Incredible Hercules Assault on New Olympus eBook Greg Pak Fred Van Lente Rodney Buchemi Adi Granov
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Collects Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1, Incredible Hercules #138-141.
The Fourth Extinction is nigh! Hera's plot to become the universe's ultimate goddess has reached its final stage With Continuum unleashed, the destruction of mankind is here! But the heroes of Earth and Olympus won't go down without a fight! Witness Hercules' final showdown with the nihilistic god, Typhon! Behold the evolution of Amadeus Cho into the kind of champion Athena has been grooming him to be! Watch as the combined faces of the New and Mighty Avengers race through legions of warriors! And be there as Peter Parker puts the moves on Hercules' hot babe of a wife!
Incredible Hercules Assault on New Olympus eBook Greg Pak Fred Van Lente Rodney Buchemi Adi Granov
We're talking Kool Herc here, after all... It is the sixth instalment since Hercules took the "Incredible" mantle from no other than the Hulk, and the series has never let us down. Full of twists and turns, treasons, mischief and whatever the Greek mythology is filled with, Hercules' travails of now are very fun to read. The plots, the storytelling and the art are all very good. This volume is a bit a of a climax in the series and not everyone will get out of it alive. In fact, the bodycount is quite high. But we're dealing with immortal gods here, and immortal gods in the Marvel universe at that. So, as the great Pharell Williams once said, "N*E*R*D (no-one ever really dies)". One very good moment among others happens when US Agent has a few words with Herc. Ensue an essay on myth-making and religion. Very enjoyable and a bit thought-provoking. What more can you ask? Oh, and did I mention that Norman Osborn only appears in only one panel?Product details
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Incredible Hercules Assault on New Olympus eBook Greg Pak Fred Van Lente Rodney Buchemi Adi Granov Reviews
The Incredible Hercules is a book that is usually praised for generally operating independently from Marvel Comics' heavy, universe-altering plots; for being fun to read because it doesn't take itself too seriously; and for its incomparable use of onomatopoetic sound effects (with exclamations like "TITANOSMAK!" emerging from battles between gods, and "AMAZZOOON!" emitted from ian explosions). When you read about Hercules, you really don't need to worry about which big-shot heroes are fighting which or what Norman Osborn is up to, which is nice. Herc's a big, noble, kinda dumb guy, and that's all you really need to know.
This isn't to say that Hercules doesn't have its own complex continuity, as there are a lot of gods running around on Earth, and they're all related in one way or another, or in love, or are constantly manipulating the power structure of their pantheon--and a lot of them look the same, too. If you want to read Hercules, step back a few books and start from there. This book is a conclusion of sorts anyhow, and you don't want to be starting from the end.
Amadeus Cho and Hercules are the ideal odd couple id and superego, god and man, tall and short, brawn and brains--and the authors have a great time writing this dynamic into the book, making astute and meaningful observations about where these two opposites meet, as well as the necessary places where they diverge, to each others' benefit. It's standard buddy comedy stuff, but it's a lot of fun to read in the context of the Marvel Universe. They also write a good Spider-Man. The rest of the book is thick with gods and goddesses who really only spend their time within the Hercules books, but are also universally recognizable if you know anything about mythology. Even if what you know has been culled from comics' version of Greek mythology, it's enough to get by on. There's a guy who forges impossibly powerful weapons, Zeus is kind of a jerk, and so on.
Is all of this better if you know what's going on in the larger picture? Definitely. Casual references to big events and guest characters add to the narrative, but in an intimidating world where everything is interrelated, this is a good place to enter. Ultimately, it's a pretty endearing story about a couple of unexpected friends.
Parents and teachers, you already know that mythology has a lot of sexy themes, and Marvel stays true to this idea. Of course, nothing is explicit, but innuendo and bare skin definitely play a role. Aside from that, a few decapitations and an image of a murdered child (who is actually Zeus, but a disturbing image nonetheless), it's typical Marvel goodness.
-- Collin David
All good things must end, at least when they're lower-selling titles starring traditionally minor characters in the Marvel and DC Universes, and thus is the case with "Incredible Hercules"; for 30 brilliant issues, it showed the best of what could be done with the characters in the Marvel Universe, telling a story that superbly mixed drama, comedy, and mythology. This paperback collects issues #138-141 of the series proper, as well as the "Assault on New Olympus Prologue" issue that began it. Herein, many of the series' ongoing themes and plots come to a climax, and the stage is set for new stories. Some spoilers follow.
Picking up where the previous collection left off, Hercules, Amadeus Cho, Athena, and the reborn Zeus scramble to assemble a strike force to confront the new ruler of Olympus, Hera, whose special weapon Continuum will spell the end of the universe. After a scrap with Spider-Man over Hercules' wife Hebe, who brings with her crucial information about Hera's plot, a team of Avengers is assembled, drawn from both the New and Mighty teams. Arrayed against them is Hera and her minions, including the greatest monster in history, Typhon; the Huntsman; Delphyne Gorgon and her army; and the giant Argus. Tall odds, but then, the Avengers specialize in that sort of thing. Amadeus is distracted by Athena's revelation of Hercules' imminent, death, something he vows to prevent this, which may prove harder than he suspected. It all comes together for an emotionally riveting climax that you won't see coming, despite it being very well built up.
Throughout the series, writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente have conducted a thorough examination of exactly what it means to be a god, something that has often been shorthanded in the Marvel Universe as `a superhero by any other name'. Zeus, at his trial in Hades in a previous, declared that in the service of moving history forward any number of horrible deeds was required; Athena herself told Amadeus very early on that gods must sometimes be monsters. This philosophy plays into the wrenching finale, an astonishingly moving four-page sequence that will have you feeling equal sympathy for both parties involved. More generally, there is some truly exemplary characterization here, with another major beneficiary being Hebe, a character who made only token appearances earlier in the series, but who is invested with enormous depth and sympathy in the space of the first issue.
This story is illustrated by Rodney Buchemi, who drew the Hercules origin story in #126 and then the "Secret Origin of Amadeus Cho" three-parter collected in the previous trade paperback. Between those stories and his contributions here, he establishes himself as the series' definitive artist in my mind. His characters are well-rendered and amazingly expressive in a way that is rarely seen in graphic art. Wonderful stuff.
Highly recommended, and one looks forward to the next instalment of these characters' saga.
Just a warning for people interested in the Agents of Atlas back-up story. It is not included here, despite what the description says.
GOOD STORYLINE, GOOD ACTION, GREAT PICTURES
Seriously, you'd be doing yourself a favor to pick this up. Like smart writing? Sharp humor? Great characters? This book made me a huge fan of Mr. Van Lente.
all good
We're talking Kool Herc here, after all... It is the sixth instalment since Hercules took the "Incredible" mantle from no other than the Hulk, and the series has never let us down. Full of twists and turns, treasons, mischief and whatever the Greek mythology is filled with, Hercules' travails of now are very fun to read. The plots, the storytelling and the art are all very good. This volume is a bit a of a climax in the series and not everyone will get out of it alive. In fact, the bodycount is quite high. But we're dealing with immortal gods here, and immortal gods in the Marvel universe at that. So, as the great Pharell Williams once said, "N*E*R*D (no-one ever really dies)". One very good moment among others happens when US Agent has a few words with Herc. Ensue an essay on myth-making and religion. Very enjoyable and a bit thought-provoking. What more can you ask? Oh, and did I mention that Norman Osborn only appears in only one panel?
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