ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
Real Name: None
Identity/Class: Terrestrial
Boar (Post
Hyborian)
Occupation:
Predator and Scavenger
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies:
Hercules
Known Relatives:
The Calydonian Boar (possible cousin)
Aliases: Boar of Erymanthus
Base of Operations:
Mount Erymanthus in northwest Arcadia, (15th Century BC) (now part of modern
Greece)
First Appearance: Hercules
III#1 (June 2005)
Powers/Abilities:
The Erymanthian Boar possessed the normal conventional attributes of a normal
European boar (Genus: Sus scrofus) including formidable tusks and the ability to
run faster than human beings (up to 30 miles an hour). It's only outstanding
characteristic was its great size (reportedly about five feet tall at the
shoulder).
History:
(Greek/Roman Myth,
Hercules III#1 (fb)) - The Erymanthian
boar was a boar of significant size that prowled and hunted on the slopes
of Mount Erymanthus in Arcadia. King Eurystheus of Mycenae sent Hercules on his
fourth labor to capture
alive the Erymanthian Boar ravaging the city of Psopkis near Mount Erymanthus.
Trapping the boar in deep snow on the mountain, he took it to King Eurystheus
who again hid in a jar on his approach.
Comments: Adapted by
Frank Tieri, Mark Texeira and James Palmiotti
In Hercules
III#1, Hercules is shown stringing up the boar on the limb of a tree; it's
likely he did so after capturing it in order to make it easier to sling over his
shoulders and take it to Mycenae. (One wonders if Eurystheus at least allowed
Hercules to stay for the really big barbecue that followed afterward.)
Profile
by:
WillU
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Erymanthian Boar is not to be confused with:
- The Calydonian Boar, slayed by the
Argonaut Meleager, not seen in the MU
- Dr. Stranger-Yet, alternate reality
boar-counterpart of Dr. Strange, @ Dr. Strange II#25
- Gullinbursti,
Asgardian boar-god, @ Journey into Mystery I#103
- Moccus, Celtic boar-god, not seen
in the MU
- Razorback, Buford T. Hollis,
boar-motif superhero, Spectacular Spider-Man II#12
- Triax, humanoid boar created by the
Man-Beast, @ Warlock I#3
- Warthos, boar-like creatures from
the Microverse, @ Incredible Hulk II#104
Images:
Hercules III#1, pg 28,
Issues:
Hercules III#1 (June 2005)
Last updated:
12/17/05
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