Hercules gets his own team, and it’s all D-listers. Black Widow, Angel, Iceman and Ghost Rider. They even give him Don Heck as artist. Poor Herc.
Black Widow is the leader.
She’s applying for a job at UCLA.
Iceman and Angel are there too, having left Xavier’s school.
But not for long: The campus is invaded by Harpies looking for the Greek goddess Venus.
Iceman fights them by putting them in ice cubes. It’s a silly use of his powers, but I’m gonna say that, coupled with his goofy repartee (“catch my snow drift?”) that Bobby is intentionally humiliating them, rather than just being a lame hero.
Widow is the star action hero.
Coincidentally, Johnny Blaze is driving by.
Then, the Gods Pluto and Ares appear and says what this is all about: Hercules must marry Hippolyta , Queen of the Amazons, or the universe dies. This leads to a big battle on Olympus.
Of course, the marriage never happens and in the end the heroes are all sent back to Earth by Zeus.
These aren’t “important” stories, but there are a few lasting effects on Angel, who decides to go public with his secret identity and changes to a horribly gaudy new costume.
Their first adventure has the crew helping Hercules go to Olympus to defeat Pluto and Ares and save Venus.
Creators are Tony Isabella (script #1, plot #2-3), Bill Mantlo (script #2-3) and Don Heck (art #1-2), George Tuska (art #3).
You’re right! What was the Angel thinking about with that underwhelming excuse for a costume-?? Of course, ol’ Wings has a history with ugly, yellow-and-red costumes-look at what he was rocking from ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #’s 39-60!! Holy eyesores!!