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Hercules Volume 1: The Monster Hunter
GET READY FOR A WHOLE NEW HERO'S JOURNEY!
The Greek gods don't really get why Hercules chose a mortal life over joining them on Mt. Olympus, but since he proved his mettle as a hero many times over, they're happy to enlist his help with divine missions in the earthly realm - like when Aphrodite brings an artist's sculpture to life, and Herc has to restrain the newly conscious artwork from destroying everything in its path!
After reining in the rogue statue, Hercules returns to explain the situation to Aphrodite - only to find her temple empty and abandoned. Is the goddess of love simply pouting, or is something more sinister afoot? If you know anything about classical mythology, you know it's going to be the latter!
The immortal team of Emmy Award-winning writer ELLIOTT KALAN and artist GEORGE KAMBADAIS bring these legends of antiquity to hilarious new life in Hercules Vol. 1: The Monster Hunter, and feature a complete cover gallery of vase-worthy artwork from the finest artisans of the land!
The Greek gods don't really get why Hercules chose a mortal life over joining them on Mt. Olympus, but since he proved his mettle as a hero many times over, they're happy to enlist his help with divine missions in the earthly realm - like when Aphrodite brings an artist's sculpture to life, and Herc has to restrain the newly conscious artwork from destroying everything in its path!
After reining in the rogue statue, Hercules returns to explain the situation to Aphrodite - only to find her temple empty and abandoned. Is the goddess of love simply pouting, or is something more sinister afoot? If you know anything about classical mythology, you know it's going to be the latter!
The immortal team of Emmy Award-winning writer ELLIOTT KALAN and artist GEORGE KAMBADAIS bring these legends of antiquity to hilarious new life in Hercules Vol. 1: The Monster Hunter, and feature a complete cover gallery of vase-worthy artwork from the finest artisans of the land!
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160 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2026
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Review of advance copy
Someone's kidnapping gods - and that means Hercules, newly minted hero for hire, has a new quest to undertake!
Elliott Kalan weaves a funky little yarn, bringing in some familiar faces like Meg, Phil, and Pegasus as well as the Olympian Gods, while also adding some new ones to the tapestry, like Galatea. It's nice that he doesn't go the usual route for these kinds of follow-up sequel stories and bring back Hades again, and getting some more facetime with the Olympians is something I'd have hoped for if Disney ever managed a Hercules 2.
The thing stopping me from scoring this higher than 3 stars is that it doesn't conclude, and given Dynamite's all-over-the-shop publishing schedule, even the Olympian Gods don't know if we're going to get a conclusion.
Elliott Kalan weaves a funky little yarn, bringing in some familiar faces like Meg, Phil, and Pegasus as well as the Olympian Gods, while also adding some new ones to the tapestry, like Galatea. It's nice that he doesn't go the usual route for these kinds of follow-up sequel stories and bring back Hades again, and getting some more facetime with the Olympians is something I'd have hoped for if Disney ever managed a Hercules 2.
The thing stopping me from scoring this higher than 3 stars is that it doesn't conclude, and given Dynamite's all-over-the-shop publishing schedule, even the Olympian Gods don't know if we're going to get a conclusion.
March 10, 2026
Surprising pretty good. It's a whole brand new story. Someone is kidnapping Gods and Hercules is on the case. This series is good for George Kambadais's over-exaggerated art. I hate the lack of backgrouds though. It's really pronounced. This does end in the middle of the story so I do hope there's a volume 2.
April 28, 2026
i didn't expect it to end on a cliffhanger i'll be honest
but overall this was fun and galatea is a cutie
but overall this was fun and galatea is a cutie
June 21, 2026
I was disappointed by this. I found the visuals and dialogue underwhelming. This lacked the humour and imagination that I enjoyed so much in the ‘Disney Villains: Hades’ Graphic Novels.
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