- Comedy
- Tiny Hercules collection
- Ages 7–11
Tiny Hercules
Part of the collectionTiny Hercules→The world's tiniest, mightiest hero tackles twelve epic tasks in a fast, funny full-colour comic series — non-stop action and big laughs for Bunny vs Monkey and Dog Man fans.
- Books2 / 12
- Arcs1
- Span2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Tiny Hercules is a full-colour comic-book series written by Jon Lock and illustrated by Nich Angell. Hercules may be the smallest hero in Ancient Greece, but he has the biggest heart and an even bigger talent for landing in trouble: banished from Tiny Olympus, he must complete twelve epic tasks to get home, dragging gods, monsters, mortals and a regular kid into the chaos. Each instalment pairs slapstick and silly gags with bright, breathless comic panels that barely pause for breath. Fast, funny and gleefully daft, the series serves Greek mythology with maximum nonsense and is a dependable hook for reluctant readers who like their stories loud, illustrated and action-packed.
The world's tiniest, mightiest hero tackles twelve epic tasks in a fast, funny full-colour comic series — non-stop action and big laughs for Bunny vs Monkey and Dog Man fans.
Read in publication order; the twelve-tasks premise runs across the series, though each book delivers a self-contained comic adventure.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–2 · 2026Low sensitivity
The twelve epic tasks
Slapstick comic-book romps through Greek myth as the tiniest hero tackles his epic tasks.
The series so far pairs its opening adventure with a second, cabbage-fuelled instalment, each a self-contained slapstick romp through Greek myth. The pocket-sized strongman blunders through gods, monsters and mortals, with a regular kid and the residents of Chutney-on-Toast swept along for the chaos; in Golden Cabbage Chaos a single golden cabbage tips everyone into mayhem the tiny hero and his friends must sort out. The register stays loud, silly and absurdist throughout, driven by bright, energetic panels rather than dense text. It is a reliably funny, low-sensitivity comic series that leans hard into nonsense — an easy win for reluctant readers who want mythology served with maximum daftness.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–11
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–11
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author