History Characters / MarvelComicsOlympians

* ArcherArchetype: Thanks to being inspired by one of the TropeMakers.

* SuperWeight: Normally somewhere between 4 and 5, as he has {{Super Strength}} on par with Thor, but lacks his extended powerset. During Chaos War he became a High-Level 6, after first becoming a *Super-God* who defeated the entire roster of Skyfathers and later gaining enough power from Gaea to stalemate the reality-devouring Chaos King and afterwards recreate 98% of the multiverse. After this incident burned out his power, he became somewhere between 1 and 2, because he is still a master fighter and retains his magical arsenal of weapons. Quickly went back to being class five again in the All-New Marvel Now comicline where his powers were mysteriously restored.

Not long after the ComicBook/CivilWar ended, Tony Stark realized that the world needed an Avengers team once more. Citing the need for a "[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]][=/=]ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}", basically a god-level being willing to kill, Stark pressed team leader ComicBook/MsMarvel into offering Ares a spot on the new Mighty Avengers. When ComicBook/IronMan and Ms. Marvel visit [[MundaneUtility Ares at a construction site]], effectively blowing his cover, the God of War has no choice but to accept, though he makes Tony match his construction pay ($44/hour, apparently). As a member of the Mighty Avengers, Ares fulfills the role of TheBigGuy along with ComicBook/TheSentry.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Hercules's strength increases in proportion to his anger. Not nearly as much as the Hulk (whose size and power boost ''exponentially'' with anger, not proportionately), but a pissed-off (or Hydra-poison-maddened) Hercules has been able to curbstomp ComicBook/WonderMan, [[ComicBook/CivilWar a Thor clone]], and an alternate-universe Silver Surfer.

Not to be confused with Creator/DCComics' [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]], who is Franchise/WonderWoman's grandfather and ArchEnemy.

** At one point, while Herc was running around being himself, his distraught wife Hebe was set on a blind date with [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. Hercules shows up and tries to beat the crap out of (a completely mortal for all Herc knows) Peter. When Hebe asks where Herc gets off getting angry at her for going on a date, when Herc is unabashedly unfaithful, Herc flat out states that it's because a wife is a man's ''property''. [[WhatTheHellHero Neither she nor Spider-Man let him slide on that.]]

* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: The fates of several gods after Nyx's slaughter such as Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hebe are unknown. While Dionysus was confirmed deceased, he wasn't seen among the reborn Olympians.

** HealingFactor: Not as fast as some, but can recover from most wounds in a few minutes.
** {{Immortality}}: Ceased aging a long time ago and is difficult to kill.
** SuperStrength: Ares is the third strongest Olympian after Zeus and Hercules and tied with his uncles Pluto and Neptune.
** SuperToughness: Played up once he becomes an anti-hero, one of the things that make him dangerous is toughness combined with his healing factor makes doing any lasting or serious damage to him very difficult.

** TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Tony Stark forced him to join, threatening to sic ComicBook/TheSentry on him if he didn't.

* AnythingThatMoves: She made Typhon of all beings, a literally snake-legged monster locked in a semi-humanoid form by Zeus, her lover while she had him controlled as her bodyguard.

%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Worse than ever.

* HurtingHero:
** He never forgave himself for killing his family back in the age of myth.
** He was absolutely lovesick for Taylor Madison throughout the Dark Age era, and greatly mourned her once she "died".
** The "New Labors" miniseries from 2005 featured Hercules trying to rebuild his reputation and self-respect from probably his lowest point.
** He is hurt and depressed by the fact that many of his former teammates and friends don't respect him or want him around in his 2015 series.
** In general, he tends to party to so much to cope with the death of his family, shame of his most famous deeds being punishment for it, the inevitable deaths of his mortal friends, the constant harrassment from Hera, and the constant crap from his father Zeus along with nothing he ever does being enough to satisfy him.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: After he temporarily loses his powers, he completely emotionally breaks down due to his extremely pompous nature, is reduced to a hobo living on the streets, and is kicked in the groin and beaten up by Electra when attempting to hit on her.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Just ask the Hulk. He also curbstomped the Avengers, including Thor, without trying during Roger Stern's Avengers run.

* RatedMForManly[=/=]TestosteronePoisoning: At times it can be difficult to tell which he is supposed to be. Ares is a fan of massive muscles, big weapons, large explosions, drinking beer, GoodOldFisticuffs, and being so tough he can charge into any situation foregoing any strategy. The very embodiment of manliness. Yet he acts as a deconstruction in that he takes this to such an extreme it can come across as over the top and goofy, especially if it costs him the mission or he loses battles where he does not drastically outpower whomever he is fighting.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Seldom wears footwear whether she's going around in a toga or a swimsuit.