Issue(s): Thor #411, Thor #412, Thor #413 (Beta Ray Bill story only)
Cover Date: Dec 89 - Jan 90
Title: " The psychic slaveship of space!" / "Freedom is only a choice away!" / "Defiance means death!"
Credits:
Tom DeFalco - Writer
Ron Lim - Penciler
Mike DeCarlo - Inker
Mike Rockwitz - Assistant Editor
Ralph Macchio - Editor

Review/plot:
There have been Tales of Asgard back-ups since Thor #402, and they will continue for a while longer despite some negative feedback in the lettecol ("I would also like to let you know that the Tales of Asgard are kind of boring."). But these issues take a break from that to focus on a different Thor family character, Beta Ray Bill. Or, uh, ok, buddy, if you want to call yourself Beta Ray Thor, i'm not going to stop you.

There's absolutely nothing to the story. Beta Ray Bill is still shepherding his people, in suspended animation in his ship, Skuttlebutt, through space, when he comes across some slavers.

And he temporarily gets enslaved...

...and then leads a slave rebellion.

It's a perfectly generic story that you could fit any hero into, but it's nice to see Bill/Thor again, especially rendered by Ron Lim.

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

Yeah, seeing Beta Ray Bill in Lim's pseudo-Simonson pencils is much better than seeing him in Frenz's pseudo-Kirby pencils.