Moderately entertaining, and with occasional humorous moments, this book didn't quite live up to the charm of the previous volumes.

This is a twisted game of a story that brings together characters for whom a meeting was long overdue. There's occult intrigue, weird humor, and more than a touch of meta. All with superb artwork to boot.

more super awesome. some absolutely hilarious text, especially in the issue introductions.

Another fun look into Loki and the consequences of his actions, and how he tries to deal with the fall out!

Kieron Gillen couldn't write an X-Men title to save his life, but hand him the keys to Asgardia and the man turns into Oscar Wilde. And in all honesty, little Loki is a much more interesting character these days than all the X-Men combined. I can't praise this book enough. So far, every volume had been fantastic, a shining example of how to write great comics in the modern age. I'm hesitant to compare it to the early years of Willingham's Fables, because I wouldn't want to take anything away fro...

So I love Kieron Gillen, he's probably one of my favorite graphic novel writers and I haven't picked up any of the young Loki stuff that I haven't enjoyed so this is a great combo for me. This graphic novel has obviously come after some I haven't read, but it wasn't a problem understanding what was going on. Mostly I just love young Loki. Mischievous, sarcastic and just lots of fun.Nothing ever quite goes right for him, but his cleverness usually wins out in the end. The fact you have a characte...

It's tough to just pick up a volume that's an intersection of three storylines -- the tale of Li'l Loki, the aftermath of the (forgettable) Fear Itself, and a war of fear gods trying to take advantage of that event -- and have it read well. This one nearly makes up for it with just that first element, Li'l Loki (and Ikol and Leah), but even here things feel muddled and rushed. More for the completist of Gillen's tale of Loki's tragic fate than for anything it offers on its own.

So much fun! Daimon Hellström and Loki team-up, and It's hilarious, the dialogue is fun, and the story manages to be good too. Good times. Finally worthy of those gorgeous covers.

There are some books that you read and know right away that the author must have been enjoying himself while he was writing. Gillen must have been having a blast when he was working on Journey Into Mystery. And I had a great time reading it. Essentially, he was writing the solo adventures of Kid Loki, a character who's both fun and compelling to read. The bulk of this book is taken up with an adventure versus the fear lords of the Marvel universe. Most of the fear lords were new to me, though I'...

The Terrorism Myth is a fantastic tale of greed and fear, mixed with enough wit and humour to make it a fun and engaging read-through. Picking up from the events of Fear Itself, Cul has left little remnants of fear scattered around the world. The dream lord Nightmare seeks to harvest these fear-stuffs to make himself powerful beyond his peers and the only ones left to stop him are Loki, Leah, and... Daimon Hellstrom. Gillen takes the mythic world of Asgard and builds upon it, fleshing out not ju...

How thankful am I that, after the success of the Thor and Avengers films, and especially after how wonderfully portrayed Loki is by Tom Hiddleston, that Marvel did not try and bring the Thor titles to fall in line with how the film universe looks, as if to appeal to the casual reader (recall what happened to the X-Men line around 2001)? If they had, we would've lost the wonderful concept of having Loki being reborn in the body of a teenager, and his misadventures trying to come to terms with his...

This is, perhaps, one of the weaker arcs of Kieron Gillen's Journey Into Mystery. And I still rated it 5 stars, which should give an indication of how amazing that run was. It starts with one of the most adorable comics ever, as Loki has to figure out what to do with a bunch of Hel-puppies. After that is an arc featuring Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan. Nightmare is making a crown of fear that will give him supreme power, and he's making it through Loki's subconscious. So Loki has to stop him...

This book contains Journey into Mystery #632-636. It features Kid Loki, who spends a lot of time adapting to earthly life, all while being tormented by his past actions. People don't trust him.It's a book all about the after effects of a major incident - the Serpents attack during the Fear Itself event.The first issue, 632, is distinctly different from the rest. Mainly because of the different art, but also it's a different type of issue - setting up the current state of Asgard, with a cute stor...

I chose Vol 1 as a starting point for entering the Marvel universe (outside of movies) and so far have been delighted with this series. Volume 3 continues the engaging stories that first drew me in. Though Loki has been reincarnated as a young teen, with all the adventure and hi-jinks you would expect such an idea to entail, there is also a serious, sad tinge to them. Loki wanted a new beginning, but everyone else remembers the villain and he is constantly harassed for being someone he cannot re...

YES! This one's much better than the previous volume. The story is finally stand-alone, not tied into Fear Itself, and it immediately gets much easier to read. And it is a delightful read at that. Fun, witty and ironic, it's all the signature Gillen stuff. The artwork here is also much nicer than in the first two books, which is a welcome change. Oh, and the Yuletide issue! It may be one of my favourite single issues ever. So great.

Kieron Gillen's Journey Into Mystery is another completed series that I've been resisting to read in its entirety. Once again, it took a serendipitous find at a bargain bookstore at a relatively affordable price to convince me that I need to put the entire run on my reading list. Reading this volume has reminded why I enjoyed this series when it first came out. To wit:1. The "naivete" of a reborn trickster struggling on his hero path.2. The delightful Leah, handmaid of Hela, and Kid Loki's BFF.3...

This series finally seems to be out from under the weight of the cross over events and gets to be funny and novel on it's own terms. Art is overall better and more consistent, and the theme of people suffering from subconscious fear is well explored. I see a lot of similarities with Moore's Swamp Thing run in this series.

Man, this is so much fun. Gillen has (I imagine intentionally) crafted a story that effectively reads as John Constantine vs. Dream of the Endless (Daimon Hellstrom vs. Nightmare, in this case), but sets it in the Marvel universe and centers it around Loki and crew. I think this is my favorite Journey into Mystery story so far.At this point, Gillen's grasp of each character is so strong that barely a line of dialogue goes by without feeling important and on point. The plot spins outward from a s...

5/5I love kid Loki!! His shenanigans with the puppies are adorable and his banter with Leah is so cute! And the guilt he feels for his part in Thor’s death is so genuine, I love it all!! He’s a better person and he’s just trying to do the right thing and prove himself, even if no one believes he can.

Back when this series came out I remember everyone absolutely freaking out over it but I just do not get it. Like it's not awful but it's not really that good either. There's some cool scenes with Loki but I don't care about any of the other random non-Norse characters they keep shoehorning into the series for some reason {I gather something to do with a crossover I didn't read?] and also I am entirely immune to ~oh look a child character how adorable~ so I'm guessing that factors in as well. I'...