Immortal Herc wins easily. In JLA/Avengers She-Hulk overpowered Aquaman, and that was before She-Hulk's power up, so she was still below Mortal Herc in terms of strength so it goes like this:
That was also before Aquaman went and got a power upgrade of his own, including magic capabilities, to top off being one of the most powerful telepalths, and climbed up more of the physical ladder.
oh well i still say Aquaman loses, Herc is still definitely stronger, more durable, has more experience, more pride to fight for, and much better fighting skills. The only way Aquaman could win is if he keeps his distance from Herc and uses telepathy to put him down, but the one time i saw someone use telepathy on Herc he did pretty well fighting against it. (i think it was Jean in an Avengers/X-Men crossover or something like that)
"where's that scan from?? great pic, jun. this would clearly be much more of a fight than i'd have thought"
That wasent Superman in the book. It was MM.
"That was also before Aquaman went and got a power upgrade of his own, including magic capabilities, to top off being one of the most powerful telepalths, and climbed up more of the physical ladder."
I for one dont underrate Aquaman. Spiderman level the heck. (yes some still think this way). But physically hes not on a level where he competes with these guys. Sure he will take some shots, but not win. Hes neither durable or skilled enough in this case.
Altho while Herk has tp defenses, i think he can be overpowered that way (anyone knows an instance where that happened?).
Together with the hand Arthur can get a win. But not the majority.
"Any way because I'm such a D.C. Fan-boy and i don't like Olympian I'll go for Aquaman"
MM transforms into Superman in a test to bring out the best in Arthur and in the end it ends with Arthur smacking MM to the ground.
Actually he is now, in Aquaman #17 he lifts a city block under water. That's incredible. I Still think Hercules is stronger though, since he did move Manhatten.
Keep in mind, Aquaman is a top telepath now and if he concentrated he could cause you to have a seizure. I think that might be his best bet, should be interesting.