History YMMV / JourneyIntoMystery

* CompleteMonster: The [[EldritchAbomination Haunter in the Dark]], the wicked [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Outer God Nyarlathotep]], from "The Haunter of the Dark" & "The Shadow from the Steeple", awakens after being released by one hapless seeker. Tormenting those in his path to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to madness]], Nyarlathotep kills several, including the one who awakened him after driving the man incurably insane. Revealed to have demanded [[HumanSacrifice violent blood sacrifice]] in great numbers, Nyarlathotep possesses a doctor who has access to weapon systems, intending to use said systems to [[KillAllHumans wipe out humanity]], and kills the one man who knows the truth.

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* CompleteMonster: The [[EldritchAbomination Haunter in the Dark]], the wicked [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Outer God Nyarlathotep]], from "The Haunter of the Dark" & "The Shadow from the Steeple", awakens after being released by one hapless seeker. Tormenting those in his path to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to madness]], Nyarlathotep kills several, including the one who awakened him after driving the man incurably insane. Revealed to have demanded [[HumanSacrifice violent blood sacrifice]] in great numbers, Nyarlathotep possesses a doctor who has access to weapon systems, intending to use said systems to [[KillAllHumans wipe out humanity]], and kills the one man who knows the truth.
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[[folder:2011 Comics]]
* ContinuityLockout: While Gillen's run tells a mostly self-contained story, in order to understand where Loki and the various other characters are at the beginning of the arc, you need to be familiar with Gillen's run of ''Thor'', the J. Michael Straczynski run that preceded it, as well as ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''. Also, at one point Thor [[spoiler:is replaced with a mysterious imposter, who then disappears when the real Thor comes back]], and none of this is explained at all, so you need to read Matt Fraction's ''Thor'' run too, if you want to know what the heck that was all about.
* CryForTheDevil: ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' brings Hela in a more tragic light [[spoiler:if she really is the version of Leah created by Kid Loki]]. [[spoiler:Created simply as a PlotDevice to stop The Serpent, she was left without a purpose or story, even as she has the memories of her namesake, and became Surtur's herald out of resentment. Then, she was casted back in time where she spent most of her life in isolation until she became the Hela that [[EverybodyHatesHades people fear and hate]].]] The new ''Thor'' series makes her even more pitiful after ComicBook/{{Thanos}} breaks up with her. She looked genuinely heartbroken [[spoiler: since it's the second time that someone she loves has abandoned her again]].
* FanPreferredCouple: Kid Loki/Leah has become one of the most prominent pairings in the series, due to their [[BelligerentSexualTension endearing chemistry]] and the fact that [[spoiler:they could never end up together thanks to the original Loki's actions.]]
* FanNickname: ''[[TearJerker Journey]]'' ''[[TraumaCongaLine Into]]'' ''[[DownerEnding Misery]]''.
* FridgeBrilliance: If you re-read Loki's story, you'd notice that Ikol only appears and talks to Loki when Loki is either alone or in the company of people/beings that either already know Ikol's true nature, or they wouldn't care. [[spoiler: This is really subtle foreshadowing of the fact that Ikol doesn't exist outside of Loki's head.]] One point early on Ikol directly interacts with Thor, but Thor himself doesn't even recognise that the bird was even there, and seems to think the message they relayed was just a 'strange feeling' they got.
* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/KieronGillen's decision [[spoiler:to kill Kid Loki off]] in order to preserve his CharacterDevelopment and prevent his relapse into a villain ends up becoming the right call. Under Jason Aaron's run of ComicBook/TheMightyThor and ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[spoiler:Story!Loki, the latest of Loki's incarnations, would be characterised as a [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying]] AntiVillain.]]
* IronWoobie: Kid Loki is a massive qualifier for this. Reincarnated with none of his past self's malicious traits, he's still given the AllTheOtherReindeer treatment by almost ''everyone'', who still see him as the villain of the past. Even as he tries to do good and make up for his past incarnation's crimes, life for him continues to be one big TraumaCongaLine. In the finale, it [[HopeSpot almost seems]] like he has finally [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his happy ending]], [[spoiler:he turns out that his past self had turned him into an UnwittingPawn and undo everything Kid Loki had worked hard to accomplish.]] Despite all that, Kid Loki still kept on fighting for the sake of those he loves.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:The original Loki crossed it when he gave Kid Loki a SadisticChoice and be assimilated by him, all so he could ride on the coattails of Kid Loki's heroics and redemption. This only cements the fact that the Loki of old can never change for the better.]]
* TooGoodToLast: The Lady Sif run; a comic with a female lead character (one who has had precious little to do in her history), great art, and better writing than some of the other Marvel books at the time? No way it could last...
* ToyShip: Kid Loki and Leah.
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* TooGoodToLast: Her ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' run; a comic with a female lead character (one who has had precious little to do in her history), great art, and better writing than some of the other Marvel books at the time? No way it could last...
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* UnfortunateNames: Valerio Schiti, the artist of the Sif issues. His art is very much not shitty.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[WordofGod Kieron Gillen]] [[http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/34522875244/one-for-sorrow-why-did-kieron-do-it claims otherwise]], but the message of the ending basically boils down to this: [[spoiler: you can do your best, try your hardest, and basically do everything you can in order to change yourself and defy people's expectations, but in the end you will always be what you always were and what everyone expected you to be. Because even if kid Loki succeeded in being a hero and not being evil in the end, he was only one part of Loki and, as kid Loki said, Loki overall ultimately demonstrated that he was incapable of changing due to the very nature of his plan to change.]]
** [[MetaFiction But only if you're a comic book character]].
** The follow-up stories told in Gillen's ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' and Al Ewing's ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', however, ''do'' lead to this being subverted as Loki [[EarnYourHappyEnding continues to grow and ultimately changes for the better]] despite the challenges that try to force them not to.