Mazinger series Mikene Empire - Hercules

And here's the Newest Mikene Warrior Beast - Hercules.

Hercules was a SuperHuman Warrior Beast that was the features Monster of the week on Episode 14 of the Great Mazinger series and was under the command of SuperHuman General Julicaesar.

Hercules, despite his name, looked like a medieval knight in appearance with gray legs and arms and a small gold-like battle skirt and a black belt with a buckle with its true face on it and a yellow chest with blue lines all across it with yellow dots and gray spikes on its shoulders and a knight helmet for head. He wielded a large pick axe for close combat, was an able swimmer, despite its bulky and heavy frame. It was armed with missiles on its torso as well as a smaller missile on its chest. It is also capable of releasing beams from its true face on the belt buckle. Hercules had Great Fighting Spirit when it see anything made of Metal.

In the Episode, he was tested by the Great General and proved his worth do to his fighting Spirit. The villains planned to use Hercules to fight Great while the Mikelos Fortress attacked the Science Fortress by unleashing a Storms - when this planned to failed failed to bring Great out, the General released a Tidal Wave in direction of the Fortress (going through renovations from a previous attack). This finally forces Great Mazinger, and he falls into the trap, sinking and Fighting Hercules underwater. General Julicaesar continued to launch more tidal waves, leaving Venus A and Boss Borot to help the Science Fortress. During their first fight, Hercules is briefly taken down by been stab in the torso with the Great Sword and a Rocket Drill Punch, that rips through the torso, but before Great could finished him off, Dr. Enzo Kabuto recalls Tetsuya back to assist in Venus and Borot in protecting the Fortress from the Tidal wave barrage from Mikelos.

As Great is pin down by Mikelos and it's fleet of attack subs, Venus and Borot come to assist, but Hercules enters back in action and the two are rapidly out maneuver, with Borot keeping Hercules busy with the barrage of missile the attack subs launch. Great returns to help out, allowing Mikelos and Julicaesar to escape and proceed to destroys the Sub fleet. Great finishes Hercules with a Breast Burner attack, thus saving Borot.

Hercules made a brief cameo in the intro sequence of Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness Deathmatch with other SuperHuman and Aquatic Warrior Beasts, heavily redesign colored with a whit frame and slicker body, limbs and head. He appeared and was part of the Warrior Beast attack force on the Photo Power lab in the Manga Shin Mazinger Zero vs the Great General of Darkness under the direct command of the Great General himself.