During the beginning of the 1960s, the exploits of the Asgardians Thor and his evil brother Loki demonstrated that an updating of ancient myths could again win readers.

The Olympians are a race of extra-dimensional beings that possess a variety of mystical superhuman abilities that were once worshipped by civilizations centered on or around the Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas such as Greece, the Roman Empire and parts of Egypt and Turkey as gods from roughly 2500 BC until roughly 500 AD.

The average Olympian, both male and female, can withstand extreme temperatures and high caliber bullets without sustaining injury.

The average Olympian can repair injuries that result in severe lacerations and loss of blood within a brief period of time without any scarring.

A small minority of Olympians possess the ability to fully regenerate missing limbs without external aid from other gods.

The musculature of all Olympians produces considerably fewer fatigue toxins than those of human beings, granting them superhuman stamina in all physical activities.