Pluto (Marvel Comics) Pluto (Marvel Comics) Pluto is a fictional deity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Greco-Roman god of the same name. Pluto first appeared in the pages of "Thor" #127 in 1966 where he was adapted by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby. Pluto is the Olympian god of the Underworld, death, and the dead, and is the Monarch of Hades. Much of the character's story parallels that of traditional Greek Myth. To wit, after defeating their father Cronus, Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Neptune as well as his sisters
Pluto (Marvel Comics) major enemy of Hercules, when the young Hercules captures Pluto's dog Cerberus as one of his Twelve Labours. When worship of the Greek Gods dies out, Zeus forbids Pluto to take anymore souls into his underworld. He became bitter and begins a long history of plotting against his more powerful brother. After numerous failures, Zeus decrees that Pluto can only leave the Underworld if he finds someone willing to rule in his place. Pluto travels to Earth and disguises himself as Mr. Hellman, a movie producer, and invites Hercules to make a movie about himself. Hercules signs the contract into