CRUSHER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Olympian god?/mutate? (see comments)

Occupation: Warrior

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Agent of Pluto

Enemies: Thor (Odinson)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Insolent one," "thou grotesque caricature of a warrior" (as called by Thor)

Base of Operations: Tartarus

First Appearance: Thor I#130/1 (July, 1966)

Powers/Abilities: The Crusher possessed great strength (Class 25-75) and durability, with an especially strong grip. He was likely immune to the effects of disease and/or aging.

Height: 7' (by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

History:
(Thor I#130/1 (fb) - BTS) - The past of the Crusher is unrevealed (see comments).

(Thor I#130/1) - Thor went to Hades to battle the forces of Pluto, in an effort to free Hercules from his thrall. Pluto sent the Crusher against Thor, and although none had broken the Crusher's grasp before, Thor broke free and hurled the Crusher away.

   Soon after, Pluto conceded defeat to prevent Thor from shattering Hades in the course of the battle.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

And these three images are the entirety of this Crusher's blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, so his facial features were never depicted.--Ron Fredricks

Pluto has a number of "mutates" who serve him. As Pluto is the lord of the underworld of Hades, it would make the most sense that these are the spirits of the dead, mutated and manipulated by him. He could even be fashioning false, ectoplasmic or other inorganic bodies for these spirits. However, as far as I know, the origins of these mutates has never been revealed.

Will U suggests that the Crusher could be Antaeus, the son of Poseidon who received his strength from contact with his mother, Gaea. Hercules defeated him by lifting him into the air and then crushing the breath out of him so he'd definitely be a ghost by now.
True, but he also COULD be anyone else, as well. There's no evidence to link him to anyone. All we know is he was a big, strong guy under Pluto's control. Hercules' adventure with Antaeus was shown in flashback in Avengers I#265.

New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Crusher has no known connections to: