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Real Name
Heracles

Identity
Publicly known; however, not all modern day Earth people believe Hercules is the actual Hercules of myth.

Occupation
Adventurer
Citizenship
Greece

Place of Birth
Thebes, Greece

Known Relatives
Zeus (father), Alcmena (mother, deceased), Amphitryon (foster father, deceased), Iphycles (half-brother, deceased), Neptune (Poseidon) and Hades(Pluto) (uncles), Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus (half-brothers), Venus (Aphrodite), Athena, Artemis (half-sisters)

Group Affiliation
Gods of Olympus, Avengers; formerly Secret Avengers, Champions (of Los Angeles), God Squad

Education
Unrevealed

Height
6'5"

Weight
325 lbs.

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Dark brown

Powers
Hercules's principal power is his superhuman strength. Hercules's strength is well in excess of the "Class 100" Level (able to lift/press in excess of 100 tons), making him, one of the strongest beings in the Marvel Universe. Hercules has highly developed leg muscles, although they do not match those of the Hulk. Hercules can make a standing high jump of at least 100 feet in Earth's gravity. Hercules is also an Olympian thereby being an immortal, and as true immortals, the Olympian gods do not age and are not susceptible to disease. Although they can be wounded in battle, they cannot die by any conventional means, and have a rapid healing rate. Hercules has a greater resistance to physical injury than any other Olympian god except for Zeus, and possibly Neptune and Pluto. Hercules is virtually tireless. His supernaturally enhanced musculature produces no fatigue poisons. He can even survive unprotected in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. Only an injury of such magnititude that it incinerated him or dispersed a major portion of his bodily molecules could kill Hercules. In at least some such cases, Zeus or one of the other gods might still be able to resurrect him.

Abilities
As Olympus's greatest hero, Hercules is highly expert in traditional means of hand-to-hand combat, as well as in wrestling. Hercules is also very highly skilled in ancient Greek athletic feats such as the discus and hammer throws.

Weapons
Hercules was famed in ancient Greece for his mastery of the bow and arrow, but today, because of his bitter memories of Nessus's treachery and Deianeira's suicide, he prefers not to use them. 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.

First Appearance
THOR ANNUAL #1


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Hercules show's he's a match for Thor in hand to hand and chokes him until Zeus intervenes. (Blood Oath #3)

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"Hercules" once again triumphs over the Odinson in combat.
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Wonderman gets a horrible beating by Hercules (infected by the Hydra's blood)
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Spiderman learns how outclass he is going against The Lion of Olympius.
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Hercules holds his own against the Hulk in Olympus.
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Herc & Co Vs Dark Avengers. The Lion of Olympus sends Sentry "Into the Sun" and clocks Noh-Var.
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Venom is a mere annoyance.
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Herc pwning both Venom and Sentry simultaneously.
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Herc with Snowbird and Atum's spine beats the Skrull God Kly'bn.
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Herc tricks the titan Atlas in assisting him with one of his twevle labors.
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Using only his wit, Herc solves an unwinnable game and impresses the Elf Queen with his intellect.
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Thinks to himself, what would Amadeus Cho do in this situation?
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Herc & She-Hulk
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Herc & Princess Namora
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Assault on New Olympus: Agents of Atlas. Namora expresses her true feeling for him.
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Even the Goddess of Youth Hebe is obsessed with the Lion of Olympus
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Under the guise of Thor, Hercules charms the Elf Queen
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Upon finding out that it's really Herc and not Thor she's been with, the Queen is even more elated
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Breaking the Hippolyta's heart.
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Even Snowbird can't resist Herc.
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Classic Battles Against the Thunder God
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Thor vs Hercules, from Thor Annual #1:
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Thor vs Hercules again, from Thor #126:
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Thor vs Hercules, another rematch, from Thor #221-22:
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Thor vs Hercules, a past battle, from Thor Annual #5
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Thor (bloodlusted) vs Hercules, from Thor #464:
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Thor vs Hercules yet again, from Thor vol. 2 #6:
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great job on the scans.

also now that hercules is dead, any signs or future comics of him being revived?

Hercules recent stories are among the best things I read.

The character is just awesome.

Hercules vs Hulk: Tales To Astonish 79

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Hercules is the man

The island of Manhattan is moved to a different location:

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Hercules drags it back:

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Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
great job on the scans.

also now that hercules is dead, any signs or future comics of him being revived?

Yeah, he'll be revived after Cho's Prince of Power run is over in six issues.

Hercules will be back, we didn't see his dead body so anything can happen.

Heh! guess you can add another entry to the "Respect Hercules Manwhore Skills." What a fitting title.

love this feat

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I've read that comic, I'm pretty sure he was just exaggerating the thing to the kids

Originally posted by Endless Mike
I've read that comic, I'm pretty sure he was just exaggerating the thing to the kids


yea i know but it was pretty kool to see. to bad in battle herc, thor, hulk never do these type of things

Herc and Thor in a fight shifted the axis of the Earth IIRC which is much more impressive

Originally posted by Warlord
Herc and Thor in a fight shifted the axis of the Earth IIRC which is much more impressive


yea i remember that but herc haven't showed planetary feats like that in a long time. if you have 100 or over 100 ton strength they should else show some type of feats like that now or days

hasn't he held the heaven or something recently?

Originally posted by WhiteWitchKing



Breaking the Hippolyta's heart.
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Hippolyta is his half-niece...that's a little bit Ewww...

Originally posted by roughrider
Hippolyta is his half-niece...that's a little bit Ewww...

Incest is the norm for Herc and his people

Originally posted by jalek moye
Incest is the norm for Herc and his people
Exactly! They are gods, so there's clearly no need for a biological incest-barrier, and without a biological imperative to avoid inbreeding in the first place there was logically no pressure to develope a cultural one either.

Originally posted by wannabe
Exactly! They are gods, so there's clearly no need for a biological incest-barrier, and without a biological imperative to avoid inbreeding in the first place there was logically no pressure to develope a cultural one either.

I guess. Odin did mate with Gaea (who's maybe his great grandmother?) to create Thor. I just prefer to think of it being done for pure breeding purposes.

Hercules had "relations" with Northstar.

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Hercules had "relations" with Northstar.

He's a Greek god so this is a pass. It would only be BREAKING NEWS if it was Thor.

Originally posted by Warlord
hasn't he held the heaven or something recently?

Not to recently. At first he was seen holding up earth while bragging to a bunch of little kids I believe. Later on in Incredible Hercules he is seen holding up the heavens before tricking Atlas to hold it yet again.

Originally posted by roughrider
I guess. Odin did mate with Gaea (who's maybe his great grandmother?) to create Thor. I just prefer to think of it being done for pure breeding purposes.

Odin is not related to Gaea the Norse god ancestry date back too the frost giants.

Originally posted by WhiteWitchKing
He's a Greek god so this is a pass. It would only be BREAKING NEWS if it was Thor.

A male lover did not mean that the peason was actually gay. Greeks men and boys were encorage to emtionally Intimate. Penetrative sex was seen has somewhat has sign of dominance and power. Note that i am trying to deny that they was no gays that time period.

Originally posted by Heavenly king
love this feat

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He was making the whole story up, becasue he thought he had some fans of his in the park. Didn't realize until the end one was a Thor fanboy.

Originally posted by Heavenly king
love this feat

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Yeah that was a funny comic. Although he was making it up I don't have a hard time believing he could lift it. He had pulled Manhattan, before held up earth and the heavens, lifting that would be like lifting a stiff mattress. The biggest give away to that story was if he hit Thor with that they technical wouldn't be standing on it lol

Originally posted by roughrider
He was making the whole story up, becasue he thought he had some fans of his in the park. Didn't realize until the end one was a Thor fanboy.

Brave old man to correct Hercules then.

Originally posted by WhiteWitchKing
Classic Battles Against the Thunder God
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Thor vs Hercules, from Thor Annual #1:
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Thor vs Hercules again, from Thor #126:
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Thor vs Hercules, another rematch, from Thor #221-22:
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Thor vs Hercules, a past battle, from Thor Annual #5
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Thor (bloodlusted) vs Hercules, from Thor #464:
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Thor vs Hercules yet again, from Thor vol. 2 #6:
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http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Thor%20Fights/ThorvsHercules25.jpg ok about Thor vs Hercules again, from Thor #126 did hercules win that fight? i have never seen #126

Originally posted by jalek moye
Incest is the norm for Herc and his people

as well as with animals, we even saw Odin about to get it on not to long ago with a goat.

someone should put up some of his feats and fights fom Chaos wars.

And the ones from The Incredible Thorcules!