Action, fire, spaceships, gods, and an odyssey to recover what was lost, Daniel Warren Johnson surprises again with an epic story about being accepted into Bill Beta Ray. silver star.
Beta Ray Bill has lost some of its powers, he is a hero, a magnificent being among warriors, but a monster among the rest. The search for happiness through the universe, hell and the most dangerous biker bars to the rhythm of guitars and battle cries. Daniel Warren Johnson returns to leave a story about the little things that make life worth living, in the middle of a full-throttle race across the galaxy.
There are many secondary characters in the pages of Thor, but for the fan there are always names to highlight, the Warriors Three, Odin, Balder, they always appear. But without a doubt one of the most beloved by readers is Bill Beta Rays, the horse-faced Thor, the first being who was able to lift Mjolnir and show that being worthy is only dictated by your soul, and not by your race, your appearance or your origin Since Walter Simonson created him in his remembered time in the title of the god of thunder, the character has remained more or less regularly in the pages of Thor, being a friend, assistant and often shadow of the son of Odin. And just recently, his weapon, Stormbreaker, Stormbreaker, was destroyed, by his friend, the man he always took a cue from, Thor.
Without his hammer, Bill is not the same, his power has been reduced and he has lost the ability to transform into his original body. He can no longer stop being the monster that some scientists created to defend an entire race, a sacrifice that he accepted for the good of his own. But all this distances him from the Asgardians, his adoptive family, those who returned him to his real form, those who made him one of their own, among whom he found Sif, his love. And to recover all this he only has one way, to look for the disappeared Odin, and have him forge another hammer to return to being the one he was.
Daniel Warren Johnson uses all of Bill’s mythology to shape his story, his home planet, his mission as a defender of his civilization, accompany his quest, revealing things long forgotten. The acceptance of duty, loneliness, monstrosity, all for the common good, but this time he does not see it as a heroic act, but as a tool, a weapon, a creation that only has one use. It was the encounter with Thor that changed everything, and gave him a place in the universe.
The path will lead Bill to Hell, accompanied by Skuttlebut his sentient war cruiser, and two characters who are willing to help, but aren’t always helpful: Pip the party troll and Skurge the dead god who leaves Valhalla just to help. to Bill. The path will be full of obstacles to overcome, but they are noble and powerful warriors, and they are very lucky, they may survive.
Johnson does not stop showing his great ability to make epic stories, which involve a closer idea, not so great, but always exciting and emotional. Bill doesn’t want to be a monster, he’s not like that, they made him like that. Like in a fairy tale, like Pinocchio asking to be a real boy, or Peter Pan looking for love. He doesn’t hide those references, Bill is watching Spielberg’s movie Hook during the story, as a search for that lost humanity to be a hero for his race, which he recovered and has lost again.
Although it seems that I am talking about an almost Shakespearean story, it is not. The story has action to give and take, there are battles against monsters, spectacular splash page and epic duels. And everything could serve as covers for heavy metal albums, one of Johnson’s clearest influences. Because there are pages that cry out for a guitar riff and a full-throttle double bass drum as Bill charges headlong into battle.
Daniel Warren Johnson is one of the best artists on the US scene. With a spectacular and personal style, and with big stories about the little ones that each one of us has, and that differentiate us from others, and create beautiful worlds, sometimes painful and others full of love and happiness.