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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by Creator/WilliamMoultonMarston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumberEight Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' #8, published in 1941.
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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by Creator/WilliamMoultonMarston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumberEight "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumber8 Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' #8, published in 1941.
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* AlternateSelf: This incarnation of Hercules was chained for 2,000 years before being released into a post-apocalyptic world, so had no encounters with Wonder Woman, etc.
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While he has used the title Wonder Man he's quite different from the character most commonly associated with the name; Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/WonderMan, nor is he to be confused with ComicBook/WillEisnersWonderMan, or the Wonder-Man from 1963 that turned out to be a ComicBook/{{Superman}} Robot. If you were looking for Marvel's version of the demi-god he can be found at ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules''.
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While he has used the title Wonder Man he's quite different from the character most commonly associated with the name; Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/WonderMan, nor is he to be confused with ComicBook/WillEisnersWonderMan, ComicBook/WonderManFox, or the Wonder-Man from 1963 that turned out to be a ComicBook/{{Superman}} Robot. If you were looking for Marvel's version of the demi-god he can be found at ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules''.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Sometimes. Generally Heracles' is simply a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, but at times--such as during ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' he acts as a straight up villain, a very different role from that of the mythical character.
* AncientGrome: Most of the time he is referred to by the Roman variation of his name. The Perez reboot notably averted this by calling Heracles.
* TheAtoner: Typically displays this attitude when in heroic mode, and finished the Post-Crisis, Pre-New 52 run this way.
* BrotherSisterIncest: When Zeus and the other gods were abducted by Darkseid's minions, he suggested to his sister Cassandra that they might have to start a new pantheon themselves.
* TheBrute: He's got brute strength that he'll turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He's also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
* CoolHelmet: Sometimes uses the head of the Nemean Lion as such.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/DCRebirth]] Hercules legitimately learns and repents for his actions, growing over time to become humble even. Then he gets killed and leaves all his stuff to Diana.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the Greece of the 1200s BC, Heracles would have been a genuine hero. He hasn't evolved much, however, and this makes him a pretty dark character by modern standards.
* DumbMuscle: Not ''dumb'', per se, but Herc rarely thinks before he swings his fists.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He truly cares about his mother, Alcmene, and his sister, Cassie Sandsmark. A little TOO much in Cassie's case. Squick.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's mentioned his punishment to lift and hold the lower foundations of Themyscira for centuries, feeling every bump, crack, and force from the strenuous activity of the Amazons over the years, drove him completely nuts. He mentioned the trauma from that imprisonment to be the reason behind his crazy behavior.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and tried to rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
%%* HotBlooded
* IBangedYourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
* IconicItem: The skin of the Nemean Lion, slung about his shoulders.
* [[LoveFatherLoveSon Love Mother, Love Daughter]]: Heracles seduced and eventually raped Hippolyta before enslaving and doing the the same to her people, before being punished to hold up Themyscrira for centuries. When he came back, he eventually seduced and fell in love with Wonder Woman, daughter of Hippolyta.
* NighInvulnerability: He was already insanely tough due to being a demi-god and favored son of Zeus, but his apotheosis made him significantly more invulnerable.
* NominalHero: He tries to be heroic, but this is hampered by DeliberateValuesDissonance and the fact he cares little for the people he is supposed to save, expecting them to pretty much grovel at his feet.
* OutdatedHeroVsImprovedSociety: In his day, Heracles was heralded as the greatest of all Greek heroes. These days, his actions constitute crimes such as murder, rape and slavery.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Has been both this and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he and his men did to the Amazons. They have not forgotten and many have not forgiven.
* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares goads Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
* SuperStrength: He's Hercules. This is to be expected.
* UngratefulBastard: He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer. Not to mention he keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman in his reappearances, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the Amazons because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the woman whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hercules delivered one to Wonder Woman during ''One Year Later'' after he found out that she had [[IJustWantToBeNormal run away from her duties as a superhero]] and left Donna, Cassie and himself to do all the work.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A skilled Greco-Roman style wrestler actually.
* AncientGrome: Most of the time he is referred to by the Roman variation of his name. The Perez reboot notably averted this by calling Heracles.
* TheAtoner: Typically displays this attitude when in heroic mode, and finished the Post-Crisis, Pre-New 52 run this way.
* BrotherSisterIncest: When Zeus and the other gods were abducted by Darkseid's minions, he suggested to his sister Cassandra that they might have to start a new pantheon themselves.
* TheBrute: He's got brute strength that he'll turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He's also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
* CoolHelmet: Sometimes uses the head of the Nemean Lion as such.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/DCRebirth]] Hercules legitimately learns and repents for his actions, growing over time to become humble even. Then he gets killed and leaves all his stuff to Diana.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the Greece of the 1200s BC, Heracles would have been a genuine hero. He hasn't evolved much, however, and this makes him a pretty dark character by modern standards.
* DumbMuscle: Not ''dumb'', per se, but Herc rarely thinks before he swings his fists.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He truly cares about his mother, Alcmene, and his sister, Cassie Sandsmark. A little TOO much in Cassie's case. Squick.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's mentioned his punishment to lift and hold the lower foundations of Themyscira for centuries, feeling every bump, crack, and force from the strenuous activity of the Amazons over the years, drove him completely nuts. He mentioned the trauma from that imprisonment to be the reason behind his crazy behavior.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and tried to rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
%%* HotBlooded
* IBangedYourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
* IconicItem: The skin of the Nemean Lion, slung about his shoulders.
* [[LoveFatherLoveSon Love Mother, Love Daughter]]: Heracles seduced and eventually raped Hippolyta before enslaving and doing the the same to her people, before being punished to hold up Themyscrira for centuries. When he came back, he eventually seduced and fell in love with Wonder Woman, daughter of Hippolyta.
* NighInvulnerability: He was already insanely tough due to being a demi-god and favored son of Zeus, but his apotheosis made him significantly more invulnerable.
* NominalHero: He tries to be heroic, but this is hampered by DeliberateValuesDissonance and the fact he cares little for the people he is supposed to save, expecting them to pretty much grovel at his feet.
* OutdatedHeroVsImprovedSociety: In his day, Heracles was heralded as the greatest of all Greek heroes. These days, his actions constitute crimes such as murder, rape and slavery.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Has been both this and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he and his men did to the Amazons. They have not forgotten and many have not forgiven.
* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares goads Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
* SuperStrength: He's Hercules. This is to be expected.
* UngratefulBastard: He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer. Not to mention he keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman in his reappearances, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the Amazons because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the woman whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hercules delivered one to Wonder Woman during ''One Year Later'' after he found out that she had [[IJustWantToBeNormal run away from her duties as a superhero]] and left Donna, Cassie and himself to do all the work.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A skilled Greco-Roman style wrestler actually.
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* AncientGrome: Most of the time he is referred to by the Roman variation of his name. The Perez reboot notably averted this by calling Heracles.
* TheAtoner: Typically displays this attitude when in heroic mode, and finished the Post-Crisis, Pre-New 52 run this way.
* BrotherSisterIncest: When Zeus and the other gods were abducted by Darkseid's minions, he suggested to his sister Cassandra that they might have to start a new pantheon themselves.
* TheBrute: He's got brute strength that he'll turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He's also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
* CoolHelmet: Sometimes uses the head of the Nemean Lion as such.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/DCRebirth]] Hercules legitimately learns and repents for his actions, growing over time to become humble even. Then he gets killed and leaves all his stuff to Diana.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the Greece of the 1200s BC, Heracles would have been a genuine hero. He hasn't evolved much, however, and this makes him a pretty dark character by modern standards.
* DumbMuscle: Not ''dumb'', per se, but Herc rarely thinks before he swings his fists.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He truly cares about his mother, Alcmene, and his sister, Cassie Sandsmark. A little TOO much in Cassie's case. Squick.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's mentioned his punishment to lift and hold the lower foundations of Themyscira for centuries, feeling every bump, crack, and force from the strenuous activity of the Amazons over the years, drove him completely nuts. He mentioned the trauma from that imprisonment to be the reason behind his crazy behavior.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and tried to rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
%%* HotBlooded
* IBangedYourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
* IconicItem: The skin of the Nemean Lion, slung about his shoulders.
* [[LoveFatherLoveSon Love Mother, Love Daughter]]: Heracles seduced and eventually raped Hippolyta before enslaving and doing the the same to her people, before being punished to hold up Themyscrira for centuries. When he came back, he eventually seduced and fell in love with Wonder Woman, daughter of Hippolyta.
* NighInvulnerability: He was already insanely tough due to being a demi-god and favored son of Zeus, but his apotheosis made him significantly more invulnerable.
* NominalHero: He tries to be heroic, but this is hampered by DeliberateValuesDissonance and the fact he cares little for the people he is supposed to save, expecting them to pretty much grovel at his feet.
* OutdatedHeroVsImprovedSociety: In his day, Heracles was heralded as the greatest of all Greek heroes. These days, his actions constitute crimes such as murder, rape and slavery.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Has been both this and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he and his men did to the Amazons. They have not forgotten and many have not forgiven.
* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares goads Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
* SuperStrength: He's Hercules. This is to be expected.
* UngratefulBastard: He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer. Not to mention he keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman in his reappearances, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the Amazons because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the woman whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hercules delivered one to Wonder Woman during ''One Year Later'' after he found out that she had [[IJustWantToBeNormal run away from her duties as a superhero]] and left Donna, Cassie and himself to do all the work.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A skilled Greco-Roman style wrestler actually.
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* IBangedYourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
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* YourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and tried rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and tried to rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
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* YourMom: Pulled a profoundly dark version on Wonder Woman when he was working with Circe as well as an AttemptedRape after she refused his offer to create a New Olympus and rule as his mate.
-->'''Hercules:''' Then I'll take you by '''force''' if I have to. The same way I took your '''mother'''. Now how about a kiss?
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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by William Moulton Marston Creator/WilliamMoultonMarston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumberEight Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' #8, published in 1941.
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* AncientGrome: Most of the time he is referred to by the Roman variation of his name. The Perez reboot notably averted this by calling Heracles.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, set free thousands of years later and repented for his awful ways, returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying Wonder Woman and trying rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again before being released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
* HeelFaceTurn: Hippolyta forgave him in the end for what he did and he was actually a (sort of) hero for a little bit. Until... well, see above.
* HotBlooded
* HeelFaceTurn: Hippolyta forgave him in the end for what he did and he was actually a (sort of) hero for a little bit. Until... well, see above.
* HotBlooded
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being nation. After that he was cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, then set free thousands of years later and repented later. In an attempt to repent for his awful ways, he returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" "Champion", only to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting imprisonment. He went back on this plan after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning returned again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying mantle... then betrayed Wonder Woman and trying tried rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again before being again, until released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
* HeelFaceTurn: Hippolyta forgave him in the end for what he did and he was actually a (sort of) hero for a little bit. Until... well, see above.
*%%* HotBlooded
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Has been both. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Has been both.both this and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumberEight Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in ''All-Star Comics'' ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' #8, published in 1941.
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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "Introducing "[[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumberEight Introducing Wonder Woman", Woman]]", in ''All-Star Comics'' #8, published in 1941.
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For related characters see the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' character sheets, especially the pages for her related [[Characters/WonderWomanGods gods]] and [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies allies]].
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For related characters see the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[Characters/WonderWoman character sheets, sheets]], especially the pages for her related [[Characters/WonderWomanGods gods]] and [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies allies]].
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'' Vol 1 (1942 - 2010) [-intermittent appearances-]appearances-]
** [[ComicBook/WonderWomanNumberOne "The Origin of Wonder Woman"]] (1942)
** [[ComicBook/WonderWomanNumberOne "The Origin of Wonder Woman"]] (1942)
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In ancient times, Herakles and his men sought to secure Gaia's girdle from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. After being allowed entrance to their city the brute drugged and enslaved the Amazons and raped the queen. While he left after stealing her girdle some of his men remained, only to be soundly defeated and killed to the last man when the Amazons recovered their strength. In doing so the Amazons broke a sacred oath made to the gods. The Amazons' brutality in securing their freedom infuriated their matron goddesses who forbade them from seeking vengeance on Hercules and set them the task and punishment of moving to the hidden island of Themyscira and guarding Doom's Doorway. The Amazons were split as a segment felt betrayed by their goddesses and chose to leave instead to seek vengeance, loosing their immortality but not their strength and becoming the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. After his demise and apotheosis Hercules spent centuries imprisoned and bound beneath Themyscira for this transgression and it is source of constant enmity between the Amazons and the now immortal Hercules.
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In ancient times, Herakles and his men sought to secure Gaia's girdle from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. After being allowed entrance to their city the brute drugged and enslaved the Amazons and raped the queen. While he left after stealing her girdle some of his men remained, only to be soundly defeated and killed to the last man when the Amazons recovered their strength. In doing so the Amazons broke a sacred oath made to the gods. The Amazons' brutality in securing their freedom infuriated their matron goddesses who forbade them from seeking vengeance on Hercules and set them the task and punishment of moving to the hidden island of Themyscira and guarding Doom's Doorway. The Amazons were split as a segment felt betrayed by their goddesses and chose to leave instead to seek vengeance, loosing losing their immortality but not their strength and becoming the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. After his demise and apotheosis apotheosis, Hercules spent centuries imprisoned and bound beneath Themyscira for this transgression and it is source of constant enmity between the Amazons and the now immortal Hercules.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman. And worst of all seems to have got a KarmaHoudini as he's never actually faced justice for anything he did.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman. And worst of all seems to have got a KarmaHoudini as he's never actually faced justice for anything he did.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, set free thousands of years later and repented for his awful ways, returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying Wonder Woman and trying rape her.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, set free thousands of years later and repented for his awful ways, returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying Wonder Woman and trying rape her. Ultimately he settles on the Face side after being imprisoned again before being released by Zeus during the events surrounding Countdown; he even saves Cassie's life before leaving to do penance (after being rendered mortal)
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* OutdatedHeroVsImprovedSociety: In his day, Heracles was heralded as the greatest of all Greek heroes. These days, his actions constitute crimes such as murder, rape and slavery.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Sometimes. Generally Heracles' is simply a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, but at times--such as during ''Amazons Attack'' ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' he acts as a straight up villain, a very different role from that of the mythical character.
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* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares convinces Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
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* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares convinces goads Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
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In ancient times, Herakles and his men sought to secure Gaia's girdle from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. After being allowed entrance to their city the brute drugged and enslaved the Amazons and raped the queen. While he left after stealing her girdle some of his men remained, only to be soundly defeated and killed to the last man when the Amazons recovered their strength. In doing so the Amazons broke a sacred oath made to the gods. The Amazons' brutality in securing their freedom infuriated their matron goddesses and they were forbidden who forbade them from seeking vengeance on Hercules and were set with them the task and punishment of moving to the hidden island of Themyscira and guarding Doom's Doorway. The Amazons were split as a segment felt betrayed by their goddesses and chose to leave instead to seek vengeance, loosing their immortality but not their strength and becoming the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. After his demise and apotheosis Hercules spent centuries imprisoned and bound beneath Themyscira for this transgression and it is source of constant enmity between the Amazons and the now immortal Hercules.
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Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "Introducing Wonder Woman", in ''All-Star Comics'' #8, published in 1941.
In ancient times, Herakles and his men sought to secure Gaia's girdle from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. After being allowed entrance to their city the brute drugged and enslaved the Amazons and raped the queen. While he left after stealing her girdle some of his men remained, only to be soundly defeated and killed to the last man when the Amazons recovered their strength. In doing so the Amazons broke a sacred oath made to the gods. The Amazons' brutality in securing their freedom infuriated their matron goddesses and they were forbidden from seeking vengeance on Hercules and were set with the task and punishment of moving to the hidden island of Themyscira and guarding Doom's Doorway. The Amazons were split as a segment felt betrayed by their goddesses and chose to leave instead to seek vengeance, loosing their immortality but not their strength and becoming the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. After his demise and apotheosis Hercules spent centuries imprisoned and bound beneath Themyscira for this transgression and it is source of constant enmity between the Amazons and the now immortal Hercules.
Over the centuries, Hercules has made attempts to become more noble, but his rash nature and love of violence make him a frequent thorn in Wonder Woman's side. His resentment of the Amazons after spending centuries bound beneath Themyscira as punishment without gaining their complete forgiveness has sabotaged his frequent tries for a more modern version of heroism, but he seems to have finally truly learned remorse for his less scrupulous actions of the past. He's gone by Heracles of Thebes, Mighty Hercules, Lion of Olympus, Champion/Harold Campion [[note]]when he planned to play the hero to endear himself to Wonder Woman and then attack her to get back at the Amazons, only to realize he actually liked her[[/note]], Paul Bunyan/Paul Jackson, and Wonder Man.
In the 1970's Hercules carried his own title, ''Hercules Unbound,'' for twelve issues. Unbound was set in a post-apocalyptic future and tied into other post-apocalyptic books like ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}''.
For related characters see the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' character sheets, especially the pages for her related [[Characters/WonderWomanGods gods]] and [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies allies]].
While he has used the title Wonder Man he's quite different from the character most commonly associated with the name; Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/WonderMan, nor is he to be confused with ComicBook/WillEisnersWonderMan, or the Wonder-Man from 1963 that turned out to be a ComicBook/{{Superman}} Robot. If you were looking for Marvel's version of the demi-god he can be found at ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules''.
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!!Hercules/Herakles appears in:
[[AC:Notable Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol 1 (1942 - 2010) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''Hercules: Unbound'' Vol 1 (1975 - 1977) [-Alcides/Earth 86 version-]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol 2 (1987 - 2003) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/WarOfTheGods'' Vol 1 (1991)
* ''ComicBook/WonderGirl2007'' Vol 1 (2007 - 2008)
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' Vol 5 (2017 - 2018) [-(ongoing)-]
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!!The character provides examples of:
* AdaptationalVillainy: Sometimes. Generally Heracles' is simply a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, but at times--such as during ''Amazons Attack'' he acts as a straight up villain, a very different role from that of the mythical character.
* TheAtoner: Typically displays this attitude when in heroic mode, and finished the Post-Crisis, Pre-New 52 run this way.
* BrotherSisterIncest: When Zeus and the other gods were abducted by Darkseid's minions, he suggested to his sister Cassandra that they might have to start a new pantheon themselves.
* TheBrute: He's got brute strength that he'll turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He's also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
* CoolHelmet: Sometimes uses the head of the Nemean Lion as such.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the Greece of the 1200s BC, Heracles would have been a genuine hero. He hasn't evolved much, however, and this makes him a pretty dark character by modern standards.
* DumbMuscle: Not ''dumb'', per se, but Herc rarely thinks before he swings his fists.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He truly cares about his mother, Alcmene, and his sister, Cassie Sandsmark. A little TOO much in Cassie's case. Squick.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman. And worst of all seems to have got a KarmaHoudini as he's never actually faced justice for anything he did.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's mentioned his punishment to lift and hold the lower foundations of Themyscira for centuries, feeling every bump, crack, and force from the strenuous activity of the Amazons over the years, drove him completely nuts. He mentioned the trauma from that imprisonment to be the reason behind his crazy behavior.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, set free thousands of years later and repented for his awful ways, returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying Wonder Woman and trying rape her.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hippolyta forgave him in the end for what he did and he was actually a (sort of) hero for a little bit. Until... well, see above.
* HotBlooded
* IconicItem: The skin of the Nemean Lion, slung about his shoulders.
* [[LoveFatherLoveSon Love Mother, Love Daughter]]: Heracles seduced and eventually raped Hippolyta before enslaving and doing the the same to her people, before being punished to hold up Themyscrira for centuries. When he came back, he eventually seduced and fell in love with Wonder Woman, daughter of Hippolyta.
* NighInvulnerability: He was already insanely tough due to being a demi-god and favored son of Zeus, but his apotheosis made him significantly more invulnerable.
* NominalHero: He tries to be heroic, but this is hampered by DeliberateValuesDissonance and the fact he cares little for the people he is supposed to save, expecting them to pretty much grovel at his feet.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Has been both. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he and his men did to the Amazons. They have not forgotten and many have not forgiven.
* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares convinces Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
* SuperStrength: He's Hercules. This is to be expected.
* UngratefulBastard: He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer. Not to mention he keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman in his reappearances, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the Amazons because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the woman whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hercules delivered one to Wonder Woman during ''One Year Later'' after he found out that she had [[IJustWantToBeNormal run away from her duties as a superhero]] and left Donna, Cassie and himself to do all the work.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A skilled Greco-Roman style wrestler actually.
!!''Hercules Unbound'' provides examples of:
* AfterTheEnd: The series is set in a post-Apocalyptic future in the aftermath of World War III.
* PostApocalypticDog: His blind human companion Kevin has a dog named Basil that accompanies on their journey.
[[caption-width-right:350:Hercules in ComicBook/DCRebirth]]
Creator/DCComics' version of the iconic demi-god son of Zeus from Myth/ClassicalMythology. DC's Hercules was first put to paper by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter and made his debut in the very first ComicBook/WonderWoman story; "Introducing Wonder Woman", in ''All-Star Comics'' #8, published in 1941.
In ancient times, Herakles and his men sought to secure Gaia's girdle from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. After being allowed entrance to their city the brute drugged and enslaved the Amazons and raped the queen. While he left after stealing her girdle some of his men remained, only to be soundly defeated and killed to the last man when the Amazons recovered their strength. In doing so the Amazons broke a sacred oath made to the gods. The Amazons' brutality in securing their freedom infuriated their matron goddesses and they were forbidden from seeking vengeance on Hercules and were set with the task and punishment of moving to the hidden island of Themyscira and guarding Doom's Doorway. The Amazons were split as a segment felt betrayed by their goddesses and chose to leave instead to seek vengeance, loosing their immortality but not their strength and becoming the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. After his demise and apotheosis Hercules spent centuries imprisoned and bound beneath Themyscira for this transgression and it is source of constant enmity between the Amazons and the now immortal Hercules.
Over the centuries, Hercules has made attempts to become more noble, but his rash nature and love of violence make him a frequent thorn in Wonder Woman's side. His resentment of the Amazons after spending centuries bound beneath Themyscira as punishment without gaining their complete forgiveness has sabotaged his frequent tries for a more modern version of heroism, but he seems to have finally truly learned remorse for his less scrupulous actions of the past. He's gone by Heracles of Thebes, Mighty Hercules, Lion of Olympus, Champion/Harold Campion [[note]]when he planned to play the hero to endear himself to Wonder Woman and then attack her to get back at the Amazons, only to realize he actually liked her[[/note]], Paul Bunyan/Paul Jackson, and Wonder Man.
In the 1970's Hercules carried his own title, ''Hercules Unbound,'' for twelve issues. Unbound was set in a post-apocalyptic future and tied into other post-apocalyptic books like ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}''.
For related characters see the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' character sheets, especially the pages for her related [[Characters/WonderWomanGods gods]] and [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies allies]].
While he has used the title Wonder Man he's quite different from the character most commonly associated with the name; Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/WonderMan, nor is he to be confused with ComicBook/WillEisnersWonderMan, or the Wonder-Man from 1963 that turned out to be a ComicBook/{{Superman}} Robot. If you were looking for Marvel's version of the demi-god he can be found at ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules''.
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!!Hercules/Herakles appears in:
[[AC:Notable Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol 1 (1942 - 2010) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''Hercules: Unbound'' Vol 1 (1975 - 1977) [-Alcides/Earth 86 version-]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol 2 (1987 - 2003) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/WarOfTheGods'' Vol 1 (1991)
* ''ComicBook/WonderGirl2007'' Vol 1 (2007 - 2008)
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' Vol 5 (2017 - 2018) [-(ongoing)-]
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!!The character provides examples of:
* AdaptationalVillainy: Sometimes. Generally Heracles' is simply a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, but at times--such as during ''Amazons Attack'' he acts as a straight up villain, a very different role from that of the mythical character.
* TheAtoner: Typically displays this attitude when in heroic mode, and finished the Post-Crisis, Pre-New 52 run this way.
* BrotherSisterIncest: When Zeus and the other gods were abducted by Darkseid's minions, he suggested to his sister Cassandra that they might have to start a new pantheon themselves.
* TheBrute: He's got brute strength that he'll turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He's also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
* CoolHelmet: Sometimes uses the head of the Nemean Lion as such.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the Greece of the 1200s BC, Heracles would have been a genuine hero. He hasn't evolved much, however, and this makes him a pretty dark character by modern standards.
* DumbMuscle: Not ''dumb'', per se, but Herc rarely thinks before he swings his fists.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He truly cares about his mother, Alcmene, and his sister, Cassie Sandsmark. A little TOO much in Cassie's case. Squick.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was revealed to be working with Circe in a plot to conquer the entire world. And then tried to rape Circe and Wonder Woman. And worst of all seems to have got a KarmaHoudini as he's never actually faced justice for anything he did.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's mentioned his punishment to lift and hold the lower foundations of Themyscira for centuries, feeling every bump, crack, and force from the strenuous activity of the Amazons over the years, drove him completely nuts. He mentioned the trauma from that imprisonment to be the reason behind his crazy behavior.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Heracles is trapped in a cycle of transgression and repentance, making him sometimes a hero, and sometimes a villain. He first started off mildly heroic before being convinced to rape and pillage the Amazon nation, before being cursed to hold up the new Amazon homeland, set free thousands of years later and repented for his awful ways, returned as a hero under the moniker of "Champion" to secretly drug Wonder Woman with a love potion to eventually seduce her as vengeance for his imprisonment before repenting after genuinely falling in love with her, and returning again under the moniker of "Wonder Man" to take over after Wonder Woman passed on her mantle before betraying Wonder Woman and trying rape her.
* HeelFaceTurn: Hippolyta forgave him in the end for what he did and he was actually a (sort of) hero for a little bit. Until... well, see above.
* HotBlooded
* IconicItem: The skin of the Nemean Lion, slung about his shoulders.
* [[LoveFatherLoveSon Love Mother, Love Daughter]]: Heracles seduced and eventually raped Hippolyta before enslaving and doing the the same to her people, before being punished to hold up Themyscrira for centuries. When he came back, he eventually seduced and fell in love with Wonder Woman, daughter of Hippolyta.
* NighInvulnerability: He was already insanely tough due to being a demi-god and favored son of Zeus, but his apotheosis made him significantly more invulnerable.
* NominalHero: He tries to be heroic, but this is hampered by DeliberateValuesDissonance and the fact he cares little for the people he is supposed to save, expecting them to pretty much grovel at his feet.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Has been both. He's not a misogynist like some of Wonder Woman's adversaries, but he does display a large degree of casual and ingrained and thorough disrespect for the female gender.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he and his men did to the Amazons. They have not forgotten and many have not forgiven.
* SadlyMythtaken: A large part of Hercules' AdaptationalVillainy comes from changes in the myth of his ninth labor which was to retrive Hippolyta's girdle. In myth, Hercules and Hippolyta got along quite well (even developing a potential romance) until Hera instigated the Amazons into attacking leading him to kill Hippolyta in the battle. In the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis, Ares convinces Hercules into attacking the Amazons leading to the bad blood between the Amazons and him.
* SuperStrength: He's Hercules. This is to be expected.
* UngratefulBastard: He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer. Not to mention he keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman in his reappearances, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the Amazons because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the woman whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hercules delivered one to Wonder Woman during ''One Year Later'' after he found out that she had [[IJustWantToBeNormal run away from her duties as a superhero]] and left Donna, Cassie and himself to do all the work.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A skilled Greco-Roman style wrestler actually.
!!''Hercules Unbound'' provides examples of:
* AfterTheEnd: The series is set in a post-Apocalyptic future in the aftermath of World War III.
* PostApocalypticDog: His blind human companion Kevin has a dog named Basil that accompanies on their journey.
