Warning: Spoilers for The Immortal Thor #6 ahead!Thor’s sibling Loki has become the Teller of Tales, and in the latest issue of The Immortal Thor, they’re using that power to rewrite real-world Marvel history. At the same time, another tricky magic user, Enchantress, is weaving a changing tale for the Minotaur in charge of the Roxxon Energy Corporation. When the truth can be bent and memories can lie, the fate of the Marvel Universe is in the hands of these two powerful magicians.
The Immortal Thor #6 by Al Ewing, Martín Cóccolo, Matthew Wilson, and VC’s Joe Sabino opens with Loki telling Thor a story of their youth. Loki’s story begins like a classic Thor comic, including siblings wearing their original costumes. That’s because it’s based on an actual story from 1978’s The Mighty Thor #272 written by Roy Thomas, with illustrations by John Buscema and Tom Palmer. Not everything goes as originally told, however, as Loki’s recounting of the tale changes the original story as they tell it.
Thor continually interrupts, embarrassed of his younger, more arrogant self. Unfortunately, his arrogance is what saves them in the original story. If Loki is rewriting history, the future of Asgard is in danger. Or, as Loki promises at the beginning of the issue, it may turn into the moment where Loki kills Thor.
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Loki Shows Off His Power Over Stories
After his recent adventure with the Thor Corps – a group of heroes who could all wield Mjolnir – Thor received two bombshells. The first is that his mother, the goddess Gaea, was the one who first sealed away his recent foe, Toranos. The second is that whispers in Valhalla predict that he will die. Now that Loki has transformed from a God of Mischief to a God of Stories, Thor comes to them for answers to both of these questions. As is the way for those who see the bigger picture, Loki doesn’t give him a direct answer, instead spinning a yarn. Rather than ancient Nordic myth, this tale is from 1978, by the storytellers at Marvel Comics.
“The Day the Thunder Failed” reads like a fable, because within the comic itself, it was a story Thor recounts to some modern-day children. Thor and Loki, lost in the woods, meet a giant who repeatedly tricks them into thinking they’ve failed some basic godly trials. Despite his losses, Thor begs for more tests to prove himself worthy. The moral, as Thor tells it to a bullied child, is that there is always someone bigger and tougher out there, and it’s less about beating someone up than never backing down. However, modern Thor might not agree with his own lesson.
Thor Is No Longer Writing His Own Story
Unbeknownst to Thor and Loki, Roxxon CEO Dario Agger is looking to use the power of stories to destroy Thor’s legacy. As Loki narrates, the Minotaur is holding The Mighty Thor #272, but sees the story changing into The Immortal Thor #6 as he reads, with even the art swapping out old Ben-Day dot printing for the more modern techniques of artist Martín Cóccolo and colorist Matthew Wilson. Enchantress identifies it as Loki’s magic, but confirms that she has her own ways of doing the same, so that Roxxon gets its own Thor.
Loki’s power is changing their brother’s backstory. The question is, why? Thor’s young arrogance to never back down from a fight is very different from the Thor who outsmarted a more powerful god by making him worthy of Mjolnir. Young Thor himself might not have been worthy yet – while in the original story Thor has his hammer, Loki’s version shows Thor wielding an ax. By reminding him of past sins, Loki may be teaching Thor wisdom for a future battle. Or perhaps Loki still has some mischief in them, and is testing out their new powers on Thor. EIther way, this major MCU character’s new powers are going to rewrite Marvel history.
The Immortal Thor #6 is available now from Marvel Comics.
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Loki
- Release Date:
- 2021-06-11
- Cast:
- Tom Hiddleston, Richard E. Grant, Erika Coleman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku, Sasha Lane
- Genres:
- Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Superhero
- Seasons:
- 2
- Story By:
- Michael Waldron
- Network:
- Streaming Service(s):
- Disney+
- Franchise(s):
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Showrunner:
- Michael Waldron
- Writers:
- Michael Waldron, Eric Martin
- Directors:
- Kate Herron
