But it’s never not fun and that goes a long way in keep the writing engaging. Abnett gives the story a goofy charm with his fun character work that carries the plot past what is basically your standard hero fights villain in New York City Marvel fare and some exposition that at times can feel almost too on the nose. And that’s really fun, Hercules wears a man bun, Gilgamesh crashes on his couch, they live in an apartment in traditional Greek neighborhood Astoria, Queens and for his services, Hercules has accepted as varied of tributes as a Hulk action figure to a Kaiju trading card. In Hercules, writer Dan Abnett tries to make the hero a study in contrast, the classical hero is adjusting to the world around him with his peers like Gilgamesh or foe’s, like the ancient spiritual monster of Greek mythology that Hercules spars with for the majority of the issue. Yet in light of it’s recent controversy over the character’s sexuality, it’s real world parallel’s inadvertently add another layer to it’s themes, for better or worst. In it’s debut issue, Marvels’s new Hercules series attempts to create a dichotomy between traditional ideas and modern ways of thinking and it works overall.
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