Cerberus is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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, based on the figure

Cerberus

Cerberus , or Kerberos, in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound which guards the gates of the Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping...

 from myth.

Publication history

Cerberus first appeared in Thor

Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....

#130 (July 1966), and was created by Stan Lee

Stan Lee

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 and Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

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.

The character subsequently appears in The Champions #1 (October 1975), The Avengers #282 (August 1987), Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (May 1990), Doctor Strange #35 (November 1991), Thor #462 (May 1993), Thor Annual #19 (1994), Fantastic Four #21 (September 1999), Hercules #5 (September 2005), and X-Factor (vol 3) #223-224 (August 2011).

Fictional character biography

As in Greek

Greek mythology

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 and Roman mythology

Roman mythology

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, Cerberus is the gigantic, three-headed guardian of Pluto's underworld. He is able to become a humanoid figure and was defeated by Thor when the Thunder god tried to rescue Hercules from Pluto.