Vote Loki

Did You Know?

• The series is a four-part satire of the 2016 United States presidential election.
• The first issue sold an estimated 29,500 copies.
• Vote Loki inspired a variant called President Loki, who appears in the Loki episode 'Journey into Mystery' portrayed by Tom Hiddleston.
• Vote Loki also inspired Loki's 'Presidential Attire' skin in Marvel Rivals.

Plot

Nisa Contreras, a Daily Bugle journalist, visits Kramco Stadium for the presidential debate. While talking with another reporter named Lucas, who works for BuzzFeed, Nisa notices that many reporters have identification badges that look different from her own. Just as she realizes this, the suspicious reporters are revealed to be armed Hydra agents. Lucas reveals himself to be Loki in disguise and stops all of the criminals, then announces his own candidacy. While Loki is on a talk show, Nisa calls in, revealing her mistrust of Loki and stating that she believes he is only seeking power for its own sake. Nisa writes a scathing article about the god of lies and sends it to her editor, only to find in the morning that Loki has convinced him to change the title from "Loki will burn Washington" to "Loki's Campaign Something to get Excited About." Mighty Thor slips Nisa a clue about one of Loki's main funders, the "America the Faithful Fund." Nisa walks into the America the Faithful Fund building and stumbles upon a group of people performing some sort of ceremony on a goat while wearing costumes similar to Loki's. As they unmask themselves after the unsuccessful ritual, Nisa catches the worshipers on camera. Loki spins the situation around, not only acknowledging but accepting the fact that he has worshipers because of his being a god, and inviting the American people to join his cult. Loki involves himself in the political situation of Latveria, a small country whose former leader, Doctor Doom, has disappeared. While the two other candidates agree that the U.S.A. should send troops to Latveria, Loki says he would prefer a peaceful and diplomatic solution. Nisa purchases a ticket to Latveria and infiltrates a revolutionary group called the Latverian New Prosperity Alliance. After they sneak into Doom's castle, they attempt to open a weapon cache door, but before they can escape with their weapons, they are stopped by Doom's Children. An unidentified person from the Latverian New Prosperity Alliance creates an explosion, killing both groups. Nisa, who has been filming the whole incident, discovers that the unidentified person was Loki. When Nisa returns from Latveria, it is revealed that Loki is now even more popular than ever before. The day before the election, Loki appears at Nisa's door, claiming that the chaos that he caused by running was not what he had wanted. He offers to talk to America to stop all the violence, promising not to lie. Nisa tells Loki to instead talk to his supporters. Accepting this, he starts taking questions from the audience, but as he goes on, it is clear that his supporters believe him less and less. By the day of the election, it is revealed that Loki will most likely not win.