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Marvel Olympians

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Captain Marvel #29

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Captain Marvel #29
 
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Captain Marvel chosen to be the protector of the universe

1st cameo appearance of Uranos, the uncle of Thanos

1st appearance of Sui-San, Thanos's mother

Origin of the Eternals and the Olympians

Thor Annual #10

Marvel ⋅ 1982

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Thor Annual #10
 
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1st appearance of Demogorge the God-Eater

1st full appearance of Apollo, god of light

Origin of Gaea, Chthon, Set and other Elder Gods

Includes the first map of Asgard

Avengers, The #281

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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Avengers, The #281
 
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1st full appearance of Artemis, goddess of the hunt

1st full appearance of Hephaestus, weapons-maker of the gods

Thor Annual #8

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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Thor Annual #8
 
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1st appearance of Athena, goddess of wisdom

In Thor #164, there is an error where Zeus refers to his wife Hera as Athena

Battle of Thor versus Zeus

Avengers, The #50

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Avengers, The #50
 
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1st cameo appearance of Apollo in mainstream Marvel continuity

Tales to Astonish #70

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Tales to Astonish #70
 
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Solo stories featuring Namor the Sub-Mariner begin

1st appearance of King Neptune and his trident, a powerful weapon in the Marvel Universe

Kid Komics #1

Timely ⋅ 1943

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Kid Komics #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Captain Wonder

1st appearance of Timothy Mulrooney

1st appearance of Subbie, a version of Sub-Mariner for younger audiences

1st cameo appearance of King Neptune, different than the mainstream depiction of the god that later appears in Marvel Comics

Thor #127

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Thor #127
 
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1st appearance of Pluto aka Hades

1st appearance of Hippolyta, later becomes Warrior Woman

1st full appearance of the Midgard Serpent

1st appearance of Volla, a wraith

Red Raven Comics #1

Timely ⋅ 1940

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Red Raven Comics #1
 
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Debut artwork by Jack Kirby at Timely (Marvel) Comics

1st appearance and origin of the Red Raven and the Eternal Brain

1st appearance of Mercury, later becomes Hurricane then retconned to be Makkari from Kirby’s ‘Eternals’

1st appearance of Pluto who is later retconned to become Kro from Kirby's 'Eternals'

1st appearance of Magar the Mystic

This issue is the first appearance of a number of classical mythology characters but later appearances do not connect with these versions therefore they are not considered the mainstream Marvel depictions of the Olympians

1st appearance of Mercury (Hermes), Pluto (Hades), Jupiter (Zeus), Minerva (Athena), Vulcan (Hephaestus), Aeolus, Diana (Artemis), Apollo

Thor #129

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Thor #129
 
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1st appearance of Ares, Greek god of war, in Marvel continuity

1st appearance of Hermes (Mercury), messenger god

1st appearance of Hera, the wife of Zeus

1st appearance of Dionysius, god of wine

1st cameo appearance of Artemis (Diana), goddess of hunters

1st cameo appearance of Hephaestus (Vulcan), weapons-maker of the gods

1st appearance of Harokin, a deceased Asgardian adversary to Thor

1st appearance of Tana Nile, a Rigellian colonizer in disguise

Thor Annual #5

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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Thor Annual #5
 
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1st appearance of Toothgnasher & Toothgrinder, giant goats that pull Thor's chariot

Brief appearance of Apollo, Hephaestus and Artemis

Olympus declares war against Asgard

Venus #1

Timely ⋅ 1948

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Venus #1
 
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1st appearance of Venus aka Aphrodite

A version of Apollo appears in this series as a servant to Venus

Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #1

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #1
 
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68-page one-shot of biographies covering a wide-range of gods and mythologies in the Marvel Universe

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,985

Journey Into Mystery Annual #1

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Journey Into Mystery Annual #1
 
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1st appearance of Hercules

1st appearance of Zeus

Versions of the Olympians have appeared previously in different Timely and Marvel comics but the versions of the characters introduced here consistently maintain an ongoing continuity

First battle of Thor vs Hercules

[August 2022 - rumored solo project in the works titled Hercules: Rise of the Gods]

Sub-Mariner #57

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Sub-Mariner #57
 
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1st appearance of Venus in the Bronze Age, last appeared in 1952

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