The Religious Affiliation of
Hercules
 

Religion: Greco-Roman classical religion

Name: Hercules

Other Names: Heracles; Herakles; Herecles; Champion; Alcaeus; Victor Teglia; Victor Tegler; Agent 74; Agent 125; Harry Cleese; Prince of Power; "Harold Campion"; Wonder Man

Classification:  hero    deity  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: All-Star Comics (vol. 1) #8 (Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942): "Introducing Wonder Woman"

First Appearance (Additional Details): (DC) All-Star Comics (vol. 1) #8 (Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942): "Introducing Wonder Woman"; (Marvel) Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 (July 1965): "When Titans Clash!"

Creators: William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), Harry G. Peter

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 1,029

   Comic Book Appearances: 759

   TV, Film Appearances: 262

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 8

Teams/Affiliations: Heroes for Hire; Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions

Enemy of: The City Stealers

Family/Relative: Arimathes (son)

Nation: Greece

Birth Place: Thebes, Greece

Race: white, Olympian

Gender: male

This character is in the following 225 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Action Comics

Action Comics (vol. 1) #267 (Aug. 1960): "Hercules in the 20th Century!"
Action Comics (vol. 1) #320 (Jan. 1965): "The Three Super-Enemies!"

All-Star Comics (vol. 1) #8 (Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942): "Introducing Wonder Woman"
Alpha Flight (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1986): "Love" (cameo)
Ares #4 (June 2006): "Ares: God of War, Part 4"
Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (lead character)
The Avengers

The Avengers (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!" (mentioned)
The Avengers (vol. 1) #10 (Nov. 1964): "The Avengers Break Up!" (someone disguised or dressed as)
The Avengers (vol. 1) #43 (Aug. 1967): "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #47 (Dec. 1967): "Magneto Walks the Earth!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #48 (Jan. 1968): "The Black Knight Lives Again!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #49 (Feb. 1968): "Mine is the Power!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #50 (Mar. 1968): "To Tame a Titan!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #100 (June 1972): "Whatever Gods There Be!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #181 (Mar. 1979): "On the Matter of Heroes!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #264 (Feb. 1986): "Stings & Sorrows!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #267 (May 1986): "Time -- And Time Again!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #269 (July 1986): "The Once and Future Kang!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #273 (Nov. 1986): "Rites of Conquest!"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #276 (Feb. 1987): "Revenge"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #280 (June 1987): "Faithful Servant"
The Avengers (vol. 1) #300 (Feb. 1989): "Avengers Membership"
Avengers (vol. 1) #334 (July 1991): "First Encounter"
Avengers (vol. 1) #343 (Jan. 1992): "First Night"
Avengers (vol. 1) #344 (Feb. 1992): "Echoes of the Past"
Avengers (vol. 1) #345 (Mar. 1992): "Storm Warnings"
Avengers (vol. 1) #349 (July 1992): "Death Wager"
Avengers (vol. 1) #350 (Early Aug. 1992): "Repercussions"
Avengers (vol. 1) #351 (Late Aug. 1992): "Retribution!"
Avengers (vol. 1) #352 (Early Sep. 1992): "Son of Darkness"
Avengers (vol. 1) #353 (Late Sep. 1992): "To Wake the Dead"
Avengers (vol. 1) #354 (Early Oct. 1992): "The Conqueror Worm"
Avengers (vol. 1) #355 (Late Oct. 1992): "When Come the Gatherers...!"
Avengers (vol. 1) #357 (Dec. 1992): "The Night Visitors"
Avengers (vol. 1) #358 (Jan. 1993): "Arkon's Asylum"
Avengers (vol. 1) #359 (Feb. 1993): "Gift of the Gods"
Avengers (vol. 1) #361 (Apr. 1993): "Family Responsibility"
Avengers (vol. 1) #364 (July 1993): "Call Her -- Deathcry!"
Avengers (vol. 1) #365 (Aug. 1993): "For an Empire Lost..."
Avengers (vol. 1) #365 (Aug. 1993): "pinup gallery"
Avengers (vol. 1) #370 (Jan. 1994): "Delta Force"
Avengers (vol. 1) #378 (Sep. 1994): "Echoes of History"
Avengers (vol. 1) #389 (Aug. 1995): "Message from Home"
Avengers (vol. 1) #390 (Sep. 1995): "Campfire Tales"
Avengers (vol. 1) #501 (Oct. 2004): "Chaos: Part Two of Four" (1-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 1) #502 (Nov. 2004): "Chaos: Part Three of Four"
Avengers (vol. 1) #503 (Dec. 2004): "Chaos: Part Four of Four"
The Avengers (vol. 3) #1 (Feb. 1998): "Once an Avenger..."
The Avengers (vol. 3) #4 (May 1998): "Too Many Avengers!"
Avengers (vol. 5) #2 (Feb. 2013): "We Were Avengers" (name seen in illustration (or on screen))

The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998) (mentioned)
The Avengers Annual

The Avengers Annual #1 (Sep. 1967): "Hercules" (lead character)
Avengers Annual #15 (Oct. 1986): "Betrayal!"
Avengers Annual #22 (Sep. 1993): "Blood Wraith"

Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
The Avengers Collector's Edition #1 (Sep. 1993): "Vibrant Alchemy!"
Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005)
Batman (vol. 1) #167 (Nov. 1964): "Zero Hour for Earth!" (mentioned)
Battletide

Battletide #1 (Dec. 1992): "Battle Tide Part 1"
Battletide #2 (Jan. 1993): "Battle Tide Part 2" (cameo)
Battletide #3 (Feb. 1993): "Battle Tide Part 3"
Battletide #4 (Mar. 1993): "Battle Tide Part 4"

Cable & Deadpool #30 (Sep. 2006): "The Hero Hunter"
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #214 (Oct. 1977): "Power" (mentioned)
Captain America (vol. 1) #228 (Dec. 1978): "A Serpent Lurks Below"
Captain America (vol. 1) #229 (Jan. 1979): "Traitors All About Me!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #301 (Jan. 1985): "All Good Things..."
Captain America (vol. 1) #314 (Feb. 1986): "Asylum"
Captain America (vol. 1) #318 (June 1986): "Justice Is Served!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #323 (Nov. 1986): "Super-Patriot Is Here" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #395 (Dec. 1991): "Rogues in the House"
Captain America (vol. 1) #399 (Apr. 1992): "Twenty Million Light Years from Earth"
Captain America (vol. 1) #400 (May 1992): "Murder By Decree!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #401 (June 1992): "After the Storm"
Captain America (vol. 1) #434 (Dec. 1994): "Snake Bites" (1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #444 (Oct. 1995): "Hope and Glory"
Captain America (vol. 3) #3 (Mar. 1998): "Museum Piece"
Captain America (vol. 3) #50 (Feb. 2002): "Stars & Stripes Forever"
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Sentinel of Liberty" (1-panel cameo)

The Champions

The Champions (vol. 1) #1 (Oct. 1975): "The World Still Needs...the Champions!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #2 (Jan. 1976): "Whom the Gods Would Join..."
The Champions (vol. 1) #3 (Feb. 1976): "Assault on Olympus"
The Champions (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1976): "Murder at Malibu!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #5 (Apr. 1976): "The Economy is so Bad that..."
The Champions (vol. 1) #6 (June 1976): "Mad Dogs and Businessmen"
The Champions (vol. 1) #7 (Aug. 1976): "The Man Who Created the Black Widow"
The Champions (vol. 1) #8 (Oct. 1976): "Divide and Conquer!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #9 (Dec. 1976): "The Battle of Los Angeles!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #10 (Jan. 1977): "One Man's Son is Another Man's Poison!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #11 (Feb. 1977): "The Shadow from the Stars"
The Champions (vol. 1) #12 (Mar. 1977): "Did Someone Say... the Stranger?"
The Champions (vol. 1) #13 (May 1977): "The Doom That Went on Forever!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #14 (July 1977): "The Creature Called... Swarm!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #15 (Sep. 1977): "Death Drone!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #16 (Nov. 1977): "A World Lost!"
The Champions (vol. 1) #17 (Jan. 1978): "The Sentinels Hunt Again!"

Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Civil War: War Crimes #1 (Feb. 2007) (cameo)
Contest of Champions II

Contest of Champions II #3 (Oct. 1999): "Culling the Hero" (cameo)
Contest of Champions II #4 (Nov. 1999): "Final Cut"

Daredevil

Daredevil (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1978): "The Man Without Fear?"
Daredevil (vol. 1) #156 (Jan. 1979): "Ring of Death!"
Daredevil (vol. 1) #157 (Mar. 1979): "The Ungrateful Dead!" (cameo)

Daring Mystery Comics #6 (Sep. 1940): "Introducing Marvel Boy"
Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010): "Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two" (photo/picture/video)
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3 (Oct. 2009): "Hidden Depths" (1-panel cameo)
Darkhawk #33 (Nov. 1993): "Burial at Sea!"
The Defenders

The Defenders (vol. 1) #62 (Aug. 1978): "Membership Madness!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #63 (Sep. 1978): "Deadlier by the Dozen!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #64 (Oct. 1978): "D-Day!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #65 (Nov. 1978): "Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas"

Doctor Strange (vol. 2) #30 (Aug. 1978): "A Gathering of Fear!" (cameo)
Gambit and the Champions: From the Marvel Vault #1 (Oct. 2011)
GLA #2 (July 2005): "Dismembership Drive" (cameo)
Hercules

Hercules #1 (May 2008): "The Thracian Wars, Part 1" (lead character)
Hercules #2 (June 2008): "The Thracian Wars, Part 2" (lead character)
Hercules #3 (July 2008): "The Thracian Wars, Part 3" (lead character)
Hercules #4 (Aug. 2008): "The Thracian Wars, Part 4" (lead character)
Hercules #5 (Sep. 2008): "The Thracian Wars, Part 5" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1982): "What Fools These Immortals Be!" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 1) #2 (Oct. 1982): "For the Love of Gods" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 1) #3 (Nov. 1982): "Whom the God Would Destroy!" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 1) #4 (Dec. 1982): "--Not Just Another Galactus Story!" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 3) #1 (June 1995): "The New Labors, Part 1" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 3) #2 (July 1995): "The New Labors of Hercules, Part 2" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 3) #3 (Aug. 2005): "The New Labors of Hercules, Part 3" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 3) #4 (Sep. 1995): "The New Labors of Hercules, Part 4" (lead character)
Hercules (vol. 3) #5 (Sep. 1995): "The New Labors of Hercules, Part 5" (lead character)

Hercules and the Heart of Chaos

Hercules and the Heart of Chaos #1 (Aug. 1997): "Even an Immortal Can Die!" (lead character)
Hercules and the Heart of Chaos #2 (Sep. 1997): "Cry Havoc!" (lead character)
Hercules and the Heart of Chaos #3 (Oct. 1997): "Let Slip the Dogs of War!" (lead character)

Hercules: The Knives of Kush

Hercules: The Knives of Kush #1 (July 2009) (lead character)
Hercules: The Knives of Kush #2 (Aug. 2009) (lead character)

Hercules: Twilight of a God

Hercules: Twilight of a God #1 (Aug. 2010): "If Super-Awesome-Largeness Be My Destiny!" (lead character)
Hercules: Twilight of a God #2 (Sep. 2010): "A Cosmic Blast from the Past!" (lead character)
Hercules: Twilight of a God #3 (Oct. 2010): "Skypping Over Details!" (lead character)
Hercules: Twilight of a God #4 (Nov. 2010): "The End" (lead character)

Heroes for Hire

Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1 (July 1997): "Heroes and Villains"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1997): "Blowup!"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #3 (Sep. 1997): "Give & Take"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #13 (July 1998): "Fallout!"

Hulk Vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide #1 (June 2008): "When Titans Collide" (lead character)
Iceman (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985): "Quicksand!" (cameo)
The Incredible Hercules

The Incredible Hercules #113 (Feb. 2008): "Shirt of Nessus" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #119 (Sep. 2008): "Sacred Invasion, Part Three: Contact" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #121 (Nov. 2008): "Love & War, Part One" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #126 (Apr. 2009): "Prince of Power" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #130 (Aug. 2009): "The Judgment" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #132 (Oct. 2009): "The Replacement Thor" (lead character)
The Incredible Hercules #133 (Nov. 2009): "Road of Trials" (lead character)

Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed #1 (Oct. 1996): "In the Shadow of Argo" (lead character)
Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 (July 1965): "When Titans Clash!"
Justice Society of America

Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #13 (Apr. 2008): "Supermen"
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #14 (May 2008): "Gog" (mentioned)

Ka-Zar (vol. 1) #1 (Aug. 1970): "In His Footsteps, the Huntsman of Zeus" (lead character)
Lunatik #1 (Dec. 1995)
Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)
Marvel Comics Presents

Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #4 (Early Oct. 1988): "Silent Thunder!" (cameo)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #12 (Early Feb. 1989): "Noble Fathers Have Noble Sons" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #39 (Early Jan. 1990): "All in the Family, Part 1: Mother Day" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #40 (Dec. 1989): "All in the Family, Part 2: The Hit" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #41 (Jan. 1990): "All in the Family, Part 3: Long Live the King" (lead character)

Marvel Double-Shot #3 (Mar. 2003): "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (1-panel cameo)
Marvel Graphic Novel #37 (Aug. 1988): "Hercules, Prince of Power: Full Circle" (lead character)
Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook (Mar. 2007)
Marvel Premiere #26 (Nov. 1975): "The Games of Raging Gods" (lead character)
Marvel Preview #10 (Winter 1977): "The Isle of Fear" (lead character)
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982): "A Gathering of Heroes!"
Marvel Super-Heroes

Marvel Super-Heroes #380 (Dec. 1981): "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #21 (July 1969): "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!" (mentioned)
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #1 (May 1990): "I Shot an Arrow into the Sky!" (lead character)
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #9 (Apr. 1992): "Cupid's Error"

Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #28 (Dec. 1974): "The City Stealers!" (lead character)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2) #2 (Oct. 1997): "Greece Is the Word" (lead character)

Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #44 (Oct. 1978): "The Wonderful World of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm" (lead character)
Marvel Universe: Millennial Visions #1 (Feb. 2002): "Assembled Once More"
Marvel Universe: The End

Marvel Universe: The End #1 (May 2003): "Predestination"
Marvel Universe: The End #6 (Aug. 2003): "The Cure"

Maximum Security

Maximum Security #1 (Dec. 2000): "Illegal Aliens" (1-panel cameo)
Maximum Security #3 (Jan. 2001): "Whatever the Cost!"

The Mighty Avengers

The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #22 (Apr. 2009)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (May 2009)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #27 (Sep. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 1" (6-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #28 (Oct. 2009): "The Unspoken, Part 2" (4-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #29 (Nov. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 3" (mentioned)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #30 (Dec. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 4"

Moon Knight Saga (Oct. 2009) (1-panel cameo)
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #14 (June 2007): "The Deal: Part 2" (cameo)
Mystic Comics (vol. 1) #3 (June 1940): "The Origin of Hercules" (character based on)
Mythos: Captain America #1 (Aug. 2008)
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #56 (Oct. 2009) (mentioned)
The New Avengers 100 Project (May 2011)
No Justice, No Piece! #1 (Oct. 1997): "Hera's Glory!: The True Life and Times of Herakles" (lead character)
Secret Wars II

Secret Wars II #3 (Sep. 1985): "This World is Mine!" (cameo)
Secret Wars II #4 (Oct. 1985): "Love Is the Answer!" (illusion)
Secret Wars II #5 (Nov. 1985): "Despair!"
Secret Wars II #8 (Feb. 1986): "Betrayal!"
Secret Wars II #9 (Mar. 1986): "God in Man, Man in God!"

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker #26 (July 1993): "Harvest of Fear!"
Sleepwalker #27 (Aug. 1993): "Last Rites"

Solo Avengers #11 (Oct. 1988): "A Farewell -- With Arms" (lead character)
Super-Villain Team-Up #14 (Oct. 1977): "A World For the Winning!" (cameo)
The Thing (vol. 2) #8 (Aug. 2006): "Last Hand"
Thor

Thor (vol. 1) #229 (Nov. 1974): "Where Darkness Dwells, Dwell I!"
Thor (vol. 1) #230 (Dec. 1974): "The Sky Above...The Pits Below!"
Thor (vol. 1) #293 (Mar. 1980): "The Twilight of SOME Gods!"
Thor (vol. 1) #356 (June 1985): "The Power and the Pride" (lead character)
Thor (vol. 2) #6 (Dec. 1998): "What's a God to Do?"
Thor (vol. 2) #7 (Jan. 1999): "Deception"
Thor (vol. 2) #40 (Oct. 2001): "By Fire Born"

Thunderbolts

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #22 (Jan. 1999): "Decisions 3: Taking a Stand"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #57 (Dec. 2001): "Storm Clouds Gathering" (cameo)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #104 (Sep. 2006): "Taking Civil Liberties [Part 2]" (cameo)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #105 (Oct. 2006): "Swimming with Sharks"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #108 (Jan. 2007): "Power Full, Part 2"

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #387 (Dec. 2000): "Cry Justice, Cry Vengeance!" (mentioned)
What If...? (vol. 2) #19 (Nov. 1990): "What if... the Vision had Conquered the World?"
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #72 (Mar. 1993): "The Song of Creation" (cameo)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #1 (Feb. 1986): "Third Genesis" (cameo)
X-Force / Champions Annual '98 (Dec. 1998): "Demon from Within"
The X-Men

The X-Men (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1968): "The Torch Is Passed...!" (cameo)
X-Men (vol. 1) #91 (Dec. 1974): "The Torch Is Passed...!" (cameo)
X-Men (vol. 2) #26 (Nov. 1993): "Civil Disobedience!"
X-Men (vol. 2) #59 (Dec. 1996): "Touched"

Young Allies (vol. 1) #16 (Summer 1945): "Battle of the Giants"

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Hercules.html
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000545/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/hemhez.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/h.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/MC2Handbook/hmc2.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/tbtel.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/adaf.htm
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(DC_Comics)
  - http://www.comicvine.com/hercules/29-30057/
  - http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Herakles_(New_Earth)
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=6166
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=244
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/1816/