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Pluto of Hades
Pluto

Real Name

Pluto (Roman name) or Hades (Greek name)

Created by

The Greeks

Hades

From Humdinger vol. 1 #4.

Origin[]

Pluto (known as Hades in Greek Mythology) was the god placed in charge of Hades, the underworld in Greco-Roman mythology. He was the brother of Jupiter (Zeus) and Neptune (Poseidon). He later abducted and then married the goddess Persephone.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Wham Comics #2
  • National Comics #32
  • Airboy Comics vol. 3 #4
  • Zip Comics #40
  • All Good Comics
  • Humdinger vol. 1 #4

Notes[]

  • Though often portrayed as a force of evil, or even explicitly an analogue of the Christian Satan, in many modern works of art, he has a more ambiguous role in Hellenic polytheism.

See Also[]

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