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Hercules (by Marvel) is a comic book character who first appeared in ''"Journey Into Mystery Annual''" #1 (1965), created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. At first Hercules was mainly used as a rival to [[The Mighty Thor]]. But he quickly became another well-established superhero. He has served at times as a member of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], the Champions, [[The Defenders]], and the Heroes for Hire. He has also received various mini-series: "Hercules:Prince of Power" vol. 1 (1982), "Hercules:Prince of Power" vol. 2 (1984), "Hercules:Heart of Chaos" (1997), and "Hercules" (2005). But he was never one of the most prominent characters of Marvel.
 
In the wake of the [[Crossover]] ''[[World War Hulk]]'', [[Marvel Comics]] decided to relaunch the title character of ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' in a newer series by [[Jeph Loeb]], leaving them with some space to fill with the original series. After initial plans for a team book were made, the proposed lineup was pared down to just two of its original four members: Hercules and the boy genius Amadeus Cho, seventh smartest man in the world. Thus, ''The Incredible Hercules'' was born, written by [[Good Is Not Dumb|Greg]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Pak]] and [[Face Heel Revolving Door|Fred]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Van Lente]]. The series was renamed to "Incredible Hercules" with issue #113 (February, 2008).
 
Now on the run from the forces of the law, the titular Greek demigod is forced to mentor the incredibly smart but inexperienced Cho (with coyote pup Kerberos, or Kirby<ref>no, not any of ''those'' [[Kirby|Kirbys]]</ref> for short, in tow), who starts out looking to bring down [[The Man]] over the murder of his family. Eventually they meet up with Herc's half-sister Athena, goddess of wisdom, and proceed to have wacky adventures spanning the globe and the cosmos.
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* [[Axe Crazy]]: Ares.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Again, Amadeus.
* [[Bat Family Crossover]]: Chaos War, which spawned a few tie-ins that confirmed Hercules' status as one who connects the Gamma side ([[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulks]]), the mythological side (Chaos War: [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] mini-series, Chaos War: Ares one-shot) and the typical superhero side (Chaos War: Dead [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] and Chaos War: [[X-Men]] mini-series, Chaos War: [[Alpha Flight]] one-shot) of the [[Marvel Universe]].
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Athena's plan for getting Hercules and Cho to meet consisted of sending Herc back to Earth and waiting, under the assumption that as the champions of two different eras, they would eventually run across each other.
* [[Big Bad]]: <s>Hera</s> {{spoiler|Typhon}}. Amatsu-Mikaboshi takes Hera's place after Assault on New Olympus.
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