THE MONSTER OF POSEIDON

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Olympian sea creature

Occupation: None

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Poseidon (Poseidon Aegaeus)

Enemies: Hercules (Heracles), Hesione, Laomedon

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The waters of Troy, in what is now Turkey

First Appearance: (in a Marvel comic) Incredible Hercules I#114 (March, 2008)

Powers/Abilities: The Monster of Poseidon was extremely large, with strength and durability to match its size. Its hide was so thick that it could withstand spears being hurled into it.

    It could survive unaided in water.

Height: Unrevealed (see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed (see comments)
Eyes: Yellow
Hair: None

History:
(Greek myth / Incredible Hercules I#114 (fb) - BTS) - After the Olympian gods Poseidon and Apollo built walls around the city of Troy as part of their sentence for conspiring against Zeus, Trojan king Laomedon refused to pay them and Poseidon unleashed the Monster of Poseidon while Apollo unleashed a pestilence in revenge.

(Greek myth) - Carried into Troy in a flood, the Monster of Poseidon began snatching up Trojan citizens. Oracles foretold that Troy could be spared the Monster's wrath if Laomedon sacrificed his daughter Hesione to the Monster and Laomedon agreed, arranging for Hesione to be chained to rocks near the Monster. Witnessing Hesione being chained as he arrived in Troy, the demigod Hercules offered to rescue Hesione.

(Greek myth / Incredible Hercules I#114 (fb) - BTS) - Laomedon hired Hercules, who required Laomedon's magical horses as payment. Laomedon agreed to Hercules' request, neglecting to mention that the Monster of Poseidon had been released due to Laemodon reneging on his payment to Poseidon.

(Incredible Hercules I#114 (fb)) - Hercules battled the Monster of Poseidon, hurling a spear at the beast while the chained Hesione watched.

(Greek myth) - Hercules ultimately slew the Monster of Poseidon with the help of Oicles and Telamon, rescuing Hesione at the last minute, but Laomedon reneged on his payment to Hercules as well, leading to Hercules waging war on Troy.

Comments: Adapted into Marvel Comics by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Khoi Pham and Paul Neary.

    The Monster of Poseidon's height and weight were impossible to determine, as we only ever saw its neck and head emerging from the water, but it's size is massive, as the 6'5" Hercules was not even as big as the Monster's head (see above image).

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Monster of Poseidon
should be distinguished from:


images: (without ads)
Incredible Hercules I#114, p8, pan4 (The Monster of Poseidon, main image)


Appearances:
Incredible Hercules I#114 (March, 2008) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente (writers), Khoi Pham (pencils), Paul Neary (inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)


First posted: 10/24/2024
Last updated: 10/24/2024

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