That makes him 'worthy' whatever that may be. He's got a great purpose as a warrior, and also the noble ability.

So I created Bill because he's noble, and he's designed to kill. He's too much a symbol of America to be chosen by this Norse artifact. So, Superman couldn't pick it up, because he's never going to kill anyone, and the hammer knows that. It's used to kill Frost Giants and others. This is the most powerful weapon of the Norse gods. I liked the idea of Cap walking to the bathroom and seeing it, and grabbing and just tugging, not being able to. But at this point, no one had ever picked up the hammer. So I thought, well that means someone else can pick up this hammer and get this power, if they're worthy! So since then, some other big characters, people's favorites, have picked up the hammer, Captain America, Superman, whoever.

“One of the cool things about Thor was the enchantment around Mjolnir and the original inscription on it. My feeling was Bill was Everyman for this alien race, so I deleted 'Jones' because there were too many Joneses floating around the Marvel Universe. Originally I was going to call him 'Beta Ray Jones' because I really wanted a common name. My thinking was that comics are a short form, and one of the things that's mostly true about comics characters are what they look like, so I designed Bill deliberately as a monster, because I knew that people would look at it and go, 'Oh my God, it's this evil guy.' I deliberately wrote them so you weren't sure in the beginning if he was a good guy or a bad guy, and I chose the name for its alliterative qualities. “I wanted to start fresh, and I thought a new character would be the way to go on that.

On the creation of Beta Ray Bill as a new concept for the Thor series, Simonson said: As such, Bill becomes the first being outside of the Marvel Universe's Norse pantheon to be deemed worthy to wield Thor's hammer, Mjolnir The character was initially intended to be a surprise as an apparent monster who unexpectedly proves to be a great hero. Beta Ray Bill was created by writer/artist Walt Simsonson in 1983 and first appeared in Thor #337 (Nov 1983).

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