Émile Cohl & Les Douze Travaux d'Hercule

Émile Cohl (January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely-forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".

Cohl made "Fantasmagorie" from February to May or June 1908. This is considered the first fully animated film ever made. It was made up of 700 drawings, each of which was double-exposed, leading to a running time of almost two minutes.
For the first time, Cohl used découpé paper in his film Les 12 travaux d'Hercule, in 1910.

Les douze Travaux...d'Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux d'Astérix) is an animated feature film based on the Asterix comic book series. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of the series, wrote the story and directed the film themselves; with co-direction by Pierre Watrin and the screenplay co-written by Pierre Tchernia, a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo.

After a group of legionaries is once again beaten up by the gauls, they imagine: "With such huge strength, they can't be human... they must be gods". Julius Caesar is informed, and laughs. He makes a decision with his council and goes to Armorica, to speak with Vitalstatistix. He gives the Gauls a series of 12 tasks, inspired by Hercules (but new ones, since the 12 Labours are outdated). Vitalstatistix assembles their best warriors, Asterix and Obelix, to do the job. The Roman Caius Tiddlus is sent along with them to guide them and check they complete each task.

Mickey helping Hercules

Mickey à travers les siècles (Mickey Through the Centuries) was a French comic strip series published in the early 1970s featuring Mickey Mouse as a time traveller. In one such adventure (Hercule et les travauz d'Hercule), he assisted Heracles in his twelve tasks. Here again, when they clean out the Augean stables, Augeas hesitates in paying them, so Heracles contents himself with giving the double-dealer a spanking.

Earth-Hercules 2300

Real Name: Earth-Hercules 2300
Type:Alternate (potential future Earth)
Core Continuum Designation: Earth-829Environment: Earth-like
Usual means of access: Vibrational attunement;Time travel
Dominant Life Forms: Ciegremites, Denicierans, Gegku, Humanity, Kawa, Nymeneans, Pheragots, Rigellians, Skrulls, Talbosians,Wilameanis; numerous extra-terrestrial races
Significant Inhabitants: Mentor, Akooti, Alpo, Aram, Arimathes, Assassins' Guild, Parnal Banak, Captain Bauer, B'Mak, Ceefer, Clide, Deen, Brother Doowish, Duluka, Eros, Mallax Fortnite, Galactus, Golden One, Har, Hercules, Hmorrie, Lt. Iberi, Count Igwannus, ISAAC, J'Webb, Mr. Koppalo, Significant Locations: Arago-7, Bomb Crater Cafe, Ciegrem-7, Deniciere, Earth, Mt. Olympus, Omacran System, Port Anteris, Planet,Starharbor, Starstation Raga, Talbos, Titan, Wilamean
First Appearance: Hercules I#1 (September,1982)

History: (Hercules II#1) - By the 24th Century, mankind had constructed great floating cities, traveled by advanced spacecraft, and hadlearned to manipulate objects by the power of thought alone.

Hercules displeased Zeus, who wished him to learn humility. Rather than send him to Earth,where he was a god, he sent him into space, where he would be a puny creature. He was given Apollo's chariot and steeds, on which he could travel through space. Arriving in the Andromeda Galaxy, he encountered the Colonizers of Rigel, who were impressed with him and sent along with him to record his exploits. They first stopped at Starharbor, where Hercules offended everyone by trying to pick a fight with a large Pheragot, not realizing that he was from a race of pacifists. Herc redeemed himself by saving everyone when a ship crashed into the harbor, but he did remember his earlier lesson and not try to impart"the gift" of combat on the next guy who bumped into him.

Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons

Real Name: Hippolyta (also spelled Hippolyte)
Identity/Class: Olympian god
Occupation: Vassal of Pluto, former Monarch
Group Membership: Queen of the Amazons; leader of the Bacchae
Affiliations: Ares, Pluto, Pazuzu formerly sought Hercules as her lover
Enemies: Hercules and the Argonauts, The Champions, Caledonia, Marvel Girl (Valeria Von Doom), Thor
Known Relatives: Artume (daughter), Ares (father), Otrera (mother, possibly deceased), Zeus (grandfather), Antiope, Penthesiliea, Melanippe, Hiera (sisters, deceased), Hippolytus (nephew, deceased)
Aliases: Queen of the Amazons
Base of Operations: Hades, formerly Themiscyra (now part of modern Turkey)
First Appearance: Thor I#127 (April,1966)
Powers/Abilities: Hippolyta possesses greater strength, stamina and resistance to injury than any other Olympian goddess. She has superhuman strength(Class 50) and above average prowess in armed and unarmed combat taught by Ares himself. In addition, she can further enhance her strength by donning the Gauntlets of Ares. These grant her close to Class 100 strength, but they are only effective in combat. They do not grant strength unless used in a fight against another. Her girdle was also a highly sought-after item.
Height: 6' 2
Weight: 200 lbs.

Adventure n.1: (Marvel Treasury#24) - Hippolyta posed as an innocent woman who Hercules saved from being hit by a car. He accompanied her back to her apartment, which was actually one of Mt. Olympus' touchstones on Earth, and she revealed her true identity. Furious over his spurning of her love, she attacked and tried to kill him, her own strength greatly amplified by the Gauntlets of Ares. However, in the course of the battle, they collapsed some immense pillar. Hercules caught the pillar to save Hippolyta, but because of its magical ties to Olympus (or some other such plot device), he could not hurl it away. Hippolyta had merely to stand back and watch Hercules be crushed, but she couldn't do it. She added her strength to his (the Gauntlets' power was no help here) in tossing the pillar aside. Saying they made better friends than enemies, ercules offered her his hand in peace. Disgusted, she slapped it away, asking why she would want his hand when she couldn't have his heart. She told him she had repaid her debt to him for saving her life, but that some day she would have her revenge.