LOKI Concept Art Reveals A Version Of He Who Remains Heavily Inspired By Comic Book Immortus

LOKI Concept Art Reveals A Version Of He Who Remains Heavily Inspired By Comic Book Immortus

Some newly revealed Loki concept art showcases a version of Jonathan Majors' He Who Remains who is more in line with how Immortus appears in the comic books, helmet and all! Check it out after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Nov 04, 2022 07:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Loki
Source: ComicBook.com

Loki did a great job of building a mystery around who was really in charge of the Time Variance Authority, and that only deepened once we learned the Time-Keepers weren't real. 

For a moment, it appeared as if Miss Minutes might be the show's big bad, though we'd soon learn that a Kang the Conqueror Variant, He Who Remains, was really pulling the strings. Loki's villain was a mix between that character and Immortus, though we'd need about a dozen articles to fully explain their complicated comic book history!

All you really need to know is that Immortus has a very distinct appearance in the comic books, and that very nearly made it into the Disney+ series. As you can see below (via ComicBook.com), Marvel Studios considered including his familiar headpiece, bringing He Who Remains more in line with how Immortus looks on the page. 

This was far from essential, of course, as the Kang Variant still looked very much like his counterpart in the Marvel Universe. Still, it would have been a nice touch, even for just a single scene.

We also get a glimpse at how Kang might have looked prior to Jonathan Majors being cast, though Marvel Studios couldn't have found a better actor for the role. That's evident from what we saw in the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer, and with a Multiversal War on the horizon, the actor will get the chance to really stretch himself in the MCU. 

The question is, will Earth-616's heroes be able to finally put an end to Kang or will one of his Variants once again end up back at the end of time guarding a new Sacred Timeline? That remains to be seen, especially as we've only just started exploring this Multiverse Saga. 

Season 2 of Loki is set to premiere on Disney+ next year.
 

 
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dragon316
dragon316 - 11/4/2022, 7:46 AM
Marvel better show him do something that makes him threatening who can beat what thanos did what galactus does
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 11/4/2022, 8:10 AM
Kang needs to work or the MCU will start to quickly fade
MochaKing
MochaKing - 11/4/2022, 9:45 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - Blame it on Thanos... he made the fade happen
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/3/2022, 2:38 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - Tbh at this point Kang really is MCU’s last hope. Too many villains turned out to be good people, or too jokey, or just flat out killed that Kang is honestly the only surviving threat with over 100 superheroes/superheroines
MochaKing
MochaKing - 11/4/2022, 9:52 AM
I love this series... I was revisiting few MCU series, Most of the series is self contained and it really digs deep into all these characters, their emotinal conflict etc. Only disconnect I felt was with She Hulk, I never felt the story and emotional beats had any stakes for that series.

They have made all these series self contained except for Ms. Marvel which they tied to Marvels movie.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/3/2022, 2:36 AM
WTF respecting the source material and accurately adapting character designs into live action what is this shit Marvel?
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