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[[File:BetaRayBillGodhunter_5680.jpg|frame|"Harm a friend and comrade of mine, and suffer the consequences! So swears Beta Ray Bill!"]]

 

{{quote|''"I am oath-brother to Thor, the God of Thunder! I carry Stormbreaker, a weapon of great power, blessed by Odin, the All-Father!"''|'''Beta Ray Bill'''}}

 

 

With the decimation of the Burning Galaxy at the hands of Surtur, the Korbinite race was on the brink of extinction. Once a mighty empire inhabiting several planets, the surviving Korbinites were reduced to a fleet of ten thousand starships. Realizing that they needed a champion to protect the fleet during their search for a new home, the Korbinites selected the strongest among them, Bill, after their original champion, Alpha Ray, proved to be dangerously uncontrollable. Having bested his fellow Korbinites in combat to prove his worthiness, Bill's soul is transferred into a "bio-machine" based on the most ferocious carnivore in the Burning Galaxy. Now called Beta Ray Bill, the champion and his sentient ship, ''Skuttlebutt'', successfully delay Surtur's remaining demons while the fleet makes its way to safety. With the fleet light-years away, Bill attempts to flee but the demons give chase, threatening to overtake the Korbinites within days. Taking ''Skuttlebutt'' ahead of the fleet to find sanctuary, Bill enters stasis while the ship replenishes its energy reserves by [[The Power of the Sun|absorbing a star]]. This act is picked up by a [[SHIELD|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] deep-space satellite, prompting Director [[Nick Fury]] to take drastic measures.

Back with the fleet, an exhausted Sif cuts down hundreds of demons, but their numbers only grow until the [[Big Damn Heroes|unexpected arrival]] of ''Skuttlebutt'' turns the tide. Working together, Sif and ''Skuttlebutt'' drive the demons back, but time is running out. Desperate, ''Skuttlebutt'' readies her [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]], which can wipe out all life within a light-year. Unwilling to abandon her fellow warrior, Sif watches as the demons suddenly fade away.

 

== [[Comics]] ==

* ''Stormbreaker: The Saga Of Beta Ray Bill''

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''Silver Surfer''

 

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* [[The Anti-Nihilist]]: Beta-Ray Bill, despite calling Thor 'oathbrother' and meeting the Norse pantheon, does not believe in God in the traditional theological sense and finds worshiping any so-called gods 'obscene.' As he puts it: "If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers...let us make good."

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Subverted by ''Skuttlebutt's'' translation program, which allows Bill to learn both English and the Asgardian language in seconds.

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: Bill's cyborg body possesses power reactors that were meant to last for millenia. Decoupling these reactors outputs all that energy into Bill's body with no restraints, giving him more power than two of Galactus's Heralds combined. While the power boost is nice, Bill's body is not designed to handle so much power at once, so his reactors will reach critical mass and explode within a few minutes time.

* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Surtur destroyed the Burning Galaxy, wiping out most of the Korbinite empire. This action led to the creation of Bill and his original encounter with Thor. Later, Ashta, the Fallen God, would consume New Korbin, leading to the events of ''Godhunter''.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]

* [[Dying Race]]: The Korbinites

* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: In ''Stormbreaker'', Bill is strong enough to destroy a small planet with a single hit. ''Skuttlebutt'' carries surface-charges powerful enough to destroy larger planets.

* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: After Ashta wipes out Blue Squadron, the fleet defending New Korbin, the Korbinites bring the uncontrollable Alpha Ray out of stasis out of sheer desperation. Instead of battling Ashta, Alpha Ray attacks the returning Beta Ray Bill, allowing the Devourer of Worlds to defeat both champions and consume New Korbin.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]

* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: ''Skuttlebutt'' is equipped with a cloaking device.

* [[It Is Not Your Time]]: Left on the brink of death after defeating Omega Ray, Bill's soul was transferred into the newly-dead body of Simon Walters after an encounter with a mysterious [[Man in White]].

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: After {{spoiler|Galactus}} destroys New Korbin, Bill becomes obsessed with killing the Devourer of Worlds. Part of Bill's plan was to destroy inhabited planets in order to starve the Planet Devourer. The High Priests of Korbin also ventured into this territory during ''Stormbreaker'' by pushing for the reactivation of Alpha Ray.

* [[Where Is Your X Now?]]: With Bill off-world, High Priest Rogotta taunts his General this way just before Ashta destroys Blue Squadron.

* [[Withholding the Cure]]: After infecting I'Than Prime with the nanoplague, Bill purposely withheld the cure, [[Blackmail|promising]] to deliver enough to cure the planet's population if they abandoned their homeworld.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Bill and Thor see each other this way. Bill also earns the respect of Stardust during ''Stormbreaker''.

 

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