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Zeus

Zeus

Zeus is the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea. He is the most powerful member and ruler of the Olympian Gods, an extra-dimensional race of superhumans. Zeus slew his father and took his place as the Sky-Father of the Olympian realm. Zeus is the Olympian God of Thunder and Wisdom and father of Hercules. He’s childish, arrogant and temperamental but ultimately he loves his family and protects them at all cost…most of the time. Unless he murders them which he does sometimes.

Strength

  • Crushes a pier (source) (Champions #2)
  • Temporarily keeps Mjolnir from returning to Thor (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Easily overpowers Thor (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • One-shots Ares (source) (The Avengers #50)
  • Easily overpowers Namor and She-Hulk (source) (The Avengers #284)
  • Almost kills Hercules with a savage beatdown (source) (The Avengers #285)
  • Staggers a hungry Galactus with one punch (source) (Chaos War #3)
  • Kicks and beats Hulk so hard that he destroys a mountain, shatters Hulk’s rib cage, and collapses his lungs; the beatdown weakens Hulk’s strength and healing factor (source) (Incredible Hulks #621)
  • Almost kills Nova with one punch (source) (Guardians of the Galaxy #1)

Durability

  • Defeats Thor after fighting him for several months straight (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Takes a blast from Zuras (source) (Thor #291)
  • Ignores a blow to the head from Thor (source) (The Avengers #284)
  • Unaffected by Monica Rambeau’s strongest attack (source) (The Avengers #284)
  • Ignores a punch to the head from Namor (source) (The Avengers #284)
  • Has his own power redirected at him by Black Knight and is wailed on by the Avengers but gets back up and KOs all of them (source) (The Avengers #285)
  • Survives a blast from Akhenaten that killed other skyfathers and left King Thor unconscious, though not taking the brunt (source) (Marvels the end #3)
  • Takes a punch from Ares (source) (Ares #2)
  • Unaffected by a combined attack from Thor, Daimon Hellstrom, Silver Surfer, and Sersi (source) (Chaos War #3)
  • Shrugs off a blast from a hungry Galactus along with Daimon Hellstrom’s hellfire (source) (Chaos War #3)
  • Sent flying through stone columns by Hulk (source) (Incredible Hulks #621)
  • As a child, survives a blast powerful enough to kill Hera (source) (Incredible Hercules #140)
  • Ignores Nova’s punches (source) (Guardians of the Galaxy #1)
  • Moon Dragon struggles to cloud his mind while he is distracted by battle (source) (Guardians of the Galaxy #1)
  • Survives being in the center of a black hole bomb (source) (Guardians of the Galaxy #9)

Speed

  • Zeus and Thor are described as being as fast as meteors (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Catches Mjolnir when Thor throws it at him (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Blitzes the Silver Surfer (source) (Chaos War #3)

Weather Manipulation: Lightning

  • Summons lightning and thunder clouds to show off (source) (Amazing Adult Fantasy #13)
  • One-shots Monica Rambeau with a lightning blast (source) (The Avengers #284)
  • One-shots the Avengers with one large lightning blast (source) (The Avengers #285)
  • Rends the earth asunder with a single lightning bolt (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Turns a mountain into dust with one lightning blast (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • A lightning clash between Zeus and Thor lights up a night sky (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Matches Zuras’s blasts with his own lightning (source) (Thor #291)
  • Turns Ares into a pile of ash with lightning (source) (Hercules #1)
  • Kills many of his children with lightning (source) (Hercules #2)
  • Floors Hercules with a casual lightning strike (source) (Ares #2)
  • Scatters an army with a lightning strike (source) (Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad #3)
  • Stated that he could take control of lightning made by Thor if he wanted (source) (Thor Blood Oath #4)
  • Overpowers Thor with a single lightning strike (source) (Chaos War #3)
  • Floors Galactus with one massive lightning strike (source) (Chaos War #3)
  • As a child, kills the strongest dark elf with lightning (source) (Incredible Hercules #136)
  • Floors Hulk with one lightning strike (source) (Incredible Hulks #621)
  • Lights up a realm of infinite darkness with lightning (source) (Avengers No Road Home #4)
  • One-shots Phyla with lightning (source) (Guardians of the Galaxy #1)

Weather Manipulation: Other

  • Freezes a bunch of monsters (source) (Marvel Two In One #44)
  • Blows away several Eternals with an intense wind (source) (Thor #291)
  • According to mythology, invented fire for mankind (source) (Cloak and Dagger #10)
  • Creates a world-ending flood (source) (Assault on new Olympus #1)
  • Creates a tiny storm cloud (source) (Herc #9)

Teleportation/Portal Creation

  • Teleports Thor to and from Olympus (source) (Journey into Mystery #1)
  • Teleports Hercules to Earth (source) (The Avengers #50)
  • Teleports to and from Earth (source) (Marvel comics presents #12)
  • Teleports some demons away (source) (Sensational She-Hulk #25)
  • Teleports Pluto back to Hades (source) (Thor #467)
  • Opens a portal to the realm of abstracts (source) (Marvels the end #3)
  • Teleports Hulk and Hercules to Olympus (source) (Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed #1)

Shapeshifting

  • Grows big enough to eat the giant Métis (source) (Incredible Hercules #127)
  • Grows to the size of a mountain (source) (Incredible Hercules #141)
  • Grows to giant size again (source) (Incredible Hulks #621)
  • Transforms into a K-pop star named Storm (source) (Herc #6.1)
  • Transforms into a goose, a cow, and a storm cloud (source) (Herc #9)

Power Granting/Taking

  • Gives Thor a fraction of the life force of Olympus (source) (Thor #301)
  • Takes away Dionysus’s power and immortality (source) (Solo Avengers #11)
  • Takes away Hercules’s immortality (source) (The Avengers #384)

Astral Projection

  • Appears as two giant eyes in the sky (source) (Thor #129)
  • Appears as two giant eyes in the sky again (source) (The Sub-Mariner #29)
  • Appears as a giant head in the sky (source) (Avengers #38)
  • Shows his face in the clouds to laugh at Hercules (source) (Herc #1)

Matter Manipulation

  • Unmakes several boulders by scattering their atoms (source) (Thor Annual #8)
  • Claims to be able to cast Zuras’s atoms to the four corners of the Earth (source) (Thor #291)

Memory Manipulation

  • Wipes Namor’s memory (source) (The Sub-Mariner #29)
  • Restores the memory of Ares’s son (source) (Ares #5)

Life Creation

  • Creates and destroys a woman to test Hercules (source) (The Avengers #384)
  • Brings statues to life (source) (Hercules #4)

General Power

  • Described as Odin’s equal (source) (Thor Annual #14)
  • Odin considers him a great power (source) (Infinity Gauntlet #2)
  • Shakes the world when he gets angry (source) (Journey into Mystery #627)
  • Dormammu states that he and Zeus are equals (source) (Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1)
  • Thanos considers him to be on the same level as some cosmic beings (source) (Thanos Annual #1)
  • With help from Neptune, defeats Nyx at full power and splits her soul into three shards (source) (Avengers No Road Home #4)
  • Limit: Cannot harm a Celestial (source) (Thor #300)

Other Godly Abilities

  • Turns invisible (source) (Amazing Adult Fantasy #13)
  • Creates a tiny image of Earth to show to Hercules (source) (Journey into Mystery #124)
  • Sees through a Skrull’s disguise (source) (Hercules #4)

Miscellaneous

  • Has a chariot with two flying horses (source) (Amazing Adult Fantasy #13)
  • A woman dies after seeing his true form (source) (Incredible Hercules #130)
  • After being killed by Nyx, Zeus and the Olympians are reborn as they are fundamental myth aspects of reality and cannot truly be killed (source) (Avengers No Road Home #10)
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