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Beta Ray Bill is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in the Bronze Age of Comic Books, the character was initially intended to be a surprise; an apparent monster who unexpectedly turns out to be a great hero.
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[@anthonyglover9386]

He is one of my favorite characters simply because he goes so hard.

[@chainsaw-man9328]

I am pretty cool 😎

[@Senseitional_comics]

Pause ⏸ 😅

[@gibbnasta]

And thats the only way he knows to go! My favorite Marvel hero.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

My only regret is that no one will understand of our orange horse boy once he makes his MCU debut. He’ll be the fifth person to lift Mjolnir and the second wielded of Stormbreaker. In the comics, dude was the first in comic history to lift the hammer besides Thor. He was designed to look like a monster because Simonson didn’t want it to be a typical pretty looking good guy who picked up the hammer. He reached into molten metal to make the Stormbreaker specifically his.

[@joneshugh]

Actually, IIRC, it was the Destroyer

[@kylehoffman1325]

Love me some Beta Ray Bill - the way he conducts his affairs, with such honor and no BS, is amazing. His character really opened up the opportunity for other characters in the Thor mythos.

[@chainsaw-man9328]

Thank you

[@steffanofumo]

Love BRB because he wasn’t some sort of golden Adonis, or a Captain America like character, the one that was worthy ended up being this strange alien horseman that was the last line of defense for his race.

[@MikeHawk04]

And he isn’t some Mary Sue who just comes in and is insanely powerful because of “reasons.”

[@anoobis745]

Well said.

[@eluminaryxarrais7735]

He did just get a power boost he basically went into hell to claim the twilight blade, which considering his original connections with surtur it's probably a better weapon for him than storm breaker was

[@Jayming42]

Came here to say that. That 5 issue mini by Daniel Warren Johnson was amazing. I'm sad it didn't get mentioned.

[@eluminaryxarrais7735]

@@Jayming42 I thought he covered it on the channel already but I can't find it at the moment, the start of it is covered on the channel with beta Ray bills king in black tie in

[@cammte5471]

@@eluminaryxarrais7735 that’s what was SUPPOSED to happen but then ofc Jason Aaron came and fucked it up and made him fodder against the sentient Mjolnir motherstorm who was merged with Mangog in Thor’s most recent run. Jason Aaron completely ignored the fact that the Twilight Sword can cleave through galaxies and the fact that Korbinites get stronger in hot environments, so the Twilight Sword SHOULD amp Beta Ray Bill’s natural abilities and powers as well as being a powerful weapon on its own…but, Jason Aaron….🤦🏾‍♂️

[@bxnejones8237]

@@cammte5471 Jason Aaron has nothing to do with that monitor and mangog duo

[@wyldfantasies]

I have been looking for the new Beta Ray Bill series get covered on this channel, this video should have mentioned it.

[@JJRegal4]

Love Beta Ray Bill and always preferred him to Thor. I like MCU Stormbreaker, but I always hated the fact they made it just an upgrade for Thor instead of bringing in BRB. Then the comics had to make it worse and have Thor destroy Bill's version... Then have Sif curve Bill... What did Bill do to deserve all that lol.

[@digunder14]

to be fair, the destruction of storm breaker in the comics was more so to do with thor going a bit overboard in the moment than anything to do with the mcu

[@chainsaw-man9328]

I want my stormbreaker back.

[@Hellaframes]

When Thor got stormbreaker in endgame I was soooo hyped and nobody knew why. I was sad about that lol.

[@dantealighieri5972]

Hell yeah more Thor content. Been waiting on Beta Ray Bill. Love his character

[@chainsaw-man9328]

Thanks from the man himself

[@graefx]

Bill's debut still holds up to this day as just a great comic along with the rest of Simonson's run. But Godhunter might be in my top 5 and is woefully under appreciated. I had forgotten how impactful it was that Bill looked like a monster and was the first besides Thor to lift Mjolnir. I keep holding hope for him to debut in the MCU and it feels more and more possible as Thor becomes more cosmic, but I have no idea how he'd debut and be appropriately integrated with the current canon.

[@WSFMontana]

Rob I’ve been watching your videos for some time now & the one thing I can say is I respect the amount of comic book knowledge you posses.

[@QRSteele]

Lots of respect

[@GeekBearReporter]

BRB became an instant favorite when I was a kid upon his introduction. That's never changed decades later :)

[@himathegreat2987]

My favourite beta ray bill moment was in Thor Disassembled, where he made his entry like a badass and obliterated Fenris the wolf , screaming "who dares lay hands on the mighty thor". Such a badass dude

[@chainsaw-man9328]

Got to stick up for the homies

[@himathegreat2987]

@@chainsaw-man9328 ofcourse

[@Mr.8point5]

I’m fairly new to comics and collecting action figures. I had been very curious about Beta Ray Bill as I started seeing a lot more of him in Instagram posts. This is great!

[@Hellaframes]

He’s the best I have his first issues in my comic collection and his Funko pop lol

[@riellyalexander]

I’m happy you’re doing more character explained videos!

[@tevinmoss12]

I remember seeing BRB for the first time on Planet Hulk and instantly feel in love with him (pause) the way he throw hands , his not gaf no bs attitude. Dude just simply badass

[@_davidboxing]

He was pretty badass on Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes too

[@brandonquintana9943]

Was waiting for BRB backstop! Great content!

[@cromulus6877]

Thanks for this!

[@OmegaX711]

I'm still waiting for the continuation of Beta Ray Bill's story after acquiring the Twilight Sword cause in the words of Rob, "that story.... was... Amazing!" lol

[@martixboywill]

Your goddamn right it was 🙌🏽

[@lvx_rose]

One of my favorite Marvel characters, ever since I was a kid in the 90s.⚡🔨🐴

[@GetRightGB]

lol being smart got the bots coming for you

[@lvx_rose]

@@GetRightGB what?

[@parkerd2242]

Love these videos so very much. Listen to them all the time. BRB is my favorite!

[@wyldfantasies]

Love Beta Ray Bill, the newest series is sick, love the artwork by Johnson.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

The fight with Surtur was pure awesomeness

[@chainsaw-man9328]

I had fun acting in it haha

[@dantealighieri5972]

Thanks Rob as always

[@tommusgreaves7967]

Always good to see BRB

[@TheNearsightedGamer]

You did what you intended to Rob. Very informative.

[@RooseveltAnderson]

I did love that they had the statue of Beta Ray Bill on the Grandmaster's tower in Thor: Ragnarok

[@TupocalypseShakur]

I like that, it implied Bill was busy being a badass elsewhere

[@towerofpower3980]

I appreciate your vids, Rob! They're so informative and appreciate your layout of Beta Ray! He's long overdue to join the MCU....but will they do him justice??? If he's on par with or even stronger than Thor, He should be very impressive!

[@takumiiscool]

Beyond Omega Level: Popeye the Sailor Man

[@DonShotta24]

Loved this. What’s this bgm?

[@jonathanleach4086]

And we all keep waiting on our dad to pick us up for the weekend. Is it wrong to think that this time he is gonna show up? Give us bill goddamn it!

[@187mrsmith]

Beta Ray bill to slept on I can't wait to see some of the most legendary comic book characters come about in up and coming marvel movies and other new movies to come

[@fatceaserdagreat241]

Rob post's and I watch!

[@oliverstrucker5829]

You should do a full story of dark reign because I have no read any of the comics but I have heard of them so I would love to see that.

[@cosmicdropout8187]

22:54 Damn Rob, you miss the Daniel Warren Johnson límited series of Beta Ray Bill on a quest for the Twilight Blade, was fenomenal

[@leviward3138]

Who was the frog mascot in that one panel? LOL

[@maskedpodcaster1345]

Broke my heart that there was no mention of the Annihilators

[@randymoore3986]

Always been a top 5 marvel characters for me. Love this guy and always scoop up his mini series as they drop

[@johnrushman1586]

He prefers Beta Ray William. It's more civilized. Lol

[@lvx_rose]

Caught me off guard with that lol 😅

[@briancairney227]

When's your video on banner of war coming Rob

[@STORYTXLLXR]

YES! I LOVE BETA RAY BILL! He’s been my favorite Thor comic character, thank you for this video Rob. Hope your vacation went well!!

[@chainsaw-man9328]

Thank you my friend

[@STORYTXLLXR]

@@chainsaw-man9328 you’re welcome my fav comic horse

[@OrderofthePipe]

He probably could have been taken more seriously if he didn’t have such a silly name. It would be like naming the Hulk “Gamma Ray Gary”. 😂

[@QRSteele]

😅

[@_davidboxing]

Nahh Beta Ray Bill’s name goes *HARD*

[@RAWatson1989]

Honestly, I love beta Ray Bill, comic book wise he's very interesting but my favorite showing of him so far has been planet hulk the animated feature

[@Shadrio]

As a new-ish fan of comics in of in themselves, Beta Ray Bill is that Thor character that avid fans really, _really_ like. From what I've heard fans talk of the guy he seems like the ultimate Bro to Thor, being the kind of guy who's always there for him and is always straight and to the point. Basically a cool horse headed guy.

[@AifDaimon]

Ever since the 1st time I saw BRB, I nicknamed him Horse-Boy for obvious reasons.. I hope I'm not the only one who did this.. Hahahaha!!!

[@danielseelye6005]

It's pronounced "Thorse"

[@AifDaimon]

@@danielseelye6005 HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Nice one, tho I never heard of it until you mentioned it

[@ravager48]

Beyond Omega Level: Upside-down Man

[@erobos111]

Brightburn Request👿 Beyond Omega Level: Kulan Gath!

[@danielseelye6005]

I love me some "Thorse" and Skuttlebutt. The last I read with him in the main Thor comics, I was heartbroken seeing Sif do him dirty by denying him that Asgardian Ass for not being able to transform back to his Korbin form due to the destruction of Stormbreaker. 😞 Bad writing on that part. Sif wouldn't give a jot about the looks compared to a Man's fighting spirit and honor. 😤

[@JustALittolBear]

And if he really is a horse through and through she’d never be rejecting him >_>

[@danielseelye6005]

@@JustALittolBear 😏 _Giggity_

[@YourLifeWasting]

Hey Rob how was your mini vacation

[@crucible1084]

man beta ray bill showing up would've been sick

[@ultrainstinctluffy1312]

Hey rob can you do a beyond omega level vid for power of love spiderman

[@sayednasrgamiet1044]

I dunno you if you didn't read it or if you left it out intentionally but Bil now wields Surtur's Twilight sword and it AMAZING (from the most recent Beta Ray Thor series which is a spin off of Donny Cates' Thor run)

[@nicktuck5855]

Great video. Beta ray should have been more than a vet statue in ragnarok by now. I hope marvel gets on the ball. Since phase 4 they may be going full steam ahead as far as shows on the D+ channel but the movies have become 2-2.5 hour long intro stories with some exposition of what’s going to happen by time I hit 56. Currently 33. I don’t know if they’ve realized that their actors aren’t going to be young enough to play the same roles by time house of M or secret wars completes.

[@ndujamz]

I love other beings from other realms. Thanks Rob. Enjoy yourself there on vacation.

[@thomasbean1590]

Beyond omega level: Captain Carrot. I don’t think we’ve actually gotten a video about him yet

[@esrohm6460]

seeing that cover with "nothing can stop the juggernaut in a video about the first person to also be able to pick up mjölnir i got the stupidest idea. what happens when you lay mjölnir in juggernauts way. he isn't worthy so he can't move it but his entire identity is that you can't stop him moving so will he trip over the hammer and then just fly forward without losing speed as he can't be stopped by running into the hammer but he also can't move it away or break through it.

[@benvaun1330]

No he isnt worthy so he cant lift it or grab and weild it. You can alter its trajectory. Many many characters in the comics have deflected mjolnir. In the MCU Thanos, and The Acursed have deflected the hammer.

[@esrohm6460]

@@benvaun1330 you have it the wrong way areound. what i'm talking is juggernaut runs at mjölnir that lies on the ground as a tripping trap BECAUSE he can't lift it

[@Wezt334]

It’s a question that has been asked before and has been ongoing for a few years. The answer is it depends, are we talking old school Thor and Juggernaut or are we talking Eight day or Trion Juggernaut and the current mjolnir origin? These things would effect which would win let alone the question does Juggernaut have enough time to move out of the way

[@Mcandy78gaming]

@@esrohm6460 its only a hammer he could easily step over it and keep going.the question should be what if you put mjolnir on his foot while he was moving.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

An immovable object and an unstoppable force. He might loss a chunk of his body but he'll going

[@nicestguy1]

really cool

[@NeptuneKnives]

Best historian... only reviewer to discuss his relationship with thor and sith

[@YTSORF]

Heard Bil makes a cameo in Llove and Thunder

[@NevermindThee]

Mandrake the Magician Explained, maybe maybe? Someday?

[@jialcantara4614]

Can you please do a video about black bolt?

[@ozzyb.hammer5599]

THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!! Lol

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

*Beyond Omega Level - Hyperstorm!!* *Beyond Omega Level - Atum!!* *Beyond Omega Level - Nate Grey!!* *Beyond Omega Level - Omega Red!!*

[@cosmicdropout8187]

What a armazing character, hope we get to see him soon in the MCU.

[@missdeadite9696]

Avatar the Last Airbender: Zuko explained. DO IT ROB, I KNOW YOU WANNA.

[@berzerkbankie1342]

A team with silver surfer and beta ray bill sounds awesome

[@morganlemke]

Baron Mordo explained please!

[@harmonicartist]

Beyond Omega Level: Rob’s Hype

[@Jezee213]

Beta Ray Bill is great, the first time I seen him was in the Avengers animated series. His origin was basically the same as it always it, except Odin summons Thor and BRB had his hammer so it was him that was summoned and he thought they were enemies because there magic looked like Surturs energy ect..... but the more I read of him, the more I liked the character! I didn't know of the Alpha Ray character, I wanna read that story!

[@hjbotha7]

Just loving it

[@j2times2006]

One of my favs. Wish they used him more

[@donovanjr284]

Beyond omega level invisible woman

[@MrFat.]

BRB has always been one of my Top Marvel characters from the beginning. They need to show him much more love. 😎😍✌️

[@Sonsto]

My mates favourite Character is bill so he is really hoping he is in TLAT. As well we made r/Thor_beta_ray_bill. So we are fans. Hope your enjoying the holiday Rob.

[@theFrozen0ne]

And thank you for the Beta Ray Bill splaining

[@ronaldjackson2290]

I think its cool that Beta Ray Bill has Surtur's sword "Twighlight", thats kind of Awesome!!

[@neilhunter3144]

Would you do a Berserk, video please?

[@kylecollins3755]

There can't possibly be more Thor you haven't covered. Top 20 most powerful DC characters hierarchy please.

[@wintertrooper7918]

rob you should do a video on the New X-men Team from childhood's end to messiah complex

[@stirgy4312]

Bill seems like a samurai that's lost his daimyo. Wandering the universe, looking for purpose, for his path. Seeing him as a guardian of the galaxy made me say YES!!

[@vontheunknown7982]

Me and my cousin are writing our own superhero book with our own characters in the near future😊

[@snowcrash9310]

So, scuttlebutt is often referred to as a water fountain in todays Navy terminology, but in old "traditional Navy" terms, scuttlebutt is equal to the rumors onboard a ship.

[@vergilrules1616]

Beyond omega level: the divine creator

[@CSALVA5]

Didn’t you do a beyond Omega level episode on Beta Ray Bill?

[@jadenthomas5261]

I think it'd be cool if Rob talked extensively about the big comics bust of the 90s it sounds like an interesting situation.

[@user-wg1pr5bi6x]

Please more beta rey bill content i beg you

[@coryakabueze4541]

Beta ray is amazing character and a great friend to Thor hope to see him in Thor 4

[@chainsaw-man9328]

I hope I'm in it too

[@matthewa441]

It sucks that he didn't show up in Love and Thunder. Thor 5? Secret Wars? I could see them doing Thor Corps with Bill.

[@therealemperorpalpatine]

is that the death star over galactis's shoulder

[@warsmith01]

I can only imagine you were as upset as I was when Vision became the the first and picked up Mjolnir in Age of Ultron. In all the MCU films to date, in my opinion, that was the biggest misstep. Beta Ray Bill alone should hold that honour.

[@warsmith01]

@comicsexplained is this legit?

[@possiblythatguy2304]

@@warsmith01 obvious scam

[@warsmith01]

@@possiblythatguy2304 that's what I figured and Rob has warned his viewers before but it never hurts to follow up.

[@kingshadow8782]

Yes

[@shockwavethenewx-man9301]

Beyond Omega Level: Icon (DC Milestone Comics)

[@gilmagdaleno2846]

My boy where’s huuuulk!?

[@Hellaframes]

Someone who saw the movie told me he’s not in it. Someone get me on the line with Lord Feige! This is my favorite Thor character I just want to see him on screen!!!!

[@toddbarber7590]

Id love to see Surtur come back and be a major threat. Move him away from destroying asgard. More towards a conqueror

[@enriquevanleeuwen7719]

I can't believe they're gonna do Valkyrie as "king Thor" before they do beta ray bill

[@dazio1976]

Thor Johnson as Beta Ray Bill fingers crossed

[@guttyjip]

Yay rob back

[@StylezYung]

Oooooo I remember this guy lol the guy who wore the first "Thor" outfit lol I forgot all about this cus ppl was like why he look like thor ... then venom came out

[@WilliamGone]

you skipped beta and siff romance, and him currently wielding surturs sword

[@Dom_510]

Bill is definitely coming soon to the MCU. I can’t wait to see him!

[@ragu8256]

We might get him in Secret wars if they bring in that Thor corps.

[@enriquevanleeuwen7719]

Dude how could you leave out the entire beta ray bill miniseries of him getting the twilight blade!