#loki readathon

Loki: Hey, that's my job! How dare you! Yes, I may insult/attack/be banished from the realm eternal a solid 50% of the time, but if you think I'm going to let anyone else talk shit about Asgard, I will fuck you up.

A little later:

Loki: Oh fucking hells, I helped them too much before, I can't stop them alone. I'm going to have to--ughhh--get Thor's help.

His possessiveness/protectiveness here is quite sweet, really. Reminds me of siblings, you may think you hate them, but you'll fight anyone else who dares rag on them without your say so.

Avengers (1963) #116 October 1973

Loki, my dude, I think there might just be some small problems with your plan. Just minor ones. Probably nothing to worry about... 

The funny part is that it only takes about a page and half to get from that, to this: 

I love how he flips and is instantly JUST as enthusiastically Shakespearian, with his overwrought “All is night! Midnight, evermore!” proclamations, as he was with the earlier  “Loki will reign supreme!” cries. 

Considering he can’t ever be allowed to truly win, permanently, because of the role a trickster is needed for in narrative/Marvel overall, it honestly seems like an excellent and generally optimistic choice. (Yeah, yeah, I know the histrionics is also just the comics genre, but I enjoy reading more into it.)

Quite a nice pin-up style treatment here. I’m particularly amused that at the magical attack dogs named Satan and Diablo as well as the “mystic New England” bit. 

Is it me or is this 1970′s Loki getting weirdly more muscular than before? (Actually this may well be because this is a different book - instead of the usual Thor book of the day, he’s jumped over to the B story in the Avengers (1963) series.) 

Loki, again making plans with questionable allies, Crusher Creel this time.