We can have a debate about the pandering, but Marvel today announced that there’ll be a new God of Thunder in a new series by writer Jason Aaron and artist Russell Dauterman, coming this October.

The publisher has evolved once again in one of the « most shocking and exciting changes » ever to shake one of Marvel’s “big three” – Captain America, Iron Man and Thor – Marvel Comics will be introducing an all-new Thor, God of Thunder. No longer is the classic male hero able to hold the mighty hammer, Mjölnir, a brand new female hero will emerge will who will be worthy of the name Thor. Who is she? Where did she come from and what is her connection to Asgard and the Marvel Universe?

Marvel editor Wil Moss explained in a release that there’s more to this change:

The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads ‘Whosoever…