Real Name: Herbert Henderson
Also Known As: Hercules Henderson, Atomic Teenage Hercules
Age: 17
Occupation: High School student
Origin: Herbert Henderson was a 98 pound weakling , until he came upon an ad from "Science Myth Laboratories" in the back of a comic book. It was advertising an "Atomic Hercules Belt with Expandable Manacles of Might and Power Pack" that was "guaranteed to bulk you up with atomic energy at the push of a button!" As it turned out, "Science Myth Laboratories" was run by Damien Zeus, the great grandson of the human scientist ancient Greeks thought to be the ultimate God, Zeus. In actuality, the Greek Gods and mythological monsters were all results of Zeus's scientific experimentation. The original Hercules became mighty as a result of a chemical steroid that eventually drove him to insanity. Now, in modern times, the new Zeus was trying to find a muscle expander using atomic energy. Herbert ordered this invention and it worked. With the apparatus, Herbert became a herculean muscle man. Zeus thought this was all just an experiment, and that when the power pack's energy depleted, Herbert would just go back to normal, but he soon found he had to enlist his help. At the time, there was only one manufactured power pack, so Herbert was the only one able to battle Melissa Dusa, a psychotic lady scientist who transformed herself into a gorgon. Zeus had to recharge Herbert's power pack, and now, this former wimpy kid has the might of Hercules, and the trials to match!
Powers, weapons and abilities: Herbert becomes Herculean by pressing a button on the side of his belt. The belt is connected to the power pack strapped to his back, which, in turn, is connected by tubes to the expandable manacles on his wrists. The more times he pushes the button, the more energy flows through to expand his atoms, and make him larger. In his Herculean form he can jump extreme distances, punch through brick walls etc. And his strength grows every time he presses the button. He is also provided with advanced weaponry from Science Myth Laboratories.
Weaknesses: If he pushes the button too many times, he will be driven to madness (like the original Hercules) even though he will be enormous. Plus, the atomic energy could make him chemically unstable.
Favorite Sandwich: Gyro
Favorite Actors: Kevin Sorbo, Steve Reeves
Oh I do hope you will post pictures of Melissa Dusa at some point. I love Greek mythology and this is a fun twist on that whole mythos! How fun is this. I like that a lot of your characters are on the verge of something. Like they have to be careful or they will be consumed by their powers or side effects of those powers. it is fun and really makes the story interesting, because I want to know what will happen next.
ReplyDeleteI will post Melissa Dusa- I have a feeling you will really like her design, I am planning on doing profiles for all of the main villains and minor characters, but I wanted to get a lot of the heroes out of the way first.
ReplyDeleteI love Greek Mythology too, and other people have brought Mythology into the present with stories before, like that -I forget what it was called-I think it was like something and the Olympians, they made a movie about it, but my twist was to involve the cheesy sci-fi aspect to the classic myths. Now I get to play with the mythological archetypes and make things like "the Hydrogen Hydra"!
I love the twist you are doing with mythology. It is fun and really enjoyable. I am also looking forward to the villain profiles. And Hydrogen Hydra just sounds like so much fun. Mythology mixed with cheesy sci-fi stuff is just super fun.
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