Like Dick Grayson taking over as Batman during Grant Morrison's run, I would have been absolutely fine if the legacy handoff on Thor had stayed permanent.
#706 was a shocker and I'm very interested in what this "At the Gates of Valhalla" one-shot will be now (got the Ron Garney variant comin')...
This was a really a great run in the midst of Jason Aaron's larger Thor Saga and made Russell Dauterman a superstar artist by allowing him to dedicate himself fully to one book and create a consistently epic and graceful aesthetic.
Definitely interested to see where he lands next at Marvel, but I'm sure Mike Del Mundo & Christian Ward are going to give the new Aaron "Thor" series the visual grandeur it requires. I've seen some really great covers so far.
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