Beta Ray Bill hits a dude with a rainmaker, 5 stars. ( )

I'm catching up on the work of Daniel Warren Johnson because I liked Do A Powerbomb so much.

This is a bittersweet side quest from the "King in Black" crossover event with a b-list superhero from Marvel's stable (and I don't use that word just because Bill has a horse face). Beta Ray Bill is moping because his favorite hammer got destroyed and his love interest isn't as hot for him since he can't use the hammer to transform back to his original humanoid form. So he sets off with the nearly useless Pip the Troll (from the Adam Warlock saga) and the Norse god of guns, Skurge, who provides much needed comic relief, to look for a new magic weapon that can transform him.

Bill is a bit too much of a downer, but I still enjoyed the energy of the art when the action sequences came around.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contains material originally published in magazine form as Beta Ray Bill (2021) #1-5.

Contents: Introduction / Donny Cates -- Beta Ray Bill (2021) #1-5 / Daniel Warren Johnson -- Variant Cover Galleries / Ryan Stegman, Iban Coello, Walter Simonson, Todd Nauck, Chase Conley, Paul Pope, Mike Del Mundo, Declan Shalvey, and Nick Dragotta, illustrators -- Interview with Walter Simonson / Daniel Warren Johnson ( )