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Yaretzi
Yaretzi
Following Loki through the hands of the different artists who have depicted him is always something that I find highly enjoyable. As the character’s origin story was set by Jack Kirby in his debut appearance in the comic book ‘Journey into Mystery’, it is hard to imagine a character as iconic as the god of mischief any other way. His initial appearance was reimagined in the story’s later run by John Buscema, who drew the character in a more classical Bronze Age style of comic book art.

Later, the work of Walt Simonson redefined the dramatic theatricality of the character, creating a masterful portrayal of the complex nature of the trickster. Joe Sinnott and Tom Palmer provided his inks, redefining the pencils in a bold, more defined manner, bringing to life both the royal haughtiness of the god and his more sinister nature. His work represents the perfect version of classic Loki and I find myself returning to the artists of the old days again and again, as each of them revealed yet another hidden side to the god.
2025-09-02
Keira
Keira
There is something really magical about opening up a stack of old Marvel comics and watching a character evolve over the years. I really enjoy looking at the different artists that helped to evolve the look of Loki over the years.

Of course, the first person that comes to mind is the King of Comic Books himself, Jack Kirby, as Loki first appeared in the Thor -astic 'Journey into Mystery' #85 (June 1962). Kirby set the stage for the god of mischief's interactions with Thor and his band of Earthlings, and was followed by inker Joe Sinnott who polished Kirby's work to a fine sheen. The work of John Buscema during the Bronze Age would go on to add more heroic anatomy to the god of mischief, grounding his dealings with the God of Thunder.

So much credit to Walt Simonson for his 1980s run on ‘Thor’ and bringing back a lot of the mythic elements and theater of the character to the book. His Loki was a great, cunning and dramatic trickster, and his use of energy lines in the artwork to lay out the story was fantastic. And of course, a lot of credit must also go to the inker of Simonson’s work on the book, Tom Palmer. His work really added a lot of mood and weight to the artist’s beautiful line work. So if you want to read some of the classic ‘Thor’ stories with the god of mischief in them, you should start with the ‘Journey into Mystery’ where he first appeared and then read through some of the King Kirby and Buscema issues on the book, and finish up with the aforementioned Simonson run. It is a lot of fun to see how Loki’s appearance has changed over the years.
2025-09-02
Nicholas
Nicholas
You get to look at the classic art for Loki, which makes me happy. Classic Loki art includes work by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and even Walt Simonson (from the 80s, when he rewrote the character for Thor stories). Key inkers to look for include Joe Sinnott and Tom Palmer. I have always thought of the pencils and inks for classic Thor and Loki stories as a team, and these are the people who bring the classic Loki to life.
2025-09-02
Cooper
Cooper
I consider artists from the 1960s through the 1980s for this list.

Of course, no short list of artists could possibly hope to capture the essential personality of the great Loki, but to my mind, the core of the ‘trickster god’ is, firstly, Jack Kirby – the creator of Loki, after all, in the Journey into Mystery stories from the 1960s. Thereafter, John Buscema, on his Thor stories from the 1970s onwards, drew fantastic, realistic, high-drama anatomy for the god, providing wonderful physical confrontations for the cunning god, which left his mark on the comics. As was said, for a theatrical, operatic take on the god, none can match the legend of his Journey into Mystery run by Walt Simonson in the 1980s, which gave new energy to the publication and explored a wide array of mythic and personal stories. The work of inkers like Joe Sinnott and Tom Palmer would also be worth studying to see the precise lines and textures which added so greatly to the portrayal of Loki.

Of course there are others who have rendered the trickster, but when most think of the ‘Loki of old’ they think of these artists and the decades of work that they contributed to his development. The issues by Kirby, the characters as rendered by Buscema and the large cast of supporting characters in Simonson’s work all provide a great base to begin your exploration of the the trickster’s history. Don’t forget the inkers – they do half the work.
2025-09-03

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