There suppose to be gods and powerful but hera had troubles fighting iron man, and in ares limited series he started bleeding from some bullets. I just think they should be alot stronger.

I can see Hera having trouble with Iron man, I mean i don't want to see her just out right destory him. But the whole Ares, begin hurt by bullets tht's just ridiculous.

i dont understand hera having a hard tiem with iron man its so mortal of the gods theres mutants that could beat them

Your right. 

honestly no mortal being should be able to defeat a god but if that were true with comics no one would care about them as characters, technically speaking hercules and thor should be able to kick the collective asses of the avengers xmen and fantastic four with no help but like i said these characters have to maintain relatablity or else theyd have the 50 thousand hate threads superman has. people just get tired of characters like that

Many writers have difficulty writing powerful beings with less powerful ones.  Their autowin powers are often mentioned, but not used in battle.  Hera is bad since she was supposed to be powered up by Zeus's thunderbolt.  You don't want the gods to be invincible, but being one of the major gods Hera should be capable of more.  Pak and Lente have a history throughout Incredible Hercules of portraying the gods as weak.  Look at Poseidon who was weakened for no good reason.  How many times did they have a god threatened by a mere gun and meant to be serious?  The recent Herc issue may have in some ways been meant to make up for that.

Yep, I have always been partial to Greek Mythology as opposed to Norse Mythology.

i think marvel need to do a big story of asgardians vs  olympians to give them some big credibility...
 
odin vs zeus
thor vs herc
balder vs ares
loki vs pluto
sif vs athenna
 
would be some epic battles !!!

" i think marvel need to do a big story of asgardians vs  olympians to give them some big credibility...  odin vs zeus thor vs herc balder vs ares loki vs pluto sif vs athenna  would be some epic battles !!! "

asgardians would definitely win but it could still give the olympians a big lease of life in marvel which i think they need !!!

@Djinn: Sigh...I know, I know. Zeus was worshipped as the All-Highest, Almighty, Invincible and All-Triumphant by the Hellenes (the foundation of the Western World) and the Romans (the greatest empire Europe had ever seen at the time). Although I don't myself worship him, he is my favourite Earth Godhead. According to Marvel's own official stats he could generate and wield vast amounts of mystical and cosmic energies, is able to will himself invincible, and rivals Odin in sheer power. As the Olympian God of Thunder, Lightning, Wisdom, Order and the Universe (the Romans really pushed his epithets to new dimensions and Saint Augustine himself supported them), I'm pretty sure if hard-pressed in battle against the Asgardians (however unlikely that will be storywise), I'm pretty certain it would be a stalemate. I just wish Marvel would really equalise all the pantheons to a larger degree than it has and display no further bias to any pantheon. But that's just me.

It pisses me off a lot. The Hesiod and the other Olympians if they were at the level they are in their myths were so powerful men could not even look upon their true forms without dying. And even "non-violent" gods could kill mortals with an after-thought.

@Axis_Mundi said:

@Djinn: I just wish Marvel would really equalise all the pantheons to a larger degree than it has and display no further bias to any pantheon. But that's just me.

Well, I dont know about that. Not to offend any other real cultures, but the Norse, Greek, & Egyptian should be at a higher level than some of the others, just based on how well known they are. Maybe the japanese Kami also. But they should all be higher than say the Vodu or Akua.

^I agree. A power trio of Thor, Hercules, and... Horus maybe? Also, if the Asgardians and the Olympians went to war the only battle that would matter in the long run is Zeus vs Odin. Hercules can probably beat Thor in a purely physical fight, but Thor has to many other powers for Herc to win in the long run.