But the young heroes succeeded in defeating him.
Some popular tales existed on how the cunning heroes succeeded in their sieges.
The hero wins them all and succeeds in getting the flower along with the three women who turn out to be princesses and siblings!
The hero succeeds in catching the otter, and brings it back to his home.
The hero attempts to rescue him and succeeds but in the process, slips and falls to the world below.
No American heroes have succeeded the likes of Shorter and Rodgers.
And what reverberates in all these tales is that in all our lives, even now, a hero succeeds in the end.
It contrasts with much fiction of the future, in which a hero succeeds in resolving conflicts or otherwise changes things for the better.
The heroes succeed, and the universes are returned to normal with help from the Spectre, who is in fact Hal Jordan, returned to this state.
Needless to say, the heroes of such stories usually do succeed in defending themselves, at least when Hollywood is telling the fairy tale.