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    Beta Ray Bill

    Character » Beta Ray Bill appears in 430 issues.

    The cyborg champion of the Korbinites, Beta Ray Bill guarded his people as they fled attacks by fire demons. When he encountered Thor and proved himself worthy to wield Mjolnir, Odin bestowed upon him the powers of Thor, as well as Stormbreaker, an equally powerful hammer. Using this new weapon, Beta Ray Bill would travel the cosmos righting wrongs, but he was always available whenever Thor needed his assistance.

    What exactly is Beta Ray Bill?

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    #1  Edited By devilvert

    Hello! i was on the internet and with all the sources it was still confusing and such!


    he's an cyborb, alien, god? huh?

    please could someone help me with this, 

    -thanks you! love and peace!
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    #2  Edited By blur99

    He is a cyborg alien from the Korbinite race.

    He was given a hammer that grants him Thor's power or close to it: "Stormbreaker".

    He first appeared in Thor volume 1 around issue number 330.


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    #3  Edited By Kallarkz

    ^

    Just as blur said. He is a cyborg alien of the Korbinites that has been granted the powers of Thor by Odin after having been able to best Thor in a battle and being able to lift   Mjolnir. Odin made Beta Ray BIll his own hammer named "Stormbreaker" which also has the same powers as   Mjolnir. 

    It is a debatable topic as to whether or not he is technically a God. His physiology is not that of the Asgardians but he often lives there and has the power of Thor. He is a Korbinite but he often refers to the Asgardians as if the were his people.
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    #4  Edited By ssejllenrad

    To reiterate the ones said, he is a cyborg Korbinite.

    To make it clear, he's the son of Sarah Jessica Parker and the Terminator... hehehehehe!

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    #5  Edited By CATPANEXE

    cybernetic member of an alien race known as the Korbinate, who was revived by TOAA and tasked with protecting the universe, then granted
    the power of a God. while he has the power of a God, he claims not to be one, and his followers settled for a lesser title when he explained himself
    in Green Of Eden. He was declared a prophet.

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    #6  Edited By castleking

    you guys are all forgetting that aside from originally being born a Korbinite  he was cybornetically altered and combined with a savage Korbinite animal hence his appearance..
    plus the whole magic hammer thing blah blah blah

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    #7  Edited By Deranged Midget
    @ssejllenrad said:
    " To reiterate the ones said, he is a cyborg Korbinite.To make it clear, he's the son of Sarah Jessica Parker and the Terminator... hehehehehe! "
    LOL
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    #8  Edited By cattlebattle

    he's awesome

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    #9  Edited By majestic99

    @blur99 said:

    He is a cyborg alien from the Korbinite race.
    He was given a hammer that grants him Thor's power or close to it: "Stormbreaker".
    He first appeared in Thor volume 1 around issue number 330.

    @cattlebattle said:

    he's awesome

    Awesome doesn't even begin to describe Beta Ray Bill.

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    #10  Edited By ozeol

    Whats with all the exposure this characters getting? His design and back story seem extremely silly.

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    #11  Edited By thestarguy

    You might have to pick up the original back story in the Thor issues that he debuted to get the full impact in context. They were Walt Simonson stories that were extremely well-done. The key part was that, up until his origin, Odin had put the safe-guards built into Thor's hammer to insure that no else could ever harness Mjolner and turn it against the Asgardians, and no one had ever fully bypassed them before Bill. Beta Ray Bill not only bested Thor initially (in the usually token misunderstanding & fight), but also later competed against Thor in a series of trials conducted in Asgard by Odin in which he again bested Thor. Beta Ray Bill underwent transmorgrification, enormous trials and personal sacrifices solely to defend his people against what was essentially an Asgardian-based threat, which made him more than worthy (according to Asgardian warrior values). When Thor whined, and Odin finally asked Bill to give Mjolner back to Thor, Bill respectfully declined, saying that he had won it fair & square according to Odin's laws & the hammers own inscription and volition. Odin was so impressed with Bill's honor and nobility that he felt honor-bound to create another hammer for Bill so that Bill would have the powerful weapon required to protect the Corbinites, and also so that Thor could honorably reclaim Mjolner. Beta Ray Bill rightfully earned the respect of not only Odin, but just about every reader who read the story !!! Also, Thor probably learned more about humility during this story than he had in a long time as well. And frankly, Beta Ray Bill has a better personality than Thor, also, so it yet another reason why so many of us respect BRB so highly.

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    To reiterate the ones said, he is a cyborg Korbinite.

    To make it clear, he's the son of Sarah Jessica Parker and the Terminator... hehehehehe!

    ha ha ha ha ha

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