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Contains spoilers forDefenders : Beyond#2 !
There is only one hero who can tolerate toe - to - toe withMarvel ’s most sinewy scoundrel , the Beyonders , and that’sLoki . The interpretation of the character who appears inDefenders : Beyondis the return fan - favorite Goddess of Stories , and it face like not even the omnipotent Beyonders can escape her " meta " power of narrative .
The Loki appearing inDefendersis not the same see inThor . The " original " Loki died during theSiegeevent , after planning his end to escape his theatrical role as the " God of Evil " . He was converted as a youthful version of himself , eventually reinventing himself as a roguish loose carom rather than a villain . When the Marvel Multiverse was ruin by the Beyonders , this Loki survived annihilation by becoming the God of Stories , creating and stepping through a threshold mark to " Next " . The officialreturn of this version of Lokiwas a second that fans of the character have been waiting age for .
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God of Stories Loki was create by Al Ewing , who is also the author ofDefenders : Beyond(with artistry by Javier Rodrìguez ) , the serial where the character returned in a new , female form . The Goddess of Stories isnow a member of the Defenders , a grouping of multiversal protectors assemble by Eternity to protect world from a new , mystic terror . In issue # 2 , the team travels to what is left of the second iteration of the Marvel Multiverse , the Second Cosmos , where they meet the Beyonders . A encounter ensues , and Loki is capable to circumstantially make trouble even for the all - knock-down creatures . As long as the Goddess of Stories is around , even the Beyonders have to play by the law of tale , include the one that says that underdogs get an reward over otherwise unbeatable enemies .
Loki is not able-bodied to defeat the Beyonder , just stall him , but it ’s still an telling feat considering that these creatures end the integral Multiverse with ease . While the Beyonders ' failing to " narrative " may seem just a commodious plot equipment , it actually makes sensation . In this same issue it is revealed thatthe Beyonders were created by the Celestialsin the Second Cosmos , an iteration of the Multiverse where narrative did not survive , thus create a unreasoning spot that can be tap . This is the second time that Loki ’s powers fool the Beyonders , as they already reserve the rogue god to escape the terminal of the Multiverse get by their Incursions . This prove that while Hulk ’s might and Doctor Strange ’s illusion are nothing to the Beyonders , narrative manipulation is a weak spot of these otherwise omnipotent beast .
The Beyonders were created by the Celestials as limitless liveliness - word form . Loki ’s powers , on the other hand , create boundary and boundaries , as that ’s what story do - they give form and counseling to concepts . cage in an infinite being within such boundary stool the Beyonders go delirious , exactly as happened to theBeyonder who appeared in Marvel ’s originalSecret Wars . deal that even Loki ’s brother Thor or other mighty heroes such as Hyperion and the Starbrand were powerless against the Beyonders , Loki ’s impressive feat confirms that her unique power as the Goddess of Stories make her the most potent of Marvel heroes .
