Hercules

Ercole è un supereroe di fantasia che appare nei fumetti americani pubblicati dalla Marvel Comics.

Debuttato nell'Età d'Argento dei fumetti, il personaggio è ispirato a Eracle della mitologia greca. Ha protagonizzato tre miniserie che portano il suo nome ed è stato un membro fisso della squadra di supereroi dei Vendicatori. Nel 2008 Ercole ha debuttato nella propria serie, intitolata The Incredible Hercules. Il personaggio è stato classificato al 21º posto nella lista «The Top 50 Avengers» di IGN ed è apparso in diversi media, tra cui serie televisive e videogiochi.

Abilità : Hercules possesses the typical powers of an Olympian god, including superhuman strength, durability, speed, reflexes, stamina and endurance. He is the strongest of the Olympians, being capable of feats such as lifting and hurling a giant sequoia tree, smashing rocks to powder, sealing an entire cliff around an opponent with his bare hands, knocking out a yellow-crested Titan, and dragging the island of Manhattan (though this was later retconned to be merely a boast he had made, and not a genuine feat). His superstrong legs allow him to run at speeds of over 100 mph, and leap over a hundred feet into the air. He can withstand blows from Thor, and possesses a complete resistance to high caliber bullets. Hercules is highly skilled in archery, boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling and claims to have invented the martial art Pankration. In combat he occasionally wields a golden-looking adamantine mace - stated and shown to be equal in durability to Thor's own mystical hammer Mjolnir (though it is not enchanted with additional abilities as Mjolnir is) - forged by the Greek god Hephaestus. As an Olympian, he is resistant to all earthly diseases, possesses a healing factor, immortality, and also has some immunity to magic. However, his strength can be taken by significant Olympian magic, such as that of Zeus. Hercules sacrificed his godly powers to save humanity in the wake of the Chaos War, and was completely powerless. Despite this, he retained his exceptional physical condition compared to a normal human, incredible skills in archery and hand-to-hand combat and access to magical weapons and items that help in battle. At the start of the 2015 Hercules series, his powers made an unexplained return. They were later revealed to have been restored through scientific means. At this time, Hercules made use of both antique and modern weapons, such as assault rifles, tasers, grenade launchers, and others.