LEGO Super Hero Legends Magazine Issue 11: The Comic-Book Loki, Not the One From the Films
Seven pieces. That is the entire contents of LEGO set 242211 — a horned helmet, a cape, a scepter, and the four elements that make up the figure standing underneath them. By piece count it is one of the leanest covermounts the Avengers side of this title has ever run. By character choice it is one of the more interesting, and the reason has nothing to do with how much plastic is in the bag.
This is comic Loki. Brickset files the figure under Comic Loki and Asgardians rather than any film tag, and that distinction matters more than it sounds. Nearly every Loki minifigure a Marvel collector already owns traces back to an MCU-sourced set or the Marvel Studios collectable series — screen-accurate leather, muted greens, a face sculpted toward an actor. The version in this foil pack is drawn from the page instead: saturated green and gold, the tall curved horns the comics have used since the 1960s, and a scepter element rather than a Tesseract-era prop. If you are building a shelf that leans comic rather than cinematic, that is a difficult gap to fill through retail sets alone.
The figure was designed by Justin Ramsden, a name regular readers of set credits will recognise from considerably larger Marvel work, and it currently sits at 4.1 stars across 46 Brickset ratings — respectable for a giveaway figure, and notably higher than several of the mini-builds this line has run since.
Issue 11 at a Glance
- Issue: Avengers 11, published under the Super Hero Legends banner
- Covermount: LEGO set 242211, Loki — 1 minifigure, 7 pieces, sealed foil pack
- Accessories: horned helmet, cape, scepter
- Publisher: Immediate Media
- Released: 2022, following issue 10's February appearance
- Market: UK newsstand exclusive
Worth noting for anyone cross-referencing listings: LEGO Super Hero Legends magazine issue 11 on the Avengers side has no relationship to issue 11 on the Spider-Man side. The two run independent numbering sequences that alternate on the shelf, and conflating them is the single most common way collectors end up buying a duplicate.
What Fills the Rest of the Magazine
The paper around the foil pack follows the format Immediate Media has kept stable across this banner for years, pitched at readers from roughly six upwards: an original Avengers comic strip, character profile spreads, a pull-out poster, and several pages of puzzles, mazes and activities. Build instructions for the covermount sit inside, which is the page that goes missing first on secondhand copies.
The back page is the one adult buyers should photograph before the magazine goes anywhere near a child. The next-issue preview reveals upcoming covermounts weeks ahead of any retailer listing — it is how issue 10 readers knew Loki was coming long before a single listing appeared, and it remains the most useful habit in collecting this title.
How Findable Is It Now?
Be clear about what is scarce here and what is not. Loki as a character is not hard to obtain in LEGO form; several retail routes exist. What is finite is this specific issue. UK newsstand print runs for this title are short and final — no reprints, no restocks, and no digital edition that carries the pack. Four years on, UK specialist retailers that once stocked issue 11 now list it as out of stock, and the copies still circulating are largely the ones adults deliberately set aside rather than the ones opened in a car park.
Three checks cover most of the risk on a back issue this age. First, judge the listing by the foil pack, not the cover — ask for a photograph showing the pack still attached to the board, because a detached pack is a materially different item. Second, look at the corners and spine; four-year-old newsstand stock gets handled hard and creasing is the usual condition problem. Third, if a seller is offering the figure loose rather than the magazine, confirm the helmet, cape and scepter are all present. At seven pieces there is no margin for a missing accessory, and small parts are the first thing to vanish once a pack is opened.
Slotting Issue 11 Into an Avengers Run
Everything published under this banner is a UK exclusive newsstand release, which leaves collectors elsewhere two workable routes: an importer, or a standing subscription that ships each edition as it appears. Our Super Hero Legends magazine guide sets out the parallel Avengers and Spider-Man numbering properly, current stock and back issues live in the LEGO magazines collection, and the wider LEGO Marvel range is where the rest of the shelf comes from.
For a run-builder, LEGO Super Hero Legends magazine issue 11 is a better number than its piece count suggests. The plastic is minimal; the version of the character is not one the retail range hands out freely. Buy it for the comic-book Loki and the sealed covermount, and it earns its place — and it is easier to fill that gap now than it will be in another four years.