Olympus (Marvel)

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Olympus is a place that features in Marvel Comics.

When the Earth was young, it was inhabited by the already ancient Titans who were already old by this point. (Avengers v1 #49)

Countless millennia ago, the Titans were defeated leaving Typhon the last of their number who was banished from Olympus by Zeus. (Avengers v1 #49)

Within Olympus resided the following locations:

Garden of the Hesperides : (Hercules v3 #1)
Temple of Apollo :
Tower of the Sun : (Marvel Two-In-One v1 #44)
Temple of the Promethean Flame : this was a temple containing a perpetually burning fire that was lit so long as the gods of Olympus ruled. (Avengers v1 #49)
Fortress Tartarus : a fortress located in Hades that was ruled by Pluto and manned by the Legion of the Accursed who were the most tormented souls within his hands. (Avengers v1 #282)
Pathway of Infinity : a golden bridge that stretched across the dimensional abyss that separated the realms such as Hades to Olympus. (Avengers v1 #282)

Races native to this realm included:

Gigantes : they were referred to as a superstitious people. (Hercules v4 #2)
Kentauros : name given to the centaurs with their kind being led by a Hipparch. (Hercules v4 #3)

Hecate :
Phorcys :
Achelous : a river god with a bull appearance and a tail that was a snake who had an enmity with Hercules. (Hercules v3 #1)
Theseus : a young male god who was slayer of the Minotaur. (Civil War II: God of War v1 #2)

Olympus was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in Journey into Mystery Annual v1 #1 (1965).
In Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica v1 #1 (2009), it was described as a small pocket dimension adjacent that was a nexus to various associated realms and Earth with one doorway being on Mount Olympus.

In Avengers Assemble, Olympus was shown in the animated television series fourth season Secret Wars in the episode "Incredible Hercules". It was described as being the home of the Olympians that mortals were not allowed to visit unless invited with Hercules stealing the Mace of War from his brother Ares before escaping onto Earth. Ares dispatched numerous beasts before he could successfully capture Hercules again where he took him back to Olympus in order to use the mace to open the doorway to Tartarus so that he could send its hordes of monsters including the Kraken to ravage Earth. The Avengers travelled through the portal to Olympus where they worked together with Hercules to defeat Ares whereupon they trapped him in Tartarus whereupon they sealed the doorway.

In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Olmypus was referred to in the video game where a portal connected it to the realm of Asgard.
In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Olympus was referred to in the Facebook video game in the mission "Special Operations - The Wild Hunt". After Asgardians were using Iso-8, the various superheroes were worried whether the Olympians would engage in harnessing that element. Hercules journeyed to Olympus and determined that the pantheon had no desire to engage in mortal affairs with only Ares showing any interest.

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 ==In other media==
 ===Television===
+*In Avengers Assemble, Olympus was shown in the animated television series fourth season Secret Wars in the episode "Incredible Hercules". It was described as being the home of the Olympians that mortals were not allowed to visit unless invited with Hercules stealing the Mace of War from his brother Ares before escaping onto Earth. Ares dispatched numerous beasts before he could successfully capture Hercules again where he took him back to Olympus in order to use the mace to open the doorway to Tartarus so that he could send its hordes of monsters including the Kraken to ravage Earth. The Avengers travelled through the portal to Olympus where they worked together with Hercules to defeat Ares whereupon they trapped him in Tartarus whereupon they sealed the doorway.
 ===Video games===