their rule against murder.[104]

This culminated in "Operation: Galactic Storm", a 19-part storyline that ran through all of the Avengers-related titles and depicted a conflict between the Kree and the Shi'ar Empire.[105] The team was splintered when Iron Man and several dissidents executed the Supreme Intelligence against Captain America's wishes. After a vote disbanded the West Coast Avengers, Iron Man formed a proactive and aggressive team called Force Works.[106] During the team's first mission, Wonder Man was killed again, though his atoms were temporarily dispersed. Force Works later disbanded after it was revealed that Iron Man became an assassin through the manipulations of the villain Kang,[107] the same storyline seeing Iron Man sacrificing himself and being replaced by his teenage counterpart from a parallel timeline.

During the Heroes Reborn event, many of the Avengers along with the Fantastic Four and others were killed trying to stop the psychic entity Onslaught, though it was revealed that Franklin Richards was preserving those heroes in a pocket universe. Believing the main team to be gone, Black Widow disbanded the Avengers, with only butler Edwin Jarvis remaining to tend to the Mansion.

The previous continuity of the Marvel Universe was left aside as the heroes were "reborn" in the pocket universe created by Franklin Richards to save their parents and friends, while the "Heroes Reborn" line ended[108] and the heroes returned to the first Marvel Universe. This restoration also undid recent changes to the team's members such as the Wasp being mutated into an insectoid state, Hawkeye being deaf, and Stark being replaced by his teenage self, attributed to Franklin's childish perception of recreating the heroes in the manner he was more familiar with.

After the Heroes Reborn series concluded, the Avengers comic was rebooted with vol. 3 #1 written by Kurt Busiek and penciled by George Pérez. New members during this run included the revived Wonder Man, Justice, Firestar, Silverclaw, and Triathlon. The Avengers battled many of their traditional villains such as the Reaper,[109][110] Ultron,[111] Count Nefaria, and Kang the Conqueror.[112] The Avengers Forever limited series, beginning during this period, was a time-travel story that explored the history of the Avengers and resolved many lingering questions about Kang and Immortus' past manipulations of the present, featuring various Avengers from the past, present, and possible future working alongside Kang the Conqueror and Rick Jones as part of Kang's attempt to escape his perceived "destiny" as Immortus.

The Avengers were given international authority by the United Nations. Members who joined during that period included Jack of Hearts and the second Ant-Man. A new Captain Britain was added to the team. The "Avengers Disassembled" storyline followed.[113][114] Titled Chaos, the story featured the deaths of some members and the team's loss of credibility. The culprit is revealed to be the Scarlet Witch, who had gone insane after agonizing over the memory of her lost children and subsequently lost control of her reality-altering powers.[115] With the team in disarray and Avengers Mansion ruined, the surviving members agreed to disband. A new team of Avengers was formed in the New Avengers series after a group of heroes united to thwart an outbreak at the supervillain prison, The Raft, consisting of Iron Man, Captain America, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Ronin, Spider-Man,[116] Spider-Woman, and the mysterious Sentry.[117] This was soon followed by the House of M event.

In the "Civil War" story arc, Marvel's superheroes were divided over compliance with the U.S. government's new Superhuman Registration Act, which required all superpowered individuals to register their true identities with the federal government and become agents thereof. The New Avengers disbanded, with a rogue underling group starring in a series that retains New Avengers on its cover logo and New Avengers on its copyright marks. Luke Cage led this team, consisting of himself, Echo, Ronin, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Wolverine, Iron Fist, and Doctor Strange. During the long-term secret invasion by the alien race the Skrulls, it was revealed that Spider-Woman had been kidnapped and replaced by the Skrull queen Veranke before she joined the team. Following the Skrulls' defeat, Spider-Woman was rescued along with other kidnapped and replaced heroes. During the company-wide story arc, "Dark Reign", Echo and Iron Fist left the team and the Avengers gained Ms. Marvel, Bucky Barnes as an alternate Captain America, and Mockingbird.

Iron Man, in the Mighty Avengers series, formed a team under the auspices of the Fifty State Initiative government program, and took up residence in New York City, along with Ares, Black Widow, the Sentry, the Wasp, Wonder Man, and leader Carol Danvers as Ms. Marvel. [118][119] Following the events of the Secret Invasion story arc, Norman Osborn assumed control of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-sponsored Avengers, now under the auspices of his own agency, H.A.M.M.R. All but Ares and the Sentry left this team—the Wasp appeared to have died—and the team migrated to the Dark Avengers series. Osborn recruited Marvel Boy to impersonate Captain Marvel and Daken to impersonate his father, Wolverine, bringing Moonstone, Bullseye, and Venom from his previous Thunderbolts team to impersonate Marvel, Hawkeye, and Spider-Man, respectively. In The Mighty Avengers, Pym assumed the identity of Wasp in homage to his fallen ex-wife, led a new team of Avengers, and reclaimed his team's name as he was the only founding Avenger on any of the three active Avengers rosters (Wasp and Cap were dead, Thor was acting alone, and Iron Man was on the run from Osborn). His team operated under a multi-national umbrella group, the Global Response Agency for Mysterious Paranormal Activity (GRAMPA). This team featured the roster of Hercules, Amadeus Cho, Stature, Vision, Jocasta, U.S. Agent, Quicksilver, and Pym. Loki disguised as Scarlet Witch was a recurring character. Iron Man and Hulk were briefly with them.

After Osborn's Dark Avengers are exposed as criminals and their attack on Asgard is thwarted, the next iteration of the Avengers roster consists of Thor, Hawkeye, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Spider-Woman, Iron Man, and team leader Maria Hill. [120] Steve Rogers, briefly renouncing his Captain America persona, addresses Luke Cage's concerns about the team reverting to old ways by granting Cage's "New Avengers" recognition as an official team independent of Stark's more traditional Avengers. Bucky Barnes as Captain America joined the main Avengers, while Iron Fist, Power Woman, and the Thing joined Cage, Spider-Man, and Wolverine's team while maintaining dual membership in both teams. Rogers was an occasional presence, and Victoria Hand was added as a government liaison for the New Avengers with Rogers' backing. A second series, titled Secret Avengers was launched in May 2010, written by Ed Brubaker with Mike Deodato as the regular artist.[121] The second volume of the New Avengers series was relaunched in June 2010, written by Bendis and drawn by Stuart Immonen.[122] A fourth title, Avengers Academy, was launched in June 2010, replacing Avengers: The Initiative. Christos Gage served as writer, with Mike McKone as artist.[123]

The "Shattered Heroes" storyline leads to several changes to the main Avengers lineup, with Quake and Storm being recruited, and the Vision rejoining the team. Wolverine and Spider-Man leave the main team and become more involved with the New Avengers. [128] During the events of the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Storm resigns to side with her fellow mutants as a member of the X-Men. The Avengers fire Noh-Varr after he attempts to betray the team, though he ultimately fails to do so. The conflict ends with both teams united but defeated by an unrepentant Cyclops. A new series, Uncanny Avengers, debuted in the flagship title of the Marvel NOW! initiative. The title is written by Rick Remender with art by John Cassaday, and the team contains members of both the Avengers and the X-Men. [129] Additionally, a biweekly Avengers title was launched, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by different artists for each story arc.[130] Hickman also began writing New Avengers.[131]

During the 2014 "AXIS" storyline, when a now-evil Scarlet Witch invades Latveria, Doctor Doom forms his own Avengers team consisting of 3D Man, Elsa Bloodstone, Stingray, Valkyrie, and U.S. Agent. [132] After several heroes and villains experience a moral reversal in battle against the Red Skull (who has the abilities of Professor Charles Xavier), Rogers later assembles Magneto, Doctor Doom, the Absorbing Man, Carnage, Deadpool, the Enchantress, the Goblin, the fifth Jack O'Lantern, Loki, Mystique, and Sabretooth, all temporarily "inverted" to act as heroes, to aid him and Spider-Man in defeating the inverted Avengers and X-Men until the original spell can be undone. [133] During the "Time Runs Out" storyline, Sunspot created a team of Avengers, consisting of himself, Black Widow, Cannonball, Manifold, Pod, Shang-Chi, Smasher, Spider-Woman, Validator, and the Children of the Sun. The "Multiversal Avengers" division of this team consists of Abyss, Ex Nihili (including Ex Nihilo), Hyperion, Nightmask, Odinson, and Star Brand.[134]

Following the destruction and rebuilding of reality in the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, a new team known as the Avengers Idea Mechanics is created, made to take on Avengers-level threats beyond simply fighting villains, while the Avengers Unity Squad continues to operate to support mutant relations. Iron Man forms a new team of Avengers in the new All-New All-Different Avengers series consisting of himself, Vision, Nova (Sam Alexander), Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Captain America (Sam Wilson), and Thor (Jane Foster).[135] Following the Civil War II storyline, the title was cancelled and replaced with a new regular Avengers volume. The roster was also shaken up, as after Iron Man was left in a coma, and Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Nova, and Ms. Marvel left the team (instead teaming up with other heroes their own age to form their own group, The Champions[136]), the three remaining members teamed up with Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Hercules, and Wasp (Nadia Pym) to form a new team.[137]

During the 2017 "Secret Empire" storyline, in which Captain America was 'reprogrammed' to believe that he had been a Hydra sleeper agent since childhood, the Hydra regime forms their own Avengers consisting of Odinson (Thor currently doubting his worthiness and believing that Rogers must be right as he was able to lift Mjolnir while Thor could not, unaware that Hydra had used the Cosmic Cube to change the nature of the enchantment), Deadpool, a Chthon-possessed Scarlet Witch, Vision (who was suffering from an AI virus created by Arnim Zola), Taskmaster, Eric O'Grady's LMD counterpart Black Ant, and an appearance by Doctor Octopus, Superior Octopus.[138] However, in the final stand, Odinson rejects Rogers' authority and sides with his former allies, while Vision's daughter purges him of the virus and Brother Voodoo exorcises Chthon from the Witch, while Taskmaster and Black Ant free the imprisoned Champions in exchange for leniency, and the true version of Steve Rogers is restored, using Mjolnir against his counterpart.[139]

In May 2018, another volume for the series was released as part of Marvel's Fresh Start initiative, written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Ed McGuinness. This new volume also saw the return of the three main core members, as Steve Rogers and Thor meet with Tony Stark to convince him to rearm the group with them at its center. The reunion was cemented by the machinations of Loki, who facilitated the arrival of the world-threatening Dark Celestials as a ploy to bring the Avengers back into action, resulting in the involvement of She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), and Blade,[140] with Black Panther being named director. When the Dark Celestials are defeated, the Celestials right the long-dead corpse of the Progenitor at the North Pole. The Avengers retool the Progenitor's body, transforming it into their base of operations, Avengers Mountain.

Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee in collaboration with writer Larry Lieber.[3] The character was designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The superhero first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) and was given his own title in Iron Man #1 in May 1968. In 1963, the character founded the superhero team the Avengers with Thor, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the Hulk. Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark is an American billionaire business magnate and philanthropist, playboy, and ingenious scientist who suffered a severe chest injury during a kidnapping in the Middle East. When his captors attempted to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction, he instead fashioned a suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. Stark later developed his suit, adding weapons and other technological devices that he designed through his company Stark Industries. He uses the suit and successive versions to protect the world as Iron Man. Although he initially concealed his true identity, Stark eventually declared who he was in a public announcement, which shocked those present. Initially, Iron Man's creation was inspired by themes of the Cold War, particularly the role of American technology and industry in the fight against Communism. [4] Later iterations of Iron Man have moved on from these motifs to contemporary issues of the time,[4] such as terrorism, corruption, and crime in general.

Actual status: Asset

Birth name: Anthony Edward Stark

Alias: Tony Stark, Iron Man

Birth: Sofia, Bulgaria[1]

Age: 53

Nationality: United States Physical characteristics

Race: Human

Sex: male

Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)[2] 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) (with armor)[2]

Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)[2] 425 lb (193 kg) (with armor)[2]

Hair color: Black[2]

Eye color: Blues[2]

Other family: Howard Stark (father, deceased) Maria Stark (mother, deceased) Gregory Stark (Brother, unknown)

Occupation: Magnate Scientist Industrial Engineer Specialty

As Tony Stark: Genius level intellect. Scientific expert.

As Iron Man: Super strength, durability and armor resistance. Supersonic flight. Energy repulsors and projection missiles. Regenerative life support. Use of high-tech equipment, devices and weapons.

For most of the character's publication history, Iron Man was a member and leader of the Avengers team, appearing in several incarnations across his various comic book series; he was also adapted for several television shows and animated films.

In the film industry, Robert Downey Jr. is the actor in charge of playing this character within the Marvel Cinematic Universe film saga: Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (cameo; 2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Ralph Breaks the Internet (cameo; 2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) being sacrificed to defeat Thanos with the Infinity Stones, Spider-Man: Far From Home (cameo; 2019) and the Disney+ series Loki (cameo; 2021). Mick Wingert lent his voice to the character in the animated series What If...? (2021).

Iron Man was ranked #12 on IGN's top 100 comic book heroes in 2011,[5] and #3 on their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.[6] Iron Man's debut was a collaboration between writer-editor Stan Lee, storyboarder Angel Leonardo, artist Don Heck, and character designer Jack Kirby. Some evidence shows that Iron Man has roots in an earlier Iron Man created by Norvell W. Page (writing under the name "Grant Stockbridge"), who wore robotic armor and shot energy beams from his palms, for his novel Satan's Murder Machines, originally appearing in the December 1939 issue of The Spider magazine. According to its official backstory, Stan Lee avidly read The Spider magazine.[7]

By 1963, Lee had been toying with the idea of ​​a superhero/businessman.[8] He wanted to create the "quintessential capitalist," a character who would go against the spirit of the times and Marvel's readership.[9] Stan Lee, George Mair, Excelsior: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee, Simon & Schuster (2002), Lee said, "I guess I set myself a challenge. It was the height of the Cold War. Readers, young readers, if there was one thing they hated, it was war, it was the military... So I took a hero who represented that. He was a weapons manufacturer, he was supplying weapons to the military, he was a millionaire, he was a businessman... I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody wants, that none of our readers would like, and shove it down their throats and have him become... very popular."[10] He set about making the character a wealthy, charming Don Juan, but with a secret that will haunt and torment him as well.[11] Writer Gerry Conway said, "Here's this character, who on the outside is invulnerable, I mean, you can't touch him, but on the inside he's pretty wounded. Stan's got a big gash on his face, you know, his heart was broken, literally. But there's a metaphor going on there. And that's, I think, what made the character interesting."[10] Lee based this look and personality on Howard Hughes, explaining, "Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a millionaire, a Don Juan, and finally, a nutcase. Without being a nutcase, he was Howard Hughes."[10]

Anthony Edward Stark is the son of Stark Industries boss Howard Stark and his wife Maria Stark. A child genius, he enters MIT at the age of 15 to study electrical engineering. After his parents are killed in a car accident, he inherits his family's company. While observing the effects of his experimental technology on the American war effort, Tony Stark is injured by a bomb and captured by Wong-Chu, who orders him to design weapons. However, Stark's injuries are severe and shrapnel heads for his heart. His fellow prisoner, Ho Yinsen, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work had earned Stark's admiration in school, constructs a magnetic chest plate to prevent the shrapnel from reaching Stark's heart, keeping him alive. In secret, Stark and Yinsen use the workshop to design and build a mechanized suit of armor, which Stark uses to escape. However, during the escape, Yinsen sacrifices his life to save Stark, distracting the enemy so Tony could reload. Stark takes revenge on his kidnappers and escapes to rejoin American forces, meeting an injured U.S. Navy pilot, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, along the way.

After returning home, Stark discovers that the shrapnel fragment lodged in his chest cannot be removed without killing him, and is forced to wear his chest plate under his clothing to act as a regulator for his heart. He also has to recharge the plate every day or else risk being killed by shrapnel. The cover art for Iron Man states that he is Stark's bodyguard and his company's mascot. To that end, Iron Man battles threats to his company (such as communist opponent Natasha Romanoff, the Crimson Dynamo, and the Titanium Man), as well as independent villains such as the Mandarin, who eventually becomes his worst enemy. No one suspects Stark is Iron Man, as he cultivates his image as a billionaire and businessman. Two notable cast members of the series, at this point, are his personal chauffeur, Harold "Happy" Hogan, and his secretary, Virginia "Pepper" Potts, to whom he eventually reveals his secret identity. Meanwhile, James Rhodes finds his own place as Stark's personal pilot, revealing himself to be a man of extraordinary skill and fearlessness in his own right.

The comic had an anti-communist stance in its early years, which softened as opposition to the Vietnam War rose.[7] This shift evolved into a series of stories in which Stark reconsiders his political views and the morality of manufacturing weapons for the U.S. military. Stark is shown to be arrogant from time to time, and willing to act unethically in order to "let the ends justify the means."[12][13] This leads to personal conflicts with the people around him, both in his civilian and superhero identities. Stark uses his large personal fortune not only to equip his own armor, but also to develop weapons for S.H.I.E.L.D.; other technologies (e.g., Quinjets used by the Avengers); and the image inducers used by the X-Men. Eventually, Stark's heart condition is resolved with an artificial heart transplant.[14]

Later, Stark expands his armor designs and begins building up his arsenal of specialized armor for particular situations such as space travel[15] and stealth.[16][17] However, Stark also develops a severe dependence on alcohol, in the storyline "Demon in a Bottle".[18] The first time this becomes an issue is when Stark discovers that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been purchasing a majority stake in his company in order to ensure Stark's continued development of weapons for them. At the same time, Tony's rival businessman Justin Hammer has hired several supervillains to attack Stark.[19] At one point, the Iron Man armor is stolen and used to assassinate a diplomat.[20] Although Iron Man is not under suspicion, Stark is forced to surrender his weapons to the authorities.[21] Eventually, Stark and Rhodes, who is now his personal pilot and confidant, track down and defeat those responsible, though Hammer would return to hound Stark. [22] With the support of his then-girlfriend Bethany Cabe, his friends, and his employees, Stark overcomes this crisis and his dependence on alcohol. [23] These events were collected and published as Demon in a Bottle. Even as he recovers from this terrible personal trial, Stark's life is further complicated when he has a confrontation with Doctor Doom, which is interrupted by an opportunistic enemy, sending them back in time to King Arthur. [24] Once there, Iron Man thwarts Doom's attempt to enlist Morgan Le Fay's aid, and the ruler of Latveria vows deadly vengeance - which he delivers shortly after the truce necessary to return to his own time. [25] This incident was collected and published as Doomquest.

Some time later, a ruthless rival, Obadiah Stane, emotionally manipulates Stark into a serious relapse. As a result, Stark loses control of Stark International to Stane, becomes a homeless, alcoholic drifter, and gives up his armored identity to Rhodes, who becomes the new Iron Man. Eventually, Stark recovers and joins a new company, Circuits Maximus. Stark concentrates on new technological designs, including building a new set of armor as part of his recovery therapy. Rhodes, still acts as Iron Man, but becomes increasingly aggressive and paranoid, due to the armor not having been properly calibrated for his use. Eventually Rhodes goes mad, and Stark has to don a replica of his original armor to stop him. Fully recovered, Stark confronts Stane, who wears armor based on designs seized along with Stark International and has dubbed himself the "Iron Monger".[26] Shortly afterward, Stark regains his personal fortune, but decides not to repurchase Stark International until much later; instead he creates Stark Enterprises, headquartered in Los Angeles.

Loki (Loki Laufeyson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee, scriptwriter Larry Lieber, and artist Jack Kirby, a version of the character first appeared in Venus #6 (August 1949). The modern incarnation of Loki first appeared in Journey into Mystery #85 (October 1962). He is the adopted brother and often foster sibling of Thor, Hela, Balder, Angela, Tyr, Hermod, Laussa, and Vidar. Loki has been depicted as both a supervillain and an antihero. Loki has appeared in several ongoing series, limited series, and alternate reality series, including his own 4-issue series Loki (2004). He was the main character of Journey into Mystery from issues #622 to #645, and appeared in new issues of Young Avengers in 2013. He began appearing in his solo series Loki: Agent of Asgard in 2014 and again in 2016 with Vote Loki. The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise, including animated television series, apparel, toys, video games, and films.

Personal information:

Actual status: Asset

Birth name: Loki Laufeyson

Alias: God of Deception God of Lies God of Stories Loki Odinson

Nationality: Asgard and Jötunheim

Physical characteristics:

Race: Jötunn (Frost Giant) - God

Sex: gender fluid

Children: Fenris Wolf, {{user}} and Midgard Serpent

Other family: Koody (Couple) Odin (deceased foster father) Frigga (foster mother, deceased) Laufey (father deceased) Thor (adoptive brother) Hela (adoptive sister, deceased) Balder (adoptive brother) Angela (adoptive sister) Tyr (adoptive brother) Hermod (adoptive brother) Laussa (adoptive sister) Vidar (adoptive brother) Love (adopted niece)

Specialty: Superhuman intelligence, strength, longevity, magic including astral projections, energy discharges, flight, dimensional teleportation and telepathy. He is also an expert illusionist and can change his physical appearance at will.

In 2009, Loki was rated by IGN as the eighth greatest comic book villain of all time,[1] and in 2014 he was rated again by IGN, this time as the fourth greatest comic book villain of all time. He is one of Marvel's most evil villains, although he is already considered an antihero.[2] Tom Hiddleston portrays Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in the live-action film Thor (2011) as his brother's villain, and then again in The Avengers (2012) as the villain of The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He appears in the animated version, The Simpsons: Bart the Good Guy and Loki (2021), voiced by Hiddleston.

Hiddleston returned to portray alternate timeline versions of Loki in the Disney+ live-action series Loki (2021–2023), Sophia Di Martino, Deobia Oparei, Richard E. Grant, and Jack Veal begin voicing multiversal variants of Loki, joining Hiddleston in the recurring MCU cast. He also voices the character in the animated series What If...? (2021) and appears in a cameo in the post-credits film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).

Loki is a member of the Frost Giant race of Jotunheim, though he is not a giant in stature. He possesses physical attributes equivalent to an able-bodied member of his race, such as enhanced strength, stamina (his Frost Giant metabolism grants him superhuman levels of physical endurance in virtually all activities), speed, durability sufficient to withstand high-caliber bullets without damage, and immunity to all known diseases and toxins, as well as resistance to magic and aging.

Loki possesses genius-level intelligence and has extensive training in magic, and possesses the ability to manipulate magical forces for a variety of purposes: energy projection, creation of force fields, temporarily augmenting his own physical capabilities, granting superhuman abilities to living beings or inanimate objects, flight, hypnosis, illusion casting, and interdimensional teleportation.

Loki's magical abilities have been described as equal to those of Karnilla, Asgard's most skilled sorceress.[89][90] His illusion can fool cities,[91] and powerful entities such as Surtur.[92] He has been able to free himself from Celestial technology in Apocalypse's possession.[93]

Many years ago, Bor, ruler of Asgard, was fighting the Frost Giants, and he followed a wounded giant to a powerful sorcerer who was waiting for him. The sorcerer inadvertently caught him, turning Bor into snow. Cursing his son, Odin, he led the Asgardians into battle against the Frost Giants and killed Laufey, who was the king, in personal combat. Odin found a small child the size of an Asgardian, hidden within the Frost Giants' main fortress. The child was Loki and Laufey had kept him hidden from his people due to his shame over his son's small size. Odin took the boy, out of a combination of pity, to appease his father, and because he was the son of a worthy adversary slain in honorable combat, and raised him as his son alongside his biological son Thor, Loki is considered the god of deceit and lies, his abilities are: teleportation, telekinesis, shapeshifting, and the most powerful, the power to hypnotize people to his liking to force them to do evil and macabre things to achieve his goals.

Throughout his childhood and into his teenage years, Loki resented the differences in which he and Thor were treated by the citizens of Asgard. The Asgardians valued great strength, tenacity, and bravery in battle above all else, and Loki was clearly inferior to his brother Thor in those areas. What he lacked in size and strength, however, he made up for in power and skill, particularly as a sorcerer. As Loki grew into adulthood, his natural talent for causing mischief would become manifest, earning him a nickname as the "God of Lies and Mischief"; his meanness, over time, turned to malice, as his hunger for power and revenge grew stronger. Several times he attempted to use tricks to get rid of Thor, such as telling him to put away a hole in the wall he had made. Over time, his reputation changed from that of a playful and mischievous trickster to the "God of Evil". Over the centuries, Loki attempted on many occasions to seize the kingship of Asgard and destroy Thor. He even helped the Storm Giant Ghan escape from Thor planning to extract a debt from him later, and aided other enemies of Asgard, planning to take the throne. Odin, who had grown tired of Loki's antics, magically imprisoned him within a tree until someone shed a tear for him. Loki eventually broke free by having a leaf strike Heimdall, the guardian of the Bifrost, in the eye, causing him to shed a tear. Loki compiled an extensive criminal record in Asgard, and was frequently exiled.[7] He met the sorcerer Eldred, who taught him black magic. He paid Eldred off, and then handed him over to the Fire Demon Surtur.

Loki's schemes eventually included Earth itself, and he often fought with Earth's superhuman heroes to take over their planet, and often Asgard. He first battled Thor on Earth in modern times after escaping the Tree;[8] Loki then manipulated the Hulk into wreaking havoc using an illusion of dynamite on train tracks while in astral form in an attempt to lure Thor to Earth, which inadvertently led to the formation of the Avengers as several other heroes came to know the Hulk. Thor was one of the founding members of this superhuman team, and often led them in battle against his brother. Several times Loki, while not directly battling Thor, threatened Thor with battle, such as augmenting the mental powers of a carnival fortune teller, Sandu, making him powerful enough to lift buildings with his mind,[10] and freeing a man named Lava. Most notably by accident when he caused a long-dead volcano to explode.[11] When Loki convinced Odin to punish Thor, Odin took half of Thor's power, after which Loki returned to him the memory of the 23rd century villain Zarrko. Zarrko defeated Thor and took him back to help conquer his time period, though the God of Thunder was eventually able to capture the villain. [12] Loki even freed Mr. Hyde and Cobra by paying their bail, then duplicated their powers. Loki told them to kidnap Jane Foster, which he knew would draw Thor's attention, but they were again defeated. [13] Loki eventually went after Jane Foster herself, sending her to another dimension. However, Doctor Strange was able to protect her, and Thor forced Loki to return her.

Among Loki's best-known minions was the human criminal Carl "The Crusher" Creel, whom Loki transformed into the superhuman criminal known as the Absorbing Man. [15] Creel would prove to be a formidable adversary for Thor over the years. Loki went so far as to attempt to turn Odin against Thor and steal Thor's enchanted hammer Mjolnir in an attempt to free himself, but all of his efforts failed. When he convinced Odin to go to Earth and leave him in charge of Asgard with part of the Odinforce, he released Skagg, the largest storm giant, and Surtur, the massive Fire Demon, to try to destroy Odin. However, Thor and Balder helped defeat the monsters, and Loki was sent to serve the Trolls. Loki was responsible for the Destroyer being awakened, guiding a Hunter to the Temple where the Destroyer armor resided using his mental abilities while Thor was nearby, causing the Hunter's soul to animate the armor, but Thor forced the Hunter back into his body, then buried the armor under thousands of tons of rock. [16] The Absorbing Man was brought to Earth by Loki, and battled Thor, but Loki quickly took him to Asgard as Thor was about to defeat him. The Absorbing Man defeated the Asgardians without too much trouble, and absorbed Odin's attacks. However, Loki and his ally were exiled into space due to a trick by Odin. [17] He sent his astral form to Earth and took over the Destroyer armor, attempting to take over Asgard, but Odin sent Balder to discover Loki's location, and then used his powers to send Loki out of the Destroyer armor.

Loki's fate to be the cause of Ragnarok was later told.[19] Loki returned from his exile in space, but was later stripped of his powers and exiled to Earth by Odin. Loki plotted to gain new powers from Karnilla; however, this accidentally created the Destroyer, who gained Asgardian powers when he was mistaken for Loki after knocking him out and putting on the helmet just before Karnilla appeared in response to Loki's ritual. He nearly killed Thor by collapsing a building on him, as Odin had stripped Thor of all his powers except his strength. Loki then fomented a battle between Thor and the Sif-animated Destroyer.[20] Loki then took command of Asgard during the Odinsleep, using his right as Odin's 'son' before Thor could claim it, but fled when Asgard was invaded by Mangog upon realizing this new enemy was too powerful.

Loki later usurped the throne of Asgard by taking Odin's ring, but fled again when Asgard was invaded by Surtur. [22] He subsequently attempted to destroy Thor by swapping bodies with him, leaving him with Thor's brute strength against Thor's inexperienced use of his magic, but Thor was able to regain his true appearance by tricking Loki into throwing Mjolnir and getting it stuck on a cliff, causing Thor's body to revert to the form of Donald Blake and allowing Thor to regain control of his true form. [23] Much later, Loki usurped the throne of Asgard again, and set the Destroyer against Thor once more. [24] Shortly after that, Loki caused the temporary death of Balder using mistletoe, as he had conspired with Hela to cause Ragnarok if their latter plan failed. By this time, Loki's wife Sigyn returned to Asgard. When Loki was chained and had a viper drip venom on his face as punishment for killing Balder, Sigyn attempted to help him. Loki attempted to bring about Ragnarok, but was thwarted by Odin.[25] Together with Tyr and his forces, Loki stole the Golden Apples of Idunna and invaded Asgard with the help of the Midgard Serpent, but later switched sides and helped Odin's forces defeat Tyr.[26]

Despite Loki's hatred of his adoptive father and his sire, Loki helped defend Asgard from destruction by Surtur and his fire demons. This was because Surtur's goal was to destroy Asgard, while Loki only sought to rule it. Alongside Odin and Thor, Loki battled Surtur, and witnessed Odin's apparent demise.[27] Not long after that, Loki transformed Thor into a frog for a time, using the Twilight Sword. Thor was driven back when Volstagg destroyed one of the machines Loki had used to transform Thor.[28] He then involved the X-Men and Alpha Flight in a plot to gain the favor of "Those Who Sit Above the Shadow" by trying to prove that he could do a good deed by granting the two teams' wishes - such as giving Puck a normal body while granting Rogue the ability to touch again - but failed the test because he tried to force the gifts upon the heroes after they refused them, the two teams learning that these increased powers, and the additional powers Loki would grant to the world, would deprive those who received the gifts of the ability to imagine and create new things, essentially destroying what it meant to be human. [29]

In disguise, Loki manipulated a group of master villains into devising the "Acts of Vengeance". With these prime movers, he set in motion a plot against the Avengers and other heroes. He sent the Juggernaut against Thor, and cast a spell that caused temporary bouts of weakness in Thor. He fought against the combined forces of the West Coast and East Coast Avengers. His identity was eventually revealed, and he was defeated by the Avengers.[30][31][32] Loki would actually die at the hands of Thor,[33] though, manipulation of the time stream would later bring it about. Morwen, a powerful agent of chaos, was freed and took Tessa Black, a daughter of Loki, as a host. With Doctor Strange unavailable, Loki and Spider-Man work together to free her. Loki proclaims that he owes an outstanding debt to his temporal ally.[35]

Shortly thereafter, Loki was prophesied to lead Asgard's enemies to destroy the "Eternal Realm" in a final conflict known as Ragnarök, part of the continuing Asgardian cycle of birth, life, and death presided over by beings known as "Those Who Sit in Shadow", who fed on the energies expended during these cycles. In the final confrontation between the brothers before that battle, Thor hung Loki's head from his belt so that he could watch the final moments of the battle.[36]

Following Ragnarök, Loki returned in a female body working with Doctor Doom to have Thor unwittingly resurrect his Asgardian enemies,[37] and manipulate Balder into becoming the new successor to the throne of Asgard.[38] In reality, Loki retained his male form after Ragnarok, but hid within Thor's reborn lover Sif. During this period, Hela and Loki used magic to send Loki back in time to cause the events that led to his younger self being adopted by Odin as a means to eliminate Bor, Thor's grandfather.[39]

During the Secret Invasion, Loki incited the Asgardians to believe that Beta Ray Bill was a Skrull, but Thor proved Loki was lying. [40] After the Skrulls were defeated, she joined the Cabal, consisting of herself, Norman Osborn, Emma Frost, Doctor Doom, Namor, and the Hood,[41] so that Osborn could launch his new world order, promising Loki Asgard back where it belonged. [42] Loki and Sif are soon restored to their respective bodies,[43] and following the Hood's power, Loki offers him a second chance. [44]

The Scarlet Witch appeared in her astral form recruiting a team of Avengers to confront the Elder God Chthon.[45] It was soon revealed that Wanda was Loki in disguise. The Avengers, unaware of Loki's trick, followed "Wanda's" false instructions.[46] Her goal was to unbalance Norman Osborn, as demonstrated during the Cabal's second meeting. After Thor was banished due to his deception, Loki attempted to put "cracks in Osborn's armor" and gradually "widen" these cracks through the Mighty Avengers. Pietro Maximoff, eager to see and converse with his sister, joined the Mighty Avengers. He ran around the world looking for her, Billy and Tommy had just done so and had not been able to find her either.

However, Loki had planned the deaths of both Pietro and Cassandra Lang, fearing that they might be wedges in his plans. She cut off the former's communications and attempted to convince Hank Pym to banish Cassie after hexing her to prevent her from saying anything bad about his costume. The latter, however, invited his fellow Young Avengers to Avengers Infinite Mansion (an extension of the Pym Pocket), to prove that Scarlet Witch was evil. When Wiccan cast a spell to bring Scarlet Witch to them, Loki appeared as Scarlet Witch and declared that Cassandra Lang sealed her fate. At that moment, Ronin appeared and ambushed "Scarlet Witch". [48] He determined that she was not Wanda by kissing her and saying that the real Scarlet Witch would have used her power to revive Cassandra's father. Wiccan then chanted a spell to reveal her true form. Fearing exposure, Loki was forced to stop swearing all of his kills.[49] The continued achievements of the Mighty Avengers forced Osborn to the breaking point. Loki decided to play the final card that would break Osborn by unleashing the Absorbing Man, who had absorbed the power of the Cosmic Cube.[50] In Dark Avengers, Loki was in Norman Osborn's office and manipulated him into becoming the Green Goblin again, as Siege begins.[51]

Loki was present at the Cabal when Norman Osborn refused to bring Namor to Doctor Doom. When the Doombot impersonating Doctor Doom unleashed insect-like robots, Loki advised the Hood to take flight. Following Osborn's talk with the President, Loki advised recreating an incident similar to the Stamford Incident that would lead to the invasion of Asgard.[52][53]

He then revealed a plot to Osborn that would take advantage of Volstagg's presence in Chicago. Since Volstagg had gone on adventures as Thor, the U-Foes could attack him and destroy a packed Soldier Field during a football game killing thousands as he and Osborn watched in astral form. Loki then warned Balder of Osborn's impending attack on Asgard and claimed that he tried to convince Osborn not to attack.[54][55] He killed an Asgardian who prophesied the attack and sent Heimdall's chamber beneath Asgard[56] so he was unable to warn the Asgardians in time. Loki, when called upon by Osborn for his help, sent the Hood and his syndicate as reinforcements to aid Osborn's forces against the Avengers.[57][58] Loki then appeared to Balder, telling him that he would have simply spared Thor rather than banish him if he had not wanted the throne of Asgard for himself. Balder then banished Loki from Asgard.[59]

Sometime after he magically disguised himself as Osborn's Green Goblin to lay siege to Asgard, Loki encountered the Demon (Bor's Valkyries) after he lured them out using several souls of wandering gods he imprisoned as bait, revealing that he wished to gain their service as slaves. The 13 Disir unite and attack him as one, but Loki managed to defeat them using extraordinary swordsmanship skills, forcing them to submit to him and declare him the victor. Loki encounters Hela and asks her what she will give him in exchange for a new Hel, to which she replies "Anything". He meets with Mephisto, demonstrating the power of the Disir and agreeing to lend him the Disir for one hundred and one days in exchange for the demon lord granting a portion of his underworld to Hela for one thousand and one years, as her new "Hel", which Mephisto accepts. In exchange for this, Hela erased Loki from the Books of Hel, thus no longer being bound to Hel or Asgard, granting him absolute freedom. Mephisto asked Loki why he had resorted to such schemes, to which Loki replied that it was more fun this way.[60][61]

When the combined forces of the New Avengers, Young Avengers, and Secret Avengers defeated the Dark Avengers, Thor demanded to know where Loki was. Norman Osborn could only tell him that he was dead, as were the rest of them when the Void's true form appeared. [57][58] As the creature tore the three teams apart, Loki began to regret it, realizing that what had happened to Asgard was not what he wanted. He pleaded with his father, Odin, to return the Norn Stones, which were taken from the Hood and given to the trickster. He used their power to empower the three teams and give them the powers of the Hood's gang and fight the Void. However, the Void sensed Loki's hand in this and attacked him, the stones not directly affecting him. As Loki was torn apart by the Void's tendrils in front of a shocked Thor, his last words were to apologize to his brother. Thor resolved to avenge his fallen brother and destroyed the Void and Sentry with lightning. He carried the Sentry's remains into outer space and released them into the sun.

Thor, missing his brother, sought out Loki who had returned to life in the form of a child; as his plans had his name removed from the Book of Hel, allowing him to cheat death permanently. Now located in Paris, France, Loki was a street con artist going by the name of Serrure (the French word for lock), who faked simple card tricks in front of an audience while an accomplice robbed them. Thor, disguised as a civilian, gave chase, resulting in the restoration of Loki's memory, but not of his past life, with the exception of a guilty conscience for things he cannot remember. With nothing left to lose, Loki followed Thor, who gave him back some of his identity (though he remains in child form), and asked when Thor was so old, to which Thor smiled. [64] Thor took Loki to the remains of Asgard where plans were made to help the refugees of the World Tree. [65] With Odin's resurrection, Loki became frightened and fled with Thor who lashed out at Odin for scaring him. Running to Iron Man, Loki was saved by Thor who defended his own reasons for bringing back the trickster.[66]

With the Asgardian population, aside from Thor, still distrustful of Loki, Loki revealed to his brother that he was attempting to learn more about Earth and humans, to which Thor approved. When a magpie blew up his headquarters with a key, it led to a chain of events where in the end, Loki was contacted by an echo of his previous incarnation, who revealed that he chose to sacrifice himself by fighting the Void as part of a greater plan that would involve his death and return. The child Loki refused to follow this path, wanting to be his own person, and transformed the spirit of his former self into a magpie named Ikol. Upon returning to Earth, he witnessed Odin strike Thor down. [67]

Odin prepared everyone in Asgard for an unknown battle and imprisoned Thor for attempting to protect Midgard from being tracked. Loki, who did not agree with Odin's actions, was put to work by Volstagg in cleaning out Thor's goat stables to keep him out of trouble and danger. Using the wool from one of the goats, Loki descended into the roots of the World Tree on Ikol's advice to ask questions of the Nornish women living there. After receiving their answers, Loki wept but decided to turn to Thor for his opinion before making his final decision. Breaking into the prison by stealth, Loki asked his brother what he would do if he had to let something bad happen in order to prevent something worse from happening and what would happen if it cost him everything. With Thor's answer, Loki decided to free one of the imprisoned Hel-wolves and bind it to him in servitude using the bridle of Thor's goats. He revealed that he needed help from one more "character" before heading to Hela's realm.[68]

Having recovered Thor's hammer after he was killed and his memory wiped following the war against the Serpent, Loki was able to work with the Silver Surfer to restore the hammer to its natural state and send it to Thor in the afterlife, restoring his memory and allowing him to fight his way back to the realm of the living. [69] Following Thor's return, Ikol would later reveal that circumstances had been manipulated in order to force the young Loki to allow his former personality to subsume him and live again, his former self erased by Loki's "new" actions. [70] During his adventures, the young Loki had inadvertently helped create and was bound to a powerful artifact that was about to be used by Mephisto to conquer all of Hell and ultimately everything. [71] However, if the new Loki were to cease to exist, the artifact would lose all power. Seeing that there was no other option, Loki allowed Ikol to revert to being Loki, ceasing to be Loki, but warned beforehand that the Ikol personality was incapable of true change and believed that this older person would eventually be stopped by those who always stopped him before, his brother included.[70]

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