Marvel’s latest meeting of the gods has just brought down one of the most electrifying figures from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

After teaming up with none other than the impossibly powerful Hercules for an adventure of divine proportions, the titular hero of Immortal Thor #13 and his allies find themselves cast into an endless darkness. Though they are initially unsure of where they have ended up, let alone where they are supposed to go from there, it isn’t long until the skies are ablaze with lightning. As it turns out, Thor and Hercules are hardly the only ancient heroes with business to attend to, and Zeus has no time to waste with his.

Written by AL EWING Art by JAN BAZALDUA Colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH Letters by VC’s JOE SABINO Main cover art by ALEX ROSS Variant covers by JORGE MOLINA, TODD NAUCK & RACHELLE ROSENBERG, HUMBERTO RAMOS & EDGAR DELGADO, and WALTER SIMONSON & LAURA MARTIN

First seen in Stan Lee’s story “Her Perilous Quest!” from the pages of 1949’s Venus #5, Zeus Panhellenios is the unquestioned ruler of the Olympian pantheon. Born to the Titans Rhea and Cronus, the latter of whom imprisoned his own children in the hopes of staving off his own demise, Zeus was the only one of Cronus’ descendants to escape his father’s imprisonment. Eventually, Zeus led the charge against the Titans, ultimately becoming the supreme ruler of all Olympians.

The Zeus of the Marvel Cinematic Universe debuted in 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder as portrayed by Hollywood icon Russell Crowe. The film saw Zeus standing as the leader of not just the Olympians, but of the gathered gods of Omnipotence City, which comprised numerous pantheons. When Thor came to warn the other gods of the threat of Gorr the God Butcher, Zeus eschewed the God of Thunder’s concerns, leading the Olympian to be struck by one of his own lightning bolts.

Over the past year, Thor has been caught up in a whirlwind of ancient secrets involving gods long believed to be gone and forgotten. The first among these was the Ur-Thor, Toranos, one of five Elder Gods who had been exiled to Utgard thousands of years ago in the hopes of escaping the wrath of the world’s ancient Demogorge. Since the return of Toranos, numerous other Ur-Gods have appeared, including the Ur-Loki and Ur-Odin, each of whom has proven to be more than the God of Thunder was expecting.

Immortal Thor #13

Source: Marvel Comics