Herakles (New Earth)

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 * Theme                  = Wonder Woman
 * Image                  = Herakles 0001.jpg
 * RealName               = Herakles
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 * Aliases                = Hercules, Harold Campion, Champion, Wonder Man
 * AlienRace              = Demigod
 * Identity               = Public
 * Allignment             = Neutral
 * Affiliation            = Gods of Olympus
 * Relatives              = Zeus (father), Alcmene (mother, deceased), Demeter, Hestia, Hera (aunts), Hades, Poseidon (uncles)
 * Universe               = New Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Mount Olympus


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'4"
 * Weight                 = 220 lbs.
 * Eyes                   = Brown
 * Hair                   = Brown
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 * Citizenship            = Olympian
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 * PlaceOfBirth           = Thebes, Greece
 * Creators               = Gardner Fox
 * First                  = All-Star Comics #8


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 * HistoryText            = Hercules was one the most famous heroes of ancient times. He is the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. Among other exploits, he was a member of the Argonauts that sailed under Jason. Though his worse crimes are forgiven, this has not stopped him from occasionally working against the Amazons.

Hippolyta
Seeking to punish the Amazons, Ares coaxed Herakles and his men to best Hippolyta and her warrior people. With Theseus in tow, he marched on their city, and met Queen Hippolyta outside the gates. He was not at all interested in peaceful negotiations, but was unable to defeat her in battle. Impressed, Hippolyta allowed the men to enter the city. They abused the opportunity to drug their hosts' drinks; when all were asleep, Herakles made his play. He chained and raped Hippolyta and stole her girdle. He then returned to his homeland with Theseus, escaping the wrath of the Amazons. He could not escape the wrath of the Gods.

Penance
For breaking their oath to the gods, the Amazons were forced to guard Doom's Doorway on the newly made island Themyscira. What they did not know was that the gods punished Herakles by having him support the island. I wasn't until several millennia later that Wonder Woman discovered what had been done to him. She offered to share his burden, which he refused, feeling his punishment just. He did seek to apologize to Hippolyta. The Gods, convinced that he had redeemed himself, took away his burden, allowing Heracles to leave the underworld. He was the first man to set foot on Themyscira, and he immediately begged the Amazons for forgiveness. Though some of the Amazons still harbored hatred for their past rapes and humiliation, most of them were moved by Herakles' newfound humility, and Queen Hippolyta asked her people to search their hearts for the strength to forgive, which they eventually did. Doing so herself, Hippolyta not only forgave him, but shared a brief romance with him before he left the mortal realm to return to his father in Olympus.

Champion
Later, Heracles appeared in the contemporary world and schemed to take revenge on the Amazons by seducing Wonder Woman. He did this by making an agreement with the mortal superhero Harold Champion. In exchange for his identity, Heracles gave Champion admission into Mount Olympus. Once this was agreed upon Heracles used the Mirror of Circe to alter his appearance into that of Champion and proceeded to befriend Wonder Woman as a "new" friend. Heracles' identity was eventually revealed and he resumed his life on Mount Olympus.

One Year Later
A revamped Hercules reappears during the events of One Year Later. Now shaven, his place has been renewed as a fellow agent of Olympus, who occasionally aids Diana and even replaces her in battle. He temporarily set up his base in the Greek Embassy.

As one of the occupants of Olympus who rejected Athena's decision to remove themselves from the mortal realm, Hercules journeyed to Tartarus in hopes of recruiting Ares to aid him in returning to the mortal realm. Instead he found Circe who, upon hearing the demi-god's story and not wanting to spend eternity in limbo with Athena, decided to partner with Hercules instead. However, this didn't last long, as Circe betrayed him. With Diana's help, he was able to capture Circe, only to reveal his true motives: use her magical powers to transfer the power she had stolen and her own powers to him, becoming a new god to rule over Earth. Using the Lasso of Truth, he tried to compel Circe to cast the spell, and Diana encourages her to answer the question. Circe, revealing that the only way to cast that spell would be to reverse the original, cast the spell, returning their powers to their original owners and returning Diana's role as Wonder Woman to her.


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 * : Hercules is an excellent hand to hand combatant and is a particularly excellent Greco-Roman wrestler.


 * : Hercules is highly skilled and experienced, with all forms of weaponry used in ancient Greece.


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 * Mirror of Circe
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 * Notes                  =
 * During the Marvel/DC crossover JLA/Avengers, Wonder Woman believed the Marvel Comics' Hercules to be a villain, assuming he had raped her dimension's Hippolyta; however, Marvel Comics' Hercules had simply seduced Marvel Comics' Hippolyta with her consent. Wonder Woman came to realize this by the end of the story. Ironically, Hercules is a hero in the Marvel Universe, while Hippolyta is a villainess in that universe.


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 * Despite sometimes being called Hercules, that hero is but an avatar of him, created by the Gods to spread their influence in Ancient Rome. It is Hercules who grants his powers to the Marvel Family, not Herakles.


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