Hercules & Xena: The Comic Book Begins

Hercules & Xena: The Comic Book Begins was a five-page comic strip that appeared in TV Guide issue 2255 published for the week of June 15th to 21st, 1996. It served as a prelude and advertisement to the monthly Hercules comic being produced by Topps Comics.

Story
Hercules, quickly running on a mission, comes along Xena at a natural bridge. Both are in a hurry and won't let one or the other pass. As they prepare to fight over it, they're interrupted by the troll Anaxus. Anaxus charges them 20 dinars for permission to use the bridge, and in response, Xena and Hercules knock him off of it.

Anaxus lunges at them from below, but misses and breaks the bridge instead, sending all three into the river. With the bridge destroyed, Anaxus takes solace that he at least stopped Hercules and Xena from completing their mission. However, they admit, surprisingly, that their mission was to stop the troll from attacking passersby. Anaxus states he'll repair the bridge, but as they exit the water, Hercules and Xena announce that they will build another bridge, and charge only one dinar, to further damage the troll's business.

Characters

 * Hercules
 * Xena
 * Anaxus

Gods

 * Zeus

Places

 * Greece
 * Athens
 * Sparta