I should have been grateful. Who wouldn't trade fiery agony for Hebe's dewy meadows? But we're talking about eternity here. And you know that the woman collects BEANIE BABIES?
Yeow.
Honestly, Hebe was fine... It's Zeus I still don't understand. For all that talk about me being his favorite son, I sure seem to get yelled at and banished a lot.
Appearing in "The Descent"
Featured Characters:
- Hercules (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Amadeus Cho
- Athena
- Aegis (Trey Rollins)
- Cerberus
- Charon
- Zeus (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Olympus Group
- Artume
- Orka
- Veranke
- Kyknos
- Scourge of the Underworld
- Abomination
- Baron Zemo (Heinrich Zemo)
- Armless Tiger Man (Gustav Hertz)
- Jack O'Lantern (Steven Levins)
- Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts)
- Nessus (Main story and flashback)
- Commander Kraken
- Pluto
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Olympians
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Titans
- Mutants
- Human/Contraxian hybrid
- Atlanteans
- Mutant/Atlanteans hybrid
- Gorgons
- Centaurs
- Skrull
Locations:
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Olympus Group Corporate Headquarters
- New York City
- New Jersey
- Atlantic City
- Gateway to Erebus (In the form of a Casino)
- New York
- Hades
- Olympus (Realm) (Only in flashback)
- City of Olympus (Only in flashback)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Descent"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
In this issue HERCULES AND AMADEUS CHO DIE!!! We heard that cheap death sells comics, and we're more than happy to oblige. Though seriously, if you had to plunge into the UNDERWORLD and bring back Hercules' slain father ZEUS to counter Hera's power, could you think of a better plan? And come to think of it, have you ever noticed how... impermanent death is in the Marvel Universe? Well, while hobnobbing among the most famous Marvel deceased over the last few years, Herc and Cho learn the terrible secret why - and why PLUTO, Lord of the Dead, is fighting-mad about it!
Notes
- Banshee is incorrectly pictured with brown hair. Blink is incorrectly seen in her Age of Apocalypse attire.
- The Wasp is shown trapped in Plutos' netherworld. However, she will later be found in an alternate universe.[1]
Trivia
- The Vision is shown on the cover, but does not appear in the story.