Loki's Ravonna Renslayer, unraveled by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and comic history
launched by sending everybody’s favorite endlessly double-dealing Asgardian prince off to face a despotic time travel-regulating bureaucracy known as the Time Variance Authority. When the credits for episode 1, “Glorious Purpose,” revealed that the TVA judge calling the shots on Loki’s potential execution was named Ravonna Renslayer, longtime Marvel Comics readers felt they were in the know before anyone else. “Ravonna Renslayer” seemed like an oddly specific, operatic name for what appeared to be a minor role. But that’s because Ravonna is an established Marvel character, with ...