Poor little Miek is played purely for comic relief in Thor: Ragnarok, his apparently lifeless body even toted around for comedic effect at the end of the movie. In the comics, though, Miek plays a much bigger, and seriously darker, role. Much of the plot of Thor: Ragnarok comes from the Planet Hulk comics arc, in which Hulk finds himself on the alien world of Sakaar and leads a band of fellow gladiators in a revolution that overthrows the despotic government. Hulk then becomes ruler of the planet, which is where things take a dark turn for Miek. Unsatisfied with the new peace Hulk has ushered in, Miek is complicit in a plot that leads to the death of Hulk's wife and child and sends Hulk on a vengeful rampage across the galaxy. It's only later that Hulk discovers the base treachery of his supposed friend.
He doesn't seem so cute and goofy now, does he?
