Loki has undergone several changes over the past several years, returning in a female body after Ragnarok, reincarnating in the form of a boy (the fan-favorite "Kid Loki") and then, in this week's Young Avengers #11 -- OK, we won't spoil it for you, but Marvel's recent announcement of Loki: Agent of Asgard tells you all you need to know.

Well, maybe not all you need to know.

Responding on his blog to a fan's questions, writer Al Ewing reveals that in the new series the god of mischief's gender and sexuality will be fluid. "Yes, Loki is bi and I’ll be touching on that," he wrote last night. "He’ll shift between genders occasionally as well."

Neither of those will be particularly surprising to anyone familiar with Norse mythology, where the shape-shifting Loki is frequently viewed, in modern terms, as transgender and bisexual.

Apparently peppered with even more Loki questions, Ewing followed up this morning with a moratorium titled "Enough Loki For Now": "I’m not The Loki Guy until February, and right now I feel like I’m stepping on toes, so I’m going to stop talking about Loki outside of interviews until early January. After that, I’ll be as available as before. [...] So, how about those Mighty Avengers, huh?"

Debuting in February as part of the publisher's All-New Marvel NOW! initiative, the espionage-tinged Loki: Agent of Asgard finds the trickster serving the All-Mother as the defender of the home of the gods.

"One of the recent evolutions of the character is that he's come to enjoy living amongst mortals as much as his brother does, and we'll be carrying that on," Ewing told Comic Book Resources earlier this month. "I feel like it's nice to mix the two styles- - get a good helping of the epic fantasy of Asgard, while at the same time sticking to the espionage/con-artist genre. Two great tastes that taste great together."