The adventures of Jane Foster as Thor will continue in the pages of the relaunched The Mighty Thor this November. To give a glimpse of what's to come -- and to blow our minds -- series artist Russell Dauterman and colorist Matt Hollingsworth conjured up a grand image of Thor's allies and enemies, with both of Jane's personas as the centerpiece. Behold!

To attempt to crack to secrets of this gorgeous, stunning piece of art, we hopped on the phone with The Mighty Thor writer Jason Aaron. We asked him about the presence of Loki and Beta Ray Bill, he pointed out a few details (including a new character), and he talked about the brewing war in the Ten Realms that Jane will face once Secret Wars ends. We also talked about his current Thors series and how that will play into the new series, plus we snuck in a question about his violent and engrossing Image Comics series, Southern Bastards, to find out when we'll see that character join the story.Hear what Aaron had to say, then let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Thors #1 cover by Chris Sprouse

Malekith by Russell Dauterman

Thor: God of Thunder by Esad Ribic

I think it was Russell's idea to do some kind of big image like that. It was our first big cover, fold-out cover, interlocking cover -- he wanted to do something big and grand like that. Yeah, it's amazing. I've been excited for people to see it, because I think that was the very first thing he drew as part of this new volume.You know, I've made no secret of how much fun I had working on the previous volume of Thor and how I'm clearly laying tracks to be on Thor for quite awhile longer. So I was super thrilled that we were able to keep that entire team together. Russell and Matt have proven themselves to me. We're quite a formidable team on Thor. So I was super happy we were able to keep everybody together. It's a pretty awesome way to come out of the gate, talking about this new volume with this amazing new image from Russell.Yeah, certainly we'll start to get the beginning of it. I haven't really used Loki at all in Thor: God of Thunder or the previous volume of Thor. Part of it was, I was kind of staying out of the way of Kieron Gillen and Al Ewing and the stuff they were doing with the character. But this seemed like a good time to bring Loki back into the fold in a big way. I don't want to say too much about where he fits into the grand scheme of things. You'll just have to wait and see, but yes, certainly this is the beginning of big things for Loki in the pages of Thor once more.Yeah, he's another guy all the Thor fans are always asking for, but it was sort of the same thing: I didn't want to bring him in just for the sake of bringing him in. I wanted to wait until I knew what I wanted to do with him. But yeah, I liked writing the different version of him in Thors.I got a lot of crap at my local comic book store because I took him off in the very first issue. [Laughs]So I figured it was a good time to finally find a place for him in the main Thor book. There is a very specific Beta Ray Bill story coming. We don't get that one right out of the gate, but again, I don't want to say too much about what that is or what it involves. But I think I've finally got a cool idea for Beta Ray Bill.I think most of the characters on here, you should be able to figure out who they are. You see a lot of the same supporting characters and villains from the previous volume of Thor. A lot of those will continue to play a huge role. Some of them we'll see their roles within the Thor mythology change as part of this new volume.There is one brand new character in there that's the fiery character we see right next to Heimdall. So that's somebody Russell designed. As for who she is, you'll have to wait and see.No, it is not. But like I was going to say, of course, giant fiery characters play an important role in Thor mythology. But this is a brand new character.Well, I don't want to say too much about the ending of Thors. I was trying to do something very specific with Thors that ties into what I'm doing with this new volume, but it's also still very different and kind of its own thing. That said, something happens at the end of Thors. There's a huge moment that will have to be followed up on in the pages of The Mighty Thor at some point. So there's a big moment at the very end of Thors. I guess that's all I can say.Yeah, I mean, I think this image from Russell does a good job of summarizing everything. You see pale, sickly Jane Foster right there at the heart of it. So she's got her own very personal battle that she's fighting. That's a big part of it, especially the first issue of The Mighty Thor #1. It's kind of what life is like for Jane Foster.So yeah, this was always the idea. This was always the story, even though we're really just now able to tell Jane's story. For eight issues, we played with the mystery of "Who is the new Thor?" So there was only so much I could do with her, only so far I could dive into her head. So now that changes dramatically for the first time. We get to do the book and deal with Thor having a secret identity. It's really the first time I've gotten to write something like that. So that part has been really fun. Kind of the most refreshing part of this whole volume is bringing a different take on Thor. It kind of gets back to that original Lee/Kirby dynamic, when you had crippled doctor Donald Blake who would secretly transform into Thor. It's cool to write something like that. Jane's life is a big part of this new volume, and her struggle with cancer will continue to be a huge part of that as well. So we dive right into that in issue #1.But then in terms of the bigger battle, in terms of what she's facing throughout the Ten Realms, everything I've been doing on Thor for a couple years now has been building and growing. It kind of started with Malekith, and we've seen him make allies along the way. So the seeds of war have been planted and continue to grow and spread. So this new volume, it's the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe. We're jumping ahead eight months. So now Malekith's plan has moved forward in a big way. Things have changed dramatically throughout the Ten Realms and have also changed in a huge way in Asgard. So the fallout of all that is what Thor is having to deal with.Like I said, a lot of the villains we've been seeing in the previous volumes of Thor, and we'll also add some new ones to the mix. So in this image, you see the Enchantress, you see Hela, who we hadn't seen in awhile. So they'll be a big part of what's going on. You'll also get Hercules, who we haven't seen cross paths with Thor in quite awhile -- and he certainly hasn't crossed paths with a Thor like this. So there's a lot of teases in here of not all stuff we'll get to right away in issue #1, but they each represent big stories to come.Yeah, writing issue #1 was kind of the first time I was getting to write some of that stuff. So writing what Jane is going through and seeing her pick up the hammer and be transformed by it and go off and have an adventure and come back and change back into Jane and have to deal with the fallout of what all this is doing to her physically and what it's doing to her life -- that was all kind of the main idea. That was always the reason to do this story in the first place. So I'm glad we're finally able to get to that.I don't know, that's a good question. In my mind, on the one hand, nothing has changed. My approach to the character and what makes Thor a good Thor story hasn't changed in the least from Thor: God of Thunder #1 to today. It's all still the same story. I think the shift from Thor: God of Thunder to the new Thor, and partly because we were shifting from Esad's art, a very distinctive style, to Russell Dauterman, who has a very different style. So I think that worked. We were doing a brand new Thor, kind of a fresh take on the mythology, and Russell was the perfect fit for that.But in my mind, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel or throw out everything I've ever done before and do a brand new Thor story. Like you said, now that the cat's out of the bag and you know who Thor is, hopefully it all fits together and makes sense. The idea that we've gone back to the doctor who picks up the hammer and is transformed by it doesn't seem that unusual. I've said all along, what I'm doing is not some radical change to Thor's mythology. Everything kind of goes back to those original stories, that original dynamic -- the promise of transformation through the established, you know, with that hammer and its very first appearance. So it's a different kind of Thor story from what you've seen lately, but it's not something that comes completely out of left field. It all goes back to Lee and Kirby.I just try to stay out of his way and set him up with stuff that he gets excited to draw. But Russell is full of ideas. I think he's been very passionate and excited about this book from the get-go. If anything, I think it's only increased with this new volume. So yeah, like I said, he's designing new characters, he's reinterpreting old characters.One of my favorite things about the previous volume was just his take on the Frost Giants. I think I wrote them more because I liked the way he drew them so much. So I think we'll see that expand out to other parts of the Ten Realms. That's kind of another goal with my run on Thor, was I wanted to really flesh out Thor's stomping grounds. Thor is the one character in the Marvel Universe who has such a massive beat. You've got 10 entirely different realms to explore. So we've journeyed to most of them at this point. By the time I'm done, I want everyone who's been reading the books to all understand the difference between the realms and know who goes where and what the terrain of each world is like and make them feel like real places within the books. That's something you can't really do in one story arc, or even two. It's something you have to do over time. So we'll continue to do that, and as we do that you'll get to see Russell's take on these different realms and creatures and infinite people who live there.So coming out of the gate with this new volume, a big part of what's going on, the big escalation in terms of the war that's spreading throughout the realms, as we see, has a lot to do with the elves. You kind of get the beginnings of a big war of the elves. We've seen a lot of Malekith and the Dark Elves, and now we start to see more of the Light Elves. So you'll get to see Russell reinterpreting and fleshing out lots of different elves.Well, that's a hard question to answer, because I don't want to give away too much. Certainly there is a plan for her. Hopefully we'll start to get more of her and see more of her in a big way in this arc, the current arc. Each of our previous two arcs have ended with a brief scene of Roberta. This arc you'll get a lot more. That's all I can say.

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