"Ya know the good thing bout Olympian is, he really likes Herc but knows how to conclude a match...... even with Herc loosing in it !!!"
Thanos was created and -always- written to be that strong. Its fine with me.
"Is that an actual feat of comic book hercules as opposed to the mythological one. If so what issue did that happen in?"
Its a feat taken from one of the myth versions/sources.
There was another instance where it was stated.
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8149/mtuv1028p18194rn.jpg
Of course he doesnt pull feats like this all the time, but then again neither do others. This doesnt make Herk stronger than Thanos in my pov. Thanos has destroyed a planet when he faced Drax before. And has higher combat feats in his rep, one involving Hercules itself.
"Thats a feat that sound beyond the likes of Odin and Zeus let alone Herc."
Handbooks aside i wouldnt agree. Everytime Herk and Thor have faced theyr fathers (and having them fight back) they got served. Like this time when Zeus was figthing the Avengers and didnt noticed it was Herk who was approaching.
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4899/499037bf35kp.jpg
Herk was ko after that.
Talking about Herk and Zeus only now, this is accurate with the myths where Zeus was definatly stronger to a point when even other Gods wer afraid to go against him.
"That was while telling a story to children full of exaggerations; the childern were all fans of his, except one in the back who's favourite was Thor.
At one point he describes lifting all of Manhatten to flatten Thor with, but not even the kids believed that - Herc smiled to Jarvis about the cynicism of today's youth!"
The part that is bull its how he described the fight with Thor. He tells that feat the same way he tells other labours and he didnt changed any. Why only that one?
The page in question its this one.
http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/6951/hercworld1xm.jpg