The following contains major spoilers for Avengers #65, on sale now from Marvel Comics.

Avengers #65 revealed how Loki became Avenger Prime, the most powerful hero ever in Marvel Comics.

Avengers #65 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garrón and David Curiel begins with Loki recounting his tale from boyhood to becoming Avenger Prime. He explains how in his universe, Thor died young while trying to tame Mjolnir and flew into the sun. Loki soon took over as king, usurping the throne from Odin, and eventually encountered other variants of himself in boredom. After discovering that all Lokis seemed destined to lose at the hand of the Avengers, this Loki destroyed them all in his universe -- only to open the door to all the villains the team usually kept at bay.

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How Loki Became Avenger Prime

However, Avenger Prime reveals he managed to defeat the likes of Galactus, Thanos, Red Skull, Gorr the God Butcher, Celestials and more, though it ultimately cost the lives of every living being in his universe apart from himself. Depressed, he decided to fly into the sun, but his death led him to the God Quarry, containing the fossils of gods since the beginning of time. Loki then did "what no Loki had ever done before" and prayed, asking the unseen power of the God Quarry to turn him into stone so he could have peace.

Instead, the Quarry punished Loki, making him into Avenger Prime to assemble all the Avengers as penance for his crimes. Loki went on to spend eons assembling the Avengers while guarding the tower. Because of his past, many of the Avengers wanted him dead or to have him man the tower for eternity while Loki and his team operated in the shadows. However, recent events forced Loki to make contact with the new Avengers in the current run.

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Avengers Assemble Ends Jason Aaron's Run

The story continues in Avengers Forever #14. A synopsis for the issue reads, "The mightiest heroes of the Multiverse. The protectors of the prehistoric Earth. And the mainstay Avengers of the present-day Marvel Universe. At last, they all stand together, in one place, united against a common foe. What enemy could dare stand against the greatest force ever assembled? Here comes Doom the Living Planet with the answer." The Avengers Assemble event concludes Jason Aaron's run with Avengers Assemble Omega on April 19, 2023.

Avengers #65 features cover art by Garron and Curiel with variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu, Marte Gracia Logan Lubera, Rachelle Rosenberg, Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The issue is on sale now from Marvel.

Source: Marvel