At The Virtues of Captain America, friend of the Gutter Mark White writes about Avengers #1 (1996)! “This issue begins with this new reality’s Loki—traditionally the first Avengers villain—coming to Midgard (Earth) and surveying its mightiest heroes (who have already been assembled in the organizational sense). When he gets to Cap, he can tell he stands alone, metaphorically and literally, and also that he talks to himself.”

Read mere here.