I have contemplated several times on whether or not I should review this issue. The issue primarily revolves around Hercules and involves very little of Spider-man. Quite expected actually. Nonetheless.

As we know Spider-man was quite involved in the prologue to this issue ( Assault on New Olympus # 1 Partial review). In the prologue, it is learned that Hera, wife of Zeus, who is now a little child, is planning to wipe out the iron age of humanity. Apparently, humans have been wiped out and forced to restart civilization several times already.

Athena, Hercules sister has been trying to round up some allies to take Hera down. The panel below explains everything clearly.




In issue 138, Athena explains to Amadeus Cho. That this battle will claim Hercules' life, and that he must arise as the next Prince of Power. Amadeus, not wanting to let Herc down, refuses to believe this and is determined to ensure Hercules' survival. Being the 7th smartest person in the world, Amadeus devises his plan to take down Hera. At one point he actually tries to warn Hercules and tries to give him some water he stole from the River Lithe. See right.

Hercules is however too proud to think anything would happen to him. The plan is later unveiled as Hebe, along with all brother's and sister's are called to meet with Hera. Hera explains her plan to Hebe, who already knows it, only to hear from the 'all seeing eye' that Hebe is a traitor. Hera blasts her daughter into the ground. An ambulance later comes carrying Hercules, the Avengers, and etc.

We find out that Ares, Hera's strongest son, will not be joining her in the fight as he is being seduced by Aphrodite. Good trick.

Toward the end of the issue, we see the god of death appearing stating that he will claim one of their lives in the war.

Something interesting

Apparently in Marvel Comics, the Olympian gods aren't really gods, but simply almost equal to our superhero's. Read this two panels below. Pretty interesting. it certainly makes the battle easier, else if they truly were gods, its impossible to fight them.

Overall, this story proves to be very interesting. Definitely worth buying. I am unsure however if I should continue to review this comic as it is not really related to Spider-man. What do you think? Thanks for reading. -bulletproofsponge

Incredible Hercules 138 will start off a new 'four-part' series called Assault on new Olympus.

So you may ask, what does this have to do with Spider-man. For those who do not know, in the previous issue of the Incredible Hercules, the last page showed a Peter Parker meeting Hercules's ex wife for the first time with a very disturbing introduction. Check it out here.
An in between issue featured Peter getting beaten up by Hercules.

Assault on New Olympus will feature not only mythical characters like Herc, Ares, Hera and the like, but will be visiting other characters from the Marvel Universe as well. Chances are extremely high that Spider-man will be playing an important role in the arc.

Apart from the last scene in Incredible Herc 137, we also have an interesting image from IGN as seen below from the cover for Assault on New Olympus One shot



The story, although not yet fully revealed, involves Hera, the goddess, who poses an incredible threat to the Marvel Universe. The story will involve Herc and a number of other characters taking her down. The image above looks as though Hercules is really mad. Could he be mad at Spidey? Maybe for making a move on his ex-wife? Read here.

The arc will carry through issue 138 to 141 and is set for release approximately 25 Nov 09.

So due to hype created about Mephisto appearing in Dark Avengers #10, I took it upon myself to find a preview for Dark Avengers # 11. I actually like what I saw. As such, I decided to catch up on all the Dark Avengers's comics from 1 -10. Reviewing Dark Avengers will not be a normal thing here though.

In my opinion, the story is really nothing to jump for joy about. I like the team that Norman Osborn has put together however - a bunch of crooks that are doing good, in a way.

I do have a slight problem understanding how Sentry is still standing in issue # 10, after his head was blown off in issue # 9.

Towards the end of what I have read so far, Norman is being haunted by his old Goblin self. Also, I have a feeling that the Void, Sentry's/Bob's alter ego has taken control.

I find it strange that Daken is tall when he is not in his wolverine costume, but is as short as his father when he is wearing the costume.




Here is the jist of what I got.

• Norman is now Iron Patriot, trying to control his Goblin personality from taking over his mind

• The Sentry has two personalities - like Norman, and is trying to keep in under control, with Norman's help

• Ms. Marvel / former Moonstone is a slut - makes the personal lives of the Dark Avengers interesting though

• Noh- Varr is the Dark Capt. Marvel, who quits the team when he learns it is made up of villians

• Ares is of course a Greek god of war. He has a son that he does not know how to show love to. His son, with his fathers knowledge - unknown to the rest of the team, is working under Nick Fury

• Daken (Wolverine's son) is Wolverine with a mow-hawk.

• Hawkeye or bullseye, has an interesting personality, but is mostly not interesting

• Venom - Macgargan/ former Scorpion, is now Spider-man. He needs some medication to stop him from eating everyone. Not to mention keep his Spider-man image. Of late, he has been taking too much medication and is behaving feminine

And here is of course the image that raised hopes for Spider-man fans around the world.