10 Times Supervillains Quit

If there's two things you can depend on in comics, it's that no-one ever really dies, and Loki will always be trying to take over Asgard. This Thor storyline might have proven both of those theories to be universal laws.

Alongside Norman Osborn's cabal of supervillains known, fittingly, as the Cabal, Loki organised a hostile takeover of his father's kingdom. However, Norman's methods were a little more violent that Loki's usual tricks. The complete and utter destruction of Asgard was not really what the God of Mischief had been hoping for, and he turned against the Cabal to defend his hometown.

It was too little, too late, as Loki was brutally murdered by the Void, the destructive counterforce of Sentry (Marvel's copyright-dodging counterforce of Superman).

Along with anyone who has ever seen one of their favourite comic characters die before, Thor knew that this wasn't the end for Loki. After removing his name from the Book of Hel, Loki had cheated death and guaranteed himself a never-ending line of reincarnations. And so, Thor went searching for his brother.

When he found him, he was no longer the chaotic trickster God that had caused the world so much trouble: he was a young street hustler named Serrure, living in Paris. Serrure (the French word for lock) could have happily spent his life hustling along the banks of the Seine, unaware of his past, if Thor hadn't reminded him of his almighty powers and penchant for being a nuisance.