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{{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'''}}
[[Beta Ray Bill]] is a [[Marvel Comics]] superhero created by Walt Simonson. The cybernetic, horse-faced champion of the Korbinite race, Beta Ray Bill made his debut in ''Thor #337'' (November, 1983), becoming the first non-Asgardian to lift Mjolnir, [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s enchanted hammer.
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.
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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.
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