History Comicbook / TheIncredibleHercules

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Thor storms Olympus to fight Herc (whom he believes is a traitor), but Zeus later sets things straight. Then taken UpToEleven when the two start fighting ''again'' over who will rescue Krista and a stupefied Zeus just tells the two of them to stop acting like idiots and team up.

* UpToEleven: Adamantine (the metal Herc's mace is made of) is stated to be more durable than even the Uru metal Thor's hammer is made of, and even ''adamantium''. In fact, in an alternate universe where they were lovers, Wolverine received an Adamantine upgrade to his claws.

** Delphyne Gorgon to Athena: "[[Film/MortalKombat Face me now, Athena Parthenos. In Mortal Combat]]".

Hercules (by Creator/MarvelComics) is a comic book character based on the eponymous Greco-Roman hero from Myth/ClassicalMythology who first appeared in ''"ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to ComicBook/TheMightyThor, but he quickly became another well-established superhero. The majority of his appearances have featured Hercules as either part of an ensemble team (Such as ComicBook/TheAvengers, the original [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]], ComicBook/TheDefenders, and the Heroes for Hire) or partnered with some other hero as a {{Foil}}, most notably Thor and ComicBook/AmadeusCho, but also ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/SpiderMan.

Hercules (by Creator/MarvelComics) is a comic book character who first appeared in ''"ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to ComicBook/TheMightyThor, but he quickly became another well-established superhero. The majority of his appearances have featured Hercules as either part of an ensemble team (Such as ComicBook/TheAvengers, the original [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]], ComicBook/TheDefenders, and the Heroes for Hire) or partnered with some other hero as a {{Foil}}, most notably Thor and ComicBook/AmadeusCho, but also ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/SpiderMan.

Hercules (by Creator/MarvelComics) is a comic book character who first appeared in ''"ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to ComicBook/TheMightyThor, but he quickly became another well-established superhero. The majority of his appearances have featured Hercules as either part of an ensemble team (Such as ComicBook/TheAvengers, the original [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]], ComicBook/TheDefenders, and the Heroes for Hire) or partnered with some other hero as a {{Foil}}, most notably Thor and ComicBook/AmadeusCho, but also Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan.

* '''Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel run:'''
** ''[[Comicbook/{{Hercules2015}} Hercules]]'' (2015) [[note]]Hercules's third ongoing and part of the "Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel" initiative from writer Creator/DanAbnett and artist Luke Ross. It follows Herc as he tries to clean up his act and show the world the reason he's ''the'' archetypal hero. As such, it ditches the usual LighterAndSofter tone of his other series.[[/note]]
** ''Comicbook/CivilWarII: Gods of War'' (2016) [[note]]A tie-in with the events of ''Civil War II'', which sees Hercules assemble a BadassCrew of mythical heroes to take down a group of evil gods called the Uprising Storm.[[/note]]

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe. Most Marvel gods talk this way, but Hercules (and the Greek pantheon) switched to modern English round about Comicbook/CivilWar.

!! This section covers Herc's disparate appearances between ''Comicbook/HeroesReturn'' up to the start of ''Comicbook/WorldWarHulk''.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When he finds out that the Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} are the same Masters of Evil that beat him in a coma years ago, Herc goes into a rage for revenge.

!! Tropes from the Pak/Van Lente run of Hercules, starting with ''Comicbook/WorldWarHulk'' up until ''Comicbook/{{Hercules 2015}}''.

* BatFamilyCrossover: Chaos War, which spawned a few tie-ins that confirmed Hercules' status as one who connects the Gamma side ([[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Incredible Hulks]]), the mythological side (Chaos War: [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] mini-series, Chaos War: Ares one-shot) and the typical superhero side (Chaos War: Dead [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] and Chaos War: ComicBook/XMen mini-series, Chaos War: ComicBook/AlphaFlight one-shot) of the MarvelUniverse.

* BrokenAesop: At the end of Chaos War, Hercules says that truly benevolent heroes show the way that gods should be, as they recurrently sacrifice everything to protect, help, and heal others; [[spoiler:whereupon he expends his full power to restore all the people that Mikaboshi murdered.]] That's probably a message that we can all get behind. However, for some reason he also [[spoiler:restores all the destroyed demons, afterlives of eternal torture and damnation, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in the universe]]...enforcing the type of setting that basically fits his definition of the way a deity ''shouldn't'' be. This is pointed out right after the event, when [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] says that Herc [[spoiler:fixed everything but forgot to fix the Hulks. Herc replies that he was "[[StatusQuoIsGod guided by]] [[OmniscientMoralityLicense wisdom beyond our ken"]], but even ''he'' understands that he screwed up and apologizes.]] Later, it's even revealed that even Kyknos (Ares's son) was brought back because of this.

** The "Dubious Consent" version of the trope applies when Hercules has sex with Snowbird at one of her most vulnerable moments, while she's breaking down over the deaths of all her old companions in Comicbook/AlphaFlight. Hercules, apparently aware of this, asks her if this is really what she wants at the time, and she answers with a passionate kiss. So potentially averted or not, depending on your interpretation of it.

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** ''Incredible Hercules'' (2008) [[note]]Hercules's first ongoing, spinning off from ''Comicbook/WorldWarHulk'' (and keeping the numbering).[[/note]]

** ''Hercules: Heart of Chaos'' (1997) [[note]]A mortal Hercules has to stop his brother Comicbook/{{Ares}} from starting a war.[[/note]]

** ''Comicbook/{{Ares}}'' (2006) [[note]]While technically not a Hercules book, Herc was a major player and this book's consequences led into future arcs.[[/note]]

* AbortedArc: A big WhamLine came late in the series when Amadeus learned that his little sister was still alive. This was never resolved.

* LastOfHisKind: After Hercules' father Zeus and the rest of his extended family [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence move on to a new dimensional afterlife]], the Lion of Olympus is left as the sole survivor pf the Greek Pantheon.

* PowerfulButIncompletent: A problem with the Olympians is they are so used to dealing with regular mortals that they do not use their powerful to its full extent especially in battles:

** Zeus in theory can do nearly anything yet fights his battles almost exclusivley with thunderboltds. If the first ones do not work he resorts to ever more powerful ones. If he does not have access to them or in a situation where thunderbolts do not work he is at a loss of what to do. Being blinded by pride and rage does not help.
** Ares has a formindable level of strength, healing factor, combined with general mastery of all forms of combat and a master tactician. He also has some magical abilities and a wide range of magical weapoh. People under his command often have a larget set of powers or abilities. He refuses to use any of it unless he abolutely must due to prefering brute force. He pretty much loses any fight he is in even againts opponnets he should be able to beat due to being outfought, outsmarted, or outpowered. He loses pretty muh any battle because he refuses to employ any strategy besides charing head on.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Amadeus apparently gives up his search for his sister and we never ''do'' find out what happened to her.
** WordOfGod ([[IncrediblyLamePun ahem]]) says they weren't able to cover her fate in the main story, but they hope to pick up on it in a forthcoming comic.
** And indeed, she returns in ''ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk''.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Athena certainly feels like she is.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Against Kl'yrt, the Skrull god, Hercules believes that every other member of his God Squad team has died (including Amadeus) and after Kl'yrt tries using a BreakingSpeech on him, Herc unleashes his full strength against him, saying that now he's finally ready to "Play god".

* EccentricMillionaire: Hercules, unwittingly. Turns out Herc has made many good investments (among which was purchasing stock in a just starting out company called [[IronMan Stark Enterprises]]) which resulted in him being filthy stinking rich and owning a lot of property but ''never'' realized this himself as he never bothered to keep tabs on them.

Hercules (by Creator/MarvelComics) is a comic book character who first appeared in ''"ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to ComicBook/TheMightyThor, but he quickly became another well-established superhero. The majority of his appearances have featured Hercules as either part of an ensemble team (Such as ComicBook/TheAvengers, the original Champions, ComicBook/TheDefenders, and the Heroes for Hire) or partnered with some other hero as a {{Foil}}, most notably Thor and ComicBook/AmadeusCho, but also Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan.

* SuddenlySexuality: Hercules is, of course, an unabashed ladies' man, but his funeral was the first time any hint of his bisexuality was made.

* BiTheWay: His mainstream counterpart's bisexuality, which was only ever alluded to but never depicted on the page, is finally shown through his relationship with Noh-Varr in ''[[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020 Guardians of the Galaxy]]''.

* TheMentor: Herc(in a rare main character example) was this for Amadeus. His conventional wisdom and kindness transforms Amadeus from arrogant MartyStu who is willing to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. [[ForTheLulz for the hell of it]] to a true hero who gladly carries on Herc's legacy after he seemingly dies.

* ReplacementFlatCharacter: [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020 The Prince of Power]], an aristocrat-turned-mercenary who embodies everything bad about who Herc used to be, even sharing his SuperheroSobriquet. [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Herc is fairly taken aback when he hears this.]]

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* ShowSomeLeg: During the third and final challenge, Hercules is attacked by multiple foes until Alflyse hike up her dress and flash some leg causing Hercules to ogle her losing the challenge (howewer Alflyse declare him the winner anyway and start flirting with him amorously).

* TangledFamilyTree: What do you expect from Greek deities which spend thousands of years mating with AnythingThatMoves? Of note, however, is the fact that due to Marvel's [[EarthMother Gaea and Jord]] being [[IHaveManyNames the same person]], this means that Hercules' relatives extend into ''other'' pantheons as well. For example, Thor is actually his ''great-great-uncle'', since Gaea is Hercules's great-grandmother and Jord is Thor's birth mother.

Hercules (by Creator/MarvelComics) is a comic book character who first appeared in ''"ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to ComicBook/TheMightyThor, but he quickly became another well-established superhero. The majority of his appearances have featured Hercules as either part of an ensemble team (Such as ComicBook/TheAvengers, the Champions, ComicBook/TheDefenders, and the Heroes for Hire) or partnered with some other hero as a {{Foil}}, most notably Thor and Amadeus Cho, but also Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan.