Thor's powers don't come from Mjolnir, and he doesn't use it that much anymore. New Thor would decimate Hercules. As for Classic Thor vs Herc, they have fought before and each have gotten the upper hand. It's tough to say which is stronger, but Hercules is the only one who can't be killed. Even if a major portion of his body is removed, Zeus has the ability to bring him back if he so chooses. I'd say in a hand-to-hand fight, with Mjolnir Thor has the upper hand; in a wrestling match, Hercules takes it.
From Marvel Directory:
Before he came to live on Olympus, Hercules's favorite weapon was his large wooden club. The club was supplanted by his current weapon, his Golden Mace, which is not actually made of gold but was forged by the god Hephaestus from enchanted adamantine, the legendary substance after which Dr. Myron MacLain named his artificially created adamantlure. The Mace is therefore virtually indestructible, and has survived direct blows from Thor's hammer.
Hercules' mace is not adamantium, it is the legendary mythical metal adamantine. The two are similar in name because the creator of adamantium named adamantium after adamantine. Therefor, his mace is not from earth, and Thor would have a much harder time compromising it. It still does not give him any extra powers though. Classic Thor vs. Classic Herc strength and fighting prowess only...I'd say Herc. With extra powers, and at their current levels, with Thor having become a god amongst gods, and Herc without his immortality, it goes to Thor. IMO.
Ok Hercules is Immortal
Thor Isnt (Although hes extremely hard to kill)
They are matched in every department Physicaly (Hell in the offical roleplaying game they had the same stat line!)
Thors Hammer gives him one huge edge and they are both better hand to hand combatants than Captain America (Thousands of years experience will do that to a guy)
My personal Opnion is that the classic Hercules character is way way underated and Thor way overated (Although I like them both)
However hand to hand no weapons I have to give it to Herc eventualy the Greek God would wear him down.
With weapons I give it to Thor hes better with his hammer than Herc is with his mace as he uses it a lot more often.
All in all its a toss up.
Hi Heracles i do agree with you that hand to hand it would be an absolute classic battle but wheras you think hercules would shade it i would give the nod to thor i just think he is the slightly better warrior but it is so close to call that i think that most marvel writers would have it ending up a draw as usual.Overall though if they are allowed to use all their powers then thor with the might of mjolnir has too much at his disposal for herc.
I think any writer would have them fight to a stand still hand to hand.
And I agree with Mjolnir with all its powers at his disposal then Thor has to much offense for Herc.
My basis that Herc would shade it just comes from my love of the classic Herc character and the fact that hes a true Immortal and has been on the planet longer than Thor therefore I think he has that little bit of an edge experience wise.
you make some good points herc i guess it just comes down to the fact that i slightly prefer thor to herc wheras you lean slightly the other way i do think hand to hand it really is way too close to call and i must admit looking forward to herc mini series he is a great character i often think he and thor are like brothers under the skin