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Issue Details

Issue #127
Published May 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mark Paniccia; Jordan D. White (Assistant Editor)
Notes Cover sports the Dark Reign trade dress.

Cover Details

Characters Hercules; Amadeus Cho; Athena
Genre Superhero
Pencils David Williams (signed)
Inks David Williams (signed)
Colors ? [as Guru]
Notes Cover sports the Dark Reign trade dress.

22 page Hercules story "Dark Reign"

Characters Aegis [Trey Rollins] (death); ?; Athena; Hercules; Amadeus Cho; Silenus; Hera [also as Hera Panhellenios; also as Hera Argeia]; Typhon; Furies; Metis (flashback); Zeus (flashback); Hephaestus (flashback); Hebe; New Warriors (flashback); Pluto; Dark Avengers [Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn]; Ares; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; Sentry; Hawkeye [Lester]; Wolverine [Daken Akihiro]; Ms. Marvel [Karla Sofen]; Captain Marvel [Noh-Varr]]
Synopsis "As Hera consolidates her takeover of Olympus, marking Hercules and Athena for death, she reaches out to forge an alliance with the greatest mortal power on the planet -- NORMAN OSBORN! With the forces of Heaven and Earth both arrayed against our heroes, how can they possibly survive? And what role does the ex-New Warrior AEGIS play in Hera's mad scheme?" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Fred Van Lente; Greg Pak
Pencils Dietrich Smith
Inks Cory Hamscher
Colors Raúl Treviño
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]

1 page Hercules recap "Previously in The Incredible Hercules"

Characters Hercules; Amadeus Cho; Delphine Gorgon; Athena; Hera; Typhon
Genre Superhero
Letters Typeset; ?
Notes Placed between pages 4 and 5 of the main sequence.

1 page Hercules promo (ad from the publisher) "Next Issue!"

Genre Superhero
Pencils David Williams
Inks David Williams
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Incredible Hercules (Marvel, 2008 series) #128 [cover preview]