Who is Hercules, and who does he want to become on his hero’s journey?
Hercules is a supremely powerful immortal with the heart of a regular dude. I’d say he’s already become exactly who he wants to become. The problem is that his status as a god may force responsibilities on him that he’s not particularly ready to handle. Let’s talk Namora. What makes this oddball couple work, both for “The Incredible Herculues” and for its characters? Pages from “Incredible Hercules” #122 Namora plays a huge role in our current “Love and War” story arc that began with issue #121. She’s a princess of Atlantis and has the same mind-blowing strength and fiery temperament of her cousin Namor. She’s a great foil for Hercules partly because she tends to be fierce while he’s funny—they can spend a lot of time just bugging each other in amusing ways. But more importantly, she shares his warrior spirit and—how should we put this—his lust for life. In certain ways, Namora might be the most dangerous love interest Hercules has ever had—in the sense that she’s awesome enough that h
