That’s him on the right with the beret and glasses and this is a part of his origin story. It turns out that Anteas’ had a family and they continued to survive thousands of years into the 1940’s and Anteas’ great, great, great (honestly I don’t know how many greats there are to go back that far, let’s just assume a lot) grandson actually shared the power of his ancient ancestor, This particular piece of Greek mythology would inspire Robert Kanigher to create a modern take on the character, and the results were actually quite clever. If Anteas hit the ground he would rise again and his strength would be restored.Īs you might have gathered from the totally not suggestive sculpture above (they’re just wrestling, honest), Hercules defeated Anteas by lifting him up off the ground and crushing him to death. As long as Anteas’ feet were on the ground he was invincible and even stronger than Hercules himself. While Hercules was strong there was a problem. While working on his 11th labor of collecting the golden apples of Hesperides, Hercules is confronted by the giant Anteas. He’s featured prominently in the Legend of Hercules as the son of Gaia, or Mother Earth. Well, the answer is pretty simple, Anteas is an actual figure from Greek mythology. So the character had a pretty impressive team behind him, but why would they commit to something so ridiculous? Not only did Robert write Wonder Woman for over 20 years, he actually wrote the first appearance of the Silver Age Flash: Barry Allen.Īnteas was also drawn by Louis Ferstadt, a man with few known credits but he did do some work on Plastic Man. He was written by a man named Robert Kanigher. On one hand they published one of the first blatant Superman ripoffs in comic book history, on the other hand they made crazy heroes like the Anteas the Bouncer.ĭespite his ridiculous name and appearance there was actually quite a bit of thought and talent that went into this guy. He was published by Fox Feature Syndicate, the company that was most famous for giving us the Blue Beetle.įox was an interesting company. You are a king among men and I hope this becomes the greatest article I ever write.Īnteas the Bouncer first appeared in his own titled comic in 1944. Steranko, if you are reading this I want to thank you from the bottom of my decrepit heart. He introduced me to the comic book hero Anteas the Bouncer. He got a sly smile on his face, took out his pen, wrote a name on a piece of paper, and handed it to me. I asked him if he knew any obscure Golden Age superheroes that I could write about. The man is a living legend, one of the medium’s greatest artists, and about a million times nicer than he has any right to be.Īnyway, while I was talking to him I told him about this blog and what I was trying to do. So this weekend I went to Rhode Island Comic Con and had the great pleasure of meeting comic book artist Jim Steranko.
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