Incredible Hercules #136
The face-off Herc fans have been clamoring for since his series began is here at last! God of Strength versus God of Thunder! Adamantine mace versus uru hammer! Olympian versus Asgardian! Incredible versus Mighty! That's right -- HERCULES battles THOR! The Odinson discovers the Lion of Olympus has been impersonating him and he's out to prove nothing beats the original! Then, in #137, the epic Secret Origin of Amadeus Cho concludes! He learns his connection with the original MASTER MIND EXCELLO and the identity of who really killed his parents! And once Amadeus knows this, will he look to reunite with Hercules... or destroy him?
WRITER: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente
PENCILS: Reilly Brown
INKS: Nelson DeCastro
COLORED BY: Guillem Mari
LETTERED BY: Simon Bowland
COVER BY: Rafael Alberquerque
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 6.6%
Reviews
| User | Added | Spoilers | |
| muddi900 | 10/17/09 | No | Read Review |
| Invasionforce | 10/16/09 | Yes | Read Review |
| changingshades | 10/16/09 | No | Read Review |
| TheNextChampion | 10/14/09 | No | Read Review |
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Avg Rating: 4.4
Comments
This is going to be sweet.
Just seeing the two in different costumes on the cover is making me pumped up.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/12/09 at 06:33 PM
Best. Concept. Ever. Also... Fred Van Lente is awesome. This Pak guy ain't so bad either. It's a shame this book doesn't have higher pulls. It's consistently been great and for my money, the second best series coming out of Marvel right now.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 10/12/09 at 08:40 PM
@Prax: Consistantly great? I agree with that sentence but didn't you think about dropping this a couple of months ago? So it couldn't be that consistant for you.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/12/09 at 10:17 PM
@TNC I don't know that I'd called it consistantly great, but it certainly has been consistently great. ;-) The issue I had with the series was that I was getting bored with it. It wasn't bad, just... it hadn't really stepped up its game since setting its pace. Granted, it did so the very next issue and I admitted my wrongness. I'm still not exactly enjoying the Cho issues as the Herc ones, but it's been a great ride since the soft-boot.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 10/12/09 at 10:43 PM
@Prax: Just think in a couple of months we get our own special event for the character. So all of the patience of being a 'B' title might end once 'Assault on New Olympus' starts.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/12/09 at 10:46 PM
I was going to drop this book after the casino underworld storyline but I'm glad I stuck around cuz this is some awesome stuff here.
Posted by cromulent on 10/14/09 at 03:07 PM
Oh my god; this issue was so damn good. Pick of the week again for me. Plus this needs to be also stated:
Probably the best single issue of the year. Seriously, this was so hilarious and well done it was definitely a fantastic comic book. The fight was funny and well drawn, and as a whole this entire arc was just enjoyable. Your REALLY missing out on a fantastic series with this issue.
Best of the year and probably my favorite issue period of this series. Great comic book right here.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/14/09 at 04:22 PM
TITTY TWISTER!
Posted by comicBOOKchris on 10/14/09 at 07:48 PM
This was so, so, so good.
Posted by Jim on 10/16/09 at 10:45 AM
A fantastic issue. Comedy, solid writing, wonderful play with the characters, the plot becomes truly secondary here... in an absolutely fitting way. 5/5 This was close to being my POTW, too. So we'll safely bill it as Runner Up. ;-) I can't really say much more about it that way. The Thor/Herc two-page spread fight looks fantastic. My compliments to Reilly Brown.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 10/17/09 at 02:01 AM
Wow, this is ranked third for the week (as of this post) for POTW!
I don't expect it to beat Adventure Comics or Walking Dead but thanks for everyone to make this their pick! This issue was amazing (again I find it best single issue of 2009) and it deserves to be ranked this high on the site. Let's hope this is the start of this series getting even more recognicion.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/17/09 at 11:22 AM
That was entertaining.
Posted by theegreatone on 10/18/09 at 06:10 PM
BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by nuclearman on 10/21/09 at 04:32 PM
... looking forward to this ... #134 was a laugh a panel .. this should be good.
Posted by nuclearman on 10/12/09 at 06:13 PM