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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-31 11:41:00

Entry tags:

char: galactus, char: hercules/marvel, char: nova/frankie raye, creator: bob layton, publisher: marvel comics, title: hercules

Hercules vs. Galactus!

This is from Hercules #4. It's written and illustrated by Bob Layton.

Hercules is enjoying a party on Ciegrim-7, the Distiller's Planet.

Later, Galactus's herald Nova arrives. Hercules battles her until...

Later...

Hercules is thinking of what to do when the Recorder states "Observation: It will be a great loss to the culture of the galaxy when Ciegrim-7 perishes! Their techniques for distilling liquors will be lost for all time!" This gives Hercules an idea.

And at the end...

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	sherkahn 2009-08-31 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	I've been looking for this for a special theme week. Thanks! (Reply to this)

	arilou_skiff 2009-08-31 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	.... This is all kinds of awesome. It manages to be funny while keeping just about everyone in-character. (Reply to this)

	"Is it warm in here ?" volksjager 2009-08-31 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Excellent post ! I really wish Bob Layton (where is he these days) and do another Herc. book. I had forgotten he bangs Nova at the end. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: "Is it warm in here ?" jlroberson 2009-09-01 07:26 am UTC (link)
	Whatever happened to Layton? He was fun when he started writing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: "Is it warm in here ?" icon_uk 2009-09-01 11:18 am UTC (link)
	Running his website and doing commission work. Also, it would appear, doing a new Hercules miniseries; HERCULES: TWILIGHT OF A GOD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	filkertom 2009-08-31 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	I loved this series so much. And I loved how Nova was basically looking for love among the stars.... (Reply to this)

	comicoz 2009-08-31 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	This looks to be fairly old - does this mean that Herc has been a running sex joke for that long? Not that it's wrong - I find the book hilarious, and as someone said last week "should be dipped in gold". It's the first book I read every week it comes out. The recap pages alone are a riot. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-31 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	1983 (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

angelophile
2009-09-01 10:41 am UTC (link)

Ah, this was my first introduction to the character, when it was reprinted as a back up story in the UK Transformers comic (in retrospect, it seems a funny choice, given the sexy fun time aspects and the epic amount of boozing done in the story).

I've never known Herc as anything but this portrayal, really. Probably explains my fondness for the character. Certainly the current take isn't a new one.

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	icon_uk 2009-09-01 11:18 am UTC (link)
	Hercules has been a running sex joke since Ancient Greece, no? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	his_spiffyness 2009-08-31 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	So, I guess the real question is who in the Marvel Universe has Hercules not slept with. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-08-31 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	well, galactus for one. you see that here. (Reply to this) (Parent)

yaseen101
2009-09-01 12:19 am UTC (link)

Mary Jane, Aunt May, Sharon Carter, Outlaw, Betty Brant, Dakota North, X-23, Rouge, Kitty Pride, Jessica Jones, Sue Storm, Mokingbird, Carol Danvers, Karla Sofen, etc,

(Of course, I'm just listing these names knowing full well that someone is going to prove me wrong.) Besides even if Herc did sleep with them I'm sure half the male Marvel Superhero population will come after him.

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	jlroberson 2009-08-31 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	I miss the Marvel that could take chances like this. I'm as much of a Shooter-hater as anyone, but it must be admitted: Marvel(which had Epic at the time) was never as experimental as it was during the 80s. And this experiment worked and people dug it. Which only goes to show that taking chances is the only way to true awesomeness. (Reply to this)

	joysweeper 2009-09-01 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Galactus can remove his helmet? I like this. Oh, Herc... (Reply to this)

	proteus_lives 2009-09-01 05:49 am UTC (link)
	I have this series, it's wonderful! The question all living beings in the Marvelverse must ask isn't "What we do when Galactus devours our home planet?" it's "What will we do when the Herc machine comes partying through?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-09-01 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Forsooth, you offer him a beer. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	buttler 2009-09-03 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Man, I loved this series. One of my all-time favorites. (Reply to this)