Nobody pinch me...
Because this was a totally FUN comic one dreams about buying each week...

Incredible Hercules #121
http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.4879.Preview~colon~_Incredible__Hercules_%23121

Some page by page reactions (probably mean something only if you read the book)...

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Though the PrevPage was lamer than all previous in Herc and preferred the painted cover to the monkey business on any 'sunday', they were both a little fun too.

The FUN:

FB cameos by Dazzler and Simon. Horns on the server. Ares sitting in a diner (like that Seinfeld ep where George sits alone). Marvel throwing down the guantlet to DC's Wonder Woman staff with (intro?) Ares' daughter Hippolyta. Ares paying cash. Some (tatooless?/rival?) Atlanteans (still?) living underwater in Lemuria (so theyre Lemurans?). Cho's choice of comic. Splash page showcase of the CRAB HOLD. This scene: http://stashbox.org/227960/herc121atlanteans.JPG Owl in a SUV. Learning Parthenos=Vigrin and Philia=Brotherly Love, (right?). The interpretive visual of Atlas holding the world. Herc's turn hefting. 11th task lie. WWH lie. Agents of Atlas mention. The ART!!! The Amazons character design. Herc not too concerned. Lets ask him nicely?. Matrix moment. Narrative arrows. The green girl adding intrigue to their history. Artume. Namora feat. New Amazonia. Thats might not be such a bad thing. Bears repeating: Nobody pinch me. Eromenos reality check. There had to be a catch. Reveal Ares' granddaughter. Kid considerate way to dethrone a Queen (so much for that guantlet). Mention of Mikaboshi. Confirming Amazonia is a recent (returned) MU Earth location and not retconned to be around since Ancient Thebes. The (continuity confused) return of the Avenging Son! Anticipation for this: http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1008/HERC122_cov.jpg

Buy it.

Recap if you want FULL details:
http://www.comicboards.com/app/show.php?msg=thor-2008091718012186

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