Oddly, Hercules had pleaded with his Jupiter to be reborn from the Norse realm of Valhalla.ĭuring the Golden Age, Jupiter took a more significant role in Timely Comics, supporting the stories of the goddess Venus - the Roman name for the goddess of love Aphrodite, from which the romantic comic took its name. The demigod hero was granted a new life on Earth by his father. American comics were understandably tackling the very real rise of evil in Europe at the time, and Simon and Kirby, who would create Captain America a year later, tested the concept with Marvel Boy.
He played a bit part in Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Daring Mystery Comics #6 in 1940.
The blending of mythology was part of the deal from Jupiter’s first Timely appearance.
