Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/12/matt-fraction.html

Interesting news that Matt Fraction will be taking over the reigns of Thor in 2010, kicking off with a team-up between Thor and Iron Man for Free Comic Book Day with art by John Romita Jr. Seeing as these two characters have been opposed to each other since Thor's return to the (im)mortal coil it seems pretty safe to assume that The Siege will putting all the big players back where they belong, at each other's side.

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No stranger to Thor, Fraction recently wrote the mini series Age of Thunder which chronicled Thor's Asgardian history but for the ongoing title Fraction will be dealing with the Thor we know now and the issues that arise with a God wandering around the Marvel Universe. For more on Fraction's intentions for his ongoing Thor check out the interview over at CBR.

Follow up:

I remember back in 2008 when Fraction was asked to tackle Thor in Secret Invasion and then Giant Size Thor he had little love for the character. If I remember rightly during one interview he did (can't quite remeber where) he said he thought Marvel editorial had mistaken him for someone else when they asked him to write Thor stories. Now here he is writing for the ongoing series and it looks like he's going to be sticking around, which can't be a bad thing. Before J Michael Straczynski (JMS) took over the title I had never picked up a Thor book in my entire life, he made the character vital for me and now I love the big norse blonde adonis. When he announced he was leaving the book I cancelled my order, then I realised Kieron Gillen would be taking over for a 6 issue run and reordered it as I really like his Phonogram series and his recent new title SWORD. I made this order to my comic book dealer with the proviso once Gillen was off so was I. Now Fraction has come along and I'm going to have eat my words once again damn it, with his excellent work on Invincible Iron Man and his Uncanny X-Men run he's slowly taking over the Marvel Universe and cannot and should not be ignored.