hercules (legendary character)

A graphic novel in which Zeus's wife Hera is determined to make the life of her step-son Hercules as difficult as possible. She tricks him into doing twelve impossible tasks to test his strength and courage. But Hercules does not give up easily and Hera may be in for a real surprise.

Zeus and Hercules have gotten the Hydra's scale and the Amazon warrior queen's golden belt, and that leaves just one more task to complete to stop King Eurystheus from declaring war on Olympus--bring Cerberus, the three-headed hound of Hades, to King Eurystheus. Hoping Athena can help them convince Hades to let them borrow his hound, Zeus, Hercules, and Athena arrive in the Underworld only to be confronted by the mysterious Melinoe and her shadow army of skeleton ghost Nightmares.

Looks at the twelve labors of Hercules from ancient Greek mythology.