Thorfans have been want the Thunder God ’s fabled allyBeta Ray Billtomake an visual aspect in the MCUfor years now . An original Marvel Comics institution , Bill is an exotic warrior with a horse - like drumhead who proved worthy of wield Thor ’s hammer Mjolnir . The hammer transformed Bill into a Thor - similar being , and he later gainedhis own Asgardian weapon , Stormbreaker(a hammer , not an ax like in the MCU movies . ) But while many devotee are clamoring for Bill ’s MCU debut , there ’s a dependable reason to be suspicious of his cellular inclusion …

introduce in 1983’sThe Mighty Thor # 337 , Beta Ray Bill is a Korbinite alien who ’s a mutual presence in Marvel ’s more cosmic dispute , oftenfighting alongside the Silver Surferand the Inhuman ’s teleporting hot dog , Lockjaw . As the MCU seems set on tackle intergalactic conflicts in its next stage , Bill is an obvious reference to introduce . But as brawny as Beta Ray Bill is , he has one awkward trouble - to human race , he count like   someone dress a horse up as Thor .

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Readers get wind Beta Ray Bill ’s Equus caballus problems most intelligibly in theThor and the Warriors Fourminiseries , when Marvel ’s preteen superhero team Power Pack traveled to Asgard to retrieve theGolden Apples of Idunnto cure their sick grandmother . mask themselves as the “ Warriors Four , ” the kid - Alex , Julie , Jack , and Katie Power - chop-chop made a name for themselves by battle injustice in Asgard . The Warriors Four became so pop that when Thor and Beta Ray Bill arrived in Asgard , they saw the kid had take aim over their usual board at a popular pub . The Asgardian , foreign , and child quickly became ally , however , and began exchanging stories . regrettably , one of the Power kids , eight - year - honest-to-god Julie , became overly trance with Beta Ray Bill , whom she take in as the horse she always wanted .

chop-chop naming Bill “ Thorse ” ( for half Thor , half horse ) , Katie and her sidekick Jack became positive that Beta Ray Bill was a horse cavalry with thepower of Thor . Their muddiness was graspable as they had previously met a frog with the mightiness of Thor call “ Frog Thor . ” Beta Ray Bill speedily tried to set the small fry straight by explain he was from an foreign slipstream that onlylookedlike horses , but Katie   just require if he would wish a morsel of her cultivated carrot and if she can ride him . The covering ofThor and the Warriors Four # 2shows Katie holding a bicycle seat and furrow a panic Beta Ray Bill as the young , horse cavalry - loving girl shouts out , “ Pony ! ”

It ’s a wizardly story , but it also highlights the battle Beta Ray Bill is probable to face in entering the MCU . Marvel movies have their own aesthetic , and in a world where even the costume of character like Captain America and the Falcon are reframed with a militaristic center , it ’s heavy to image a gymnastic horse - headed stranger wearing a red ness and a winged hat being let onscreen as a type to be taken seriously . WhileThor : Ragnarokintroduced a circumstance where   Beta Ray Bill   might perchance be able-bodied to subsist , it ’s likely that this is one role who may have to drop off his more fantastic ingredient to get in the MCU , or else become a gag character a million miles by from his comics personification , where   Beta Ray Bill   is one of the few people worthy of liftingThor ’s hammer Mjolnir . lover will still have their fingers crossed for an appearance inThor : Love and Thunder , and hopefully theBeta Ray Billthey get will be the one they deserve .

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