While Marvel Studios preps "Thor: Ragnarok" as the third "Thor" solo movie in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe', reports continue to surface that Marvel Comics' 'Beta Ray Bill', a staunch horse-faced ally of both 'Thor' and 'Asgard', will be 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 deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's magic hammer, 'Mjolnir'.
First introduced as belonging to the 'Korbinite' race, Bill had his life force and consciousness transferred by scientists into the body of an 'equine'-like beast, 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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