Originally posted by olympian
"How do you know it was a mortal hercules? In his current series did an event happen to suddenly make him immortal again or is he mortal now in his current series?"Because the writer Tieri said he would write him as immortal. And he did. Mortal Herc wouldnt have such an easy time with Abom like he if he had the depowered strenght. Mortal Herc as in his later showings would do alot better than he did against Hulk in unleashed, but ko him with one hit?
Not to mention ive read in forums already that Thor did the very same thing to Abomination on another time. Regular Thor is stronger than Mortal Herc by defination.
"When Zeus actually took away Hercs immortality did it actually say his physical strength had been reduced in the comic or did you assume that because he wasnt performing feats as great as he did when he first appeared in comics."
It was stated that his full power was cut in half. In Hercs miniseries after that event and the Hulk one shot its stated again he wasent as strong as he once was. The team where he was for some time during that era ( Heroes for Hire ) states the same and shows hes not strong as before. There are pretty much in all his apperances until recently statements by him and other characters about his depowering issue.
"Im just asking because all of this is confusing"
I give you that. Cannon wise he was mortal until the recent series.
While written as immortal we didnt saw Zeus giving his immortality back on panel yet. So either he is still mortal but its written as immortal -anyway-, or he was given back his immortality off panel and some next story might make reference to it.
From what ive gathered from some Tieri`s interviews hes pretty much wrapping a sequel to this mini. So we might get a clear answer to all the mess. He should just be immortal and let it be done with it.
So from what you're seeing so far in his title Herc is being written immortal is that what you're saying?