Collects Incredible Hercules #126-131. Hercules heads into the heart of darkness! Are you ready for more Marvel action and adventure with the sometimes ill-tempered, often addle-brained, but always lovable Prince of Power, Hercules? First up is a head-on battle with Norman Osborn and his evil Dark Avengers. Next on tap is a trip through the Stygian depths to Tartarus on a bold mission to help Herc's sister, Athena, restore Olympus. And to top it all off, a Marvel milestone for the ages! Forget Wolverine! A classic origin tale is spun as Hercules' ascent from mere mortal to the Olympian heights of godhood is finally revealed! It doesn't matter whether he's in ancient Thebes or living under Norman Osborn's Dark Reign - Hercules is ready to rumble!

Explains Hercules' origins, the superhero's confrontation with Norman Osborn, and his attempt to restore Olympus.

A new team of Avengers has assembled but with the Scarlet Witch on the scene leading them to their destiny, and Hank Pym perhaps going a little too far in his tribute to his deceased ex-wife, is there something sinister lurking beneath this heroic undertaking? Featuring the Hulk, Iron Man, Quicksilver, Hercules and more of your classic Avenger favorites! PLUS: The Unspoken speaks - and a world trembles! The Inhumans recently escaped to the stars to fight the War of Kings, leaving behind a secret that will consume the world in terror. Find out the true nature of this dark, terrible secret.

With Thor in exile, Balder the Brave asks Hercules to pose as Thor to deter the Dark Elves' planned conquest of the nine worlds. Plus, the Olympian is trusted by Athena with keeping their father Zeus, who has been transformed into a twelve-year-old boy, safe, and Amadeus Cho discovers the truth about the explosion that left him an orphan.

Hercules and his sidekick, the renegade boy genius Amadeus Cho, take on the rest of the Marvel universe when they unsuccessfully champion the Hulk, and Hercules battles the Hulk when he invades Mount Olympus.

A military machine with a soul, a thinking computer in the form of a man, X-51 is the Machine Man! Abel Stack gave a government-created robot a human face, nurturing the man inside the machine and calling him son. But Stack's death left that son, Aaron, alone and running for his life. The military wants to strip him apart, mankind doesn't understand him - but in exploits crafted by two of the medium's greatest talents, he'll still redefine humanity. Few comic books were lucky enough to be graced by the work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. COLLECTING: MACHINE MAN (1978) #1-19; INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #235-237.

"When the fallout from Reed's lates experiment forces Sue, Ben and Johnny to fight their way through time, the Fantastic trio find themselves staving off a super hero Hyborian-age civil war, defending the Holy Land in the Crusades, conquering the Wild West, beating back the Nazis and boldly going where no time-traveler has gone before! Meanwhile, back on Earth, it's Val and Franklin versus Norman Osborn and the agents of H.A.M.M.E.R.! Plus: alternate realities, Celestials, Eternals, Deviants, Doombots and the return of the Illuminati -- and more important than all of that, find out the answer to the question: What is the Bridge?"--Page 4 of cover.