His birth came from a result of Zeus seducing Alcmena in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon, who was off at war against the pirates of Taphos. Herakles was born Alcaeus, and is the son of the Olympian God king Zeus, and Alcmena, the Queen of Thebes in Ancient Greece. Herc is currently the mentor of the next Prince of Power, Amadeus Cho. However, he has returned to group time and again, and views them as true friends. At a later date, Hercules was brainwashed by the Enchantress into attacking the Avengers, only to be banished by Zeus for leaving Olympius without his permission.Īfter aiding the team in several adventures, he was granted full membership, but left after saving the rest of the Olympians from the evil Titan, Typhus. Made into a full god by Zeus, Hercules eventually returned to Earth, where he had a brawl with, and later saved from forced rule of the underworld by his old friend, Thor. As an adult, Hercules became one of the greatest heroes in Greco-Roman history, but his adulterous ways proved to be his undoing when his wife was tricked into giving him a tunic laced with the gall of a hydra under the lie that it would render him a more faithful husband. Alflyse (ex-four wife, marriage annulled)īorn to the Greek sky god Zeus and a mortal woman, Hercules's super strength was evident when he was born, as he crushed two serpents sent to kill him by his stepmother, Hera.
