First Appearance: Wonder Woman 10 (1987)
Creators: George Perez
Abilities: Primordial being with godly strength, stamina, immortality, and the power of metamorphosis.
Backstory: Cottus is one of three mythical creatures of Greek legend known as Hecatonchires, who helped Zues win the War of the Titans in ancient Thessaly for dominion over the universe. They are distinguished by their giant size, superhuman strength, as well as their additional one hundred arms and fifty extra heads. The were the offspring of Titans Gaia and Uranus, but their father, Uranus, found them so hideous that he locked them away in the infernal realm of Hades, known as the Tartarus.
In his comic debut, Cottus, brother to Briareos, Diana would square off with Cottus when she returns to enter Doom’s Doorway after Zeus demands that Diana perform dangerous tasks from each member of the Pantheon as punishment for refusing his advances.
He would later reappear living for thousands of years beneath Themyscira, until summoned by rogue Amazon, Alkyone to aide her in eliminating Wonder Woman. Both Alkyone and Cottus claimed that Cottus is Diana’s father, since the clay Hippolyta had used to create Diana was taken from Cottus without consent, which filled him with rage for eons. After being summoned from the depths, he engaged Wonder Woman demanding what was taken from him, but the demon was defeated and returned to the depths he calls home.
