Thor's Olympian counterpart Hercules had his greatest moment in the spotlight when writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente turned "The Incredible Hulk" into the "Incredible Hercules" in the aftermath of "World War Hulk." And one of their most memorable stories brought Thor and Herc back together, in their own unique way.
In #132, Hercules meets Balder, current ruler of Asgard, who's been forced to exile Thor after Loki tricked him into killing his grandfather. But Balder needs Thor to prevent the Queen Alflyse of Svartalfheim from conquering the other realms, so he calls in Hercules as a substitute, disguising him in Thor's armor. Except "Balder" is really Svartalfheim's once and future king Malekith the Accursed (which savvy readers might have seen coming since his costume's twenty years out of date).
Unlike the real Thor, Hercules can't resist the pleasures of the flesh, and he ends up eating, drinking, and screwing his way into marriage to Alflyse, who he finds expecting him to lead the invasion he'd been sent to prevent. Fortunately, the real Thor shows up, but to keep the Dark Elves from retaliating for Hercules' deception, he wears his own disguise, leading to #136's promise of a battle between "Hercuthor" and "Thorcules."
Thor-as-Hercules challenges Hercules-as-Thor on behalf of Asgard, and we see they're not afraid to fight dirty, as shown with sound effects like "NUHHKKKRACK!" "HWWWEDGIE!" and "NURP!" (written in purple, of course). Hercules loses, which is just fine by him even if he has to ice his groin, because he not only prevented war, as far as everyone watching is concerned, "Hercules" won.
