Loki

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* Thor Disguise

**Loki Laufeyson**, known simply as **Loki**, is a character in *Marvel's Avengers*. The adopted brother and arch-nemesis of Thor, he serves as the main antagonist of The Mighty Thor mission chain and the prequel comic **Marvel's Avengers: Thor* #1.*

## Biography

### Early Life and Encounters

The son of the Frost Giant Laufey, Loki was adopted by Odin for unspecified reasons. Growing up on Asgard with his adopter's son Thor, he dabbled in petty tricks and chaos, leading him to be dubbed "The God of Mischief and Lies". When Thor began protecting Midgard, Loki followed him, often creating schemes that were dangerous to bystanders. Eventually, one of these attracted multiple other "superheroes" to band together to stop him. This incident led to the founding of the Avengers, which Thor served as a member of.

### Events of *MA: Thor*

At some point before A-Day, Loki rendered himself invisible and observed Thor helping Bruce Banner and Tony Stark attempt to create portal technology. Hoping to turn the Avengers against each other, he manipulated the power to increase, destroying the device, and interfered with Heimdall's ability to close the Bifrost to Asgard after he opened it at Thor's request. When Iron Man left, Loki influenced Banner's emotions, causing him to become discomforted and eventually "threaten Asgard". With Thor taking offence of it, this caused an argument to erupt between them.

When Banner transformed into the Hulk, Loki watched the ensuring fight and seemed to take enjoyment out of it. When it spread onto the streets, he seemed to take pleasure out of how many lives were endangered. However, during a conjured storm, Loki's figure became visible and was noticed by Thor, leading him to use Mjolnir to conjure a jet of water that revealed him. His presence visible, Thor knocked him out with Mjolnir, causing the Bifrost to finally close and his influence on Hulk to stop. After the battle, Loki was taken back to Asgard to face punishment from Odin. However, Banner and Stark worried that his actions may have affected the public's views on the Avengers.

### Events of *Marvel's Avengers*

In Thor's absence on Earth in the fallout of A-Day, Loki disguised himself as his brother and became involved with Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM). Using it, he influenced Dr. Helen Gable and other members of the organization into forming a new cult called the Woken of Asgard. Setting up in the Scandinavian Highlands, Loki promised to bring his followers to Asgard through science and technology, though none of the Woken knew this would only destroy Earth. It is unknown whether George Tarleton or Monica Rappaccini were aware of his involvement or plans, but the latter indirectly granted him further resources through Gable.

#### The Mighty Thor

Loki's trickery was first noticed by the Avengers when JARVIS intercepted one of his communications with Gable. Alerting them, the group travelled to the Scandinavian territory to discover more. Having clearly aggressed his brother, Loki refused to become involved in a fight and disappeared through the Bifrost, sending his subjects to fight them.

Some time after this encounter, Loki and Gable were able to finish the device needed to summon the Bifrost to Earth. However, this scheme was also discovered by the Avenges, with Thor leading the group to confront him. Loki was not involved in the subsequent fight, though watched from afar. After the Avengers destroyed the device, Thor revealed his deception to the Woken by conjuring a storm of lightning and challenged the "imposter" to confront him. His schemes ruined, Loki fled the scene, leaving a trail of glowing footsteps that revealed his involvement to his brother.

## Relationships

### Family

* Odin - Adopted Father
* Frigga - Adoptive Mother
* Thor Odinson / Thor - Adoptive Brother and Arch Enemy

### Allies

* Asgardians
	+ Heimdall - Protection of the Bifrost

## Notes

* In Marvel Comics, Loki Laufeyson first appeared in *Journey into Mystery* #85 (October, 1962), and is based on the Norse God of the same name. An earlier iteration also appeared in *Venus* #6 (August, 1949). Loki is often depicted as the adopted son of Odin, adopted brother and arch-nemesis of Thor, and is known as the "God of Mischief". He is also the catalyst behind the formation of the Avengers by orchestrating a fight between Thor and Hulk. Ever since, he has served as one of their central villains, though has also joined both the villainous Astonishing Avengers and, as "Kid Loki", the Young Avengers.

## See also

* Villains
* Woken
* Loki on the Marvel Comics Database
* Loki Laufeyson on the Marvel Comics Database