How Jane Foster got the powers of Thor

polygon.com:

Ever since Natalie Portman strode onto the stage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019 holding aloft the hammer of Thor, Marvel fans have been waiting to see her return to the role of Jane Foster, but this time as Thor. With the release of the first teaser trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, they’ll have their chance. But anyone else might be wondering: Since when does Jane Foster possess the power of Thor?

The answer is: Since 2014’s Thor #1, in which a mysterious new superheroine appeared in the Marvel Universe, with Mjolnir in her mighty hand. Come with us on a quick trip through the story of Jane Foster’s turn as the god of thunder.

With the collaboration of many great artists, comics writer Jason Aaron took the helm of Marvel’s Thor comics in 2012, and stayed there long enough to complete a seven-year epic of godly drama. The very first thing he did was introduce the character of Gorr the God Butcher, an antitheist alien bent on killing every god in the universe in order to free mortals from believing in them, who’ll appear in Thor: Love and Thunder as played by Christian Bale.

But two years into his run, Aaron gave the whole Thor cosmology a mighty twist. Thor lost a mental struggle with the legacy of Gorr, and realized in his heart that gods were not worthy of mortal adoration — and thus, he became incapable of lifting Mjolnir. Although, as far as comics fans knew, Thor lost the ability to lift his hammer after Nick Fury whispered something mysterious in his ear. Aaron and his collaborators kept the secret of Thor’s depowerment for three years.

But Aaron also introduced a new wielder of Mjolnir, a mysterious helmed woman who referred to herself only as Thor. Aaron and Thor artist Russell Dauterman committed hard to that