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Podcast: The Comics Canon
Episode: Bonus Episode – The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill
Description: In this special episode, #Ragnaroktober rolls on as Curt and Kevin travel back two years before the release of the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok—all the way to the halcyon days of November 2015! Yes, it's the oft-mentioned, never-before-unveiled Comics Canon "beta" episode, a discussion of Walt Simonson's The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill (The Mighty Thor #337-340), published by Marvel Comics! While confronting a menacing spacecraft, the mighty Thor comes into conflict with the noble alien warrior Beta Ray Bill! Imagine the son of Odin's shock and dismay when this extraordinary extraterrestrial grabs hold of his hammer … and is g...