She mentions that his sequence violation number is 7-20-89. When we first properly meet Ravonna Renslayer, she’s judging Loki. We’ve even seen Spider-Man 2099 in the post-credits sequence of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Marvel 2099 was a line of futuristic comics featuring famous Marvel characters. Sector: 1900-2099-The second number here will ring immediately familiar to Marvel fans. It also hints that we might see Lady Loki. Sex: Fluid-This note confirms that MCU Loki follows the canon of comics and is gender fluid. The first of which will likely come into play as the show moves forward. There are two nice little Easter eggs in Loki’s TVA file. The most famous example is Mobius, who is a Gruenwald clone. In the 1991, Fantastic Four Annual #24 revealed that each of the cloned TVA managers are based on longtime Marvel writer Mark Gruenwald, and later Tom DeFalco. Speaking of the TVA manager in charge of Loki’s adventures, the character himself is an Easter egg. While it likely isn’t Mephisto, we couldn’t not mention the cheeky devil who haunted Dan throughout WandaVision. The little kid that he’s interrogating points at it and claims that’s who’s to blame for the Nexus event. Mobius sees a stained glass window with a devil on it. During their jaunt to 15th century France, Mobius M. In the comics, this is the nickname of the hero known as Nova. While it’s a Marvel Comics Easter egg, it’s a reference to a different character completely. One of Loki’s fellow Variants uses this term to insult a Minuteman. Could we see the TVA’s Minutemen revealed as robots later? We wouldn’t count it out after that little conversation that Loki has about the robot killing machine he has to walk through to enter. The robot/cyborgs first appeared in Fantastic Four #352 in 1991. Here, they’re the lower ranking TVA soldiers. In the comics, they’re the time-stream police. They even have a little seal that’s reminiscent of the CCA stamp that we used to see on most comic books. Like the Comics Code, they seem to be a self-censorship and approval body that decides what stories from time can and can’t be told and how they should be presented.
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In a nice nod to the Comics Code Authority, we see that the people in charge of retelling the history of the TVA are the Time Variance Authority Narrative Commission. The Time Variance Authority Narrative Commission Here that term is used to describe a Variant going through history and changing it, which happens a lot in Loki. In Loki, the former is a key recurring part of the plot. WandaVision introduced us to the concept of Nexus events and possibly Nexus beings. That’s relevant because in the comics the gems are remnants of previous versions of the universe, which seems close to this version of the timeline… The Nexus Events Are Occurring The streams of color we see are reminiscent of the Infinity Gems. It begins with multiple universes battling each other.
In a very interesting video, Miss Minutes tells us about the history of the multiverse. Your Safety First from the Automobile Manufacturers of America and Magic Highway USA from Disney seem particularly influential. And it seems to specifically take from the car safety propaganda cartoons from the 1950s. The video that Miss Minutes uses to teach us looks vintage. So, basically, they’re mining anything timeline-centric. That’s relevant here as Cable is one of Marvel’s most famous time-travelers and timeline-jumpers. In the comics, Tanya Trask-the daughter of the creator of the Sentinels, Bolivar Trask-is Madame Sanctity, the Guardian of the Sacred Timeline. We get an unexpected X-Men connection here. Interestingly, it’s also set a thousand years in the past, which fits with the show’s timeline-shifting shenanigans. That issue sees young Thor accepting a wager from Loki. 4.01Īs she accosts Loki, Hunter B-15’s little screen shows “4.01.” This number works as both April Fools Day-Loki is the trickster god!-and a reference to Thor #401. Variant covers have become a contentious aspect of the comic book business, both a blessing and a bane on comic shop owners. This is not only because they’re a variant version of their original self, but it’s also a very good joke about the comic book industry. Probably one of the funniest jokes from Loki so far is that each timeline criminal is called a Variant. It’s also really funny as he’s shut down pretty quickly by the locals and then the arrival of the Time Variance Authority (TVA).
It’s a nice bit of foreshadowing of his journey to come, especially in the context of the personal growth that he has yet to embark on-this is 2012 Loki, after all. After landing in the Gobi Desert, he introduces himself with the iconic line from The Avengers.