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Will 'Beta Ray Bill' Join Marvel's "Thor 2" ?
With the announcement of Marvel Studios' "Thor 2" getting a greenlight, fans are hoping that the Marvel Comics character 'Beta Ray Bill', a staunch alien ally of both 'Thor' and 'Asgard', will be included in the new film.
Created by writer/illustrator Walt Simonson, 'Beta Ray Bill' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Thor" #337 (Nov. 1983), becoming the first being outside of the Marvel Universe's Norse pantheon to be deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's magic hammer, 'Mjolnir'.The character was first introduced as an alien belonging to a race known as the 'Korbinites', with his life force and consciousness transferred by scientists of his race into the body of an alien carnivorous 'equine'-like beast that had been bionically restructured into a cyborg.
Courtesy of advanced genetic engineering, the character has vast superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, an extended lifespan and superior hand-to-hand combatant skills.
Beta Ray Bill's main weapon, 'Stormbreaker', also has the same properties as Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, with the ability to transform into a cane when struck upon the ground and return Bill to his unaltered Korbinite form.
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With the announcement of Marvel Studios' "Thor 2" getting a greenlight, fans are hoping that the Marvel Comics character 'Beta Ray Bill', a staunch alien ally of both 'Thor' and 'Asgard', will be included in the new film.
Created by writer/illustrator Walt Simonson, 'Beta Ray Bill' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Thor" #337 (Nov. 1983), becoming the first being outside of the Marvel Universe's Norse pantheon to be deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's magic hammer, 'Mjolnir'.The character was first introduced as an alien belonging to a race known as the 'Korbinites', with his life force and consciousness transferred by scientists of his race into the body of an alien carnivorous 'equine'-like beast that had been bionically restructured into a cyborg.
Courtesy of advanced genetic engineering, the character has vast superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, an extended lifespan and superior hand-to-hand combatant skills.
Beta Ray Bill's main weapon, 'Stormbreaker', also has the same properties as Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, with the ability to transform into a cane when struck upon the ground and return Bill to his unaltered Korbinite form.
Click the images to enlarge...
