Loki, the Marvel supervillain and antihero who first cropped up in Stan Lee's graphic novels in 1962, is now a major heartthrob, loved around the world for his arrogance, dry humour and Machiavellian nature. This is partly thanks to Tom Hiddleston, who applied his caustic English coolness to the role, and partly thanks to Marvel's writers, including Joss Whedon, Don Payne, Zack Stentz and Christopher Yost, who developed the character over the years, giving him his many memorable lines.
Loki became so valued that in 2021 Marvel created a spin-off series dedicated to him, which followed the god of mischief's many adventures across the multiverse. This October a second series landed on Disney+, presenting a slightly convoluted storyline deep in Loki lore, in which the deity whizzed around the universe looking for Sylvie, the alternative version of himself (it's a long story, read more about it here).
