Doc Samson

Doc Samson (Doctor Leonard Samson) is a fictional character, a superhero and psychiatrist in the Marvel Comics universe.

Character biography

After Robert Bruce Banner was temporarily cured of being the Hulk, Samson - who had been working on Banner/Hulk in his job as a psychiatrist - exposed himself to some of the siphoned radiation, causing his hair to become green and granting him superhuman strength proportionate to the length of his aforementioned hair, reminiscent of his biblical namesake. His power level has since stablized to the point that it doesn't matter how long his hair is. Shortly afterward, his flirting with Betty Ross caused Banner to re-expose himself to radiation, becoming the Hulk once more to beat Samson up.

Feeling guilty about this, Samson would spend much time working with Banner over the years, eventually realising that he was suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. To "cure" this, he hypnotised Banner with the Ringmaster's help and successfully began the process of integrating their personalities. This got beyond his control, however, leading to a somewhat unstable merger which eventually fragmented once more.

In addition to the Hulk, his most prominent patient, Samson has also spent time in a professional capacity with the second X-Factor, the Molecule Man, and She-Hulk, among others.

In the year 2006, Samson starred in his own mini-series, had an appearance in She-Hulk #8 and played for psychiatrist to the X-Men's Marvel Girl, Rachel Grey, in Uncanny X-Men #469. In that issue, he also had a discussion with Valerie Cooper, regarding her and the O*N*E* organization taping his session with Rachel, even though he asked her not to. Samson was seen as part of Iron man pro side in Civil War at the end of Amazing Spider-man #533

Powers and abilities

Doc Samson possesses superhuman physical abilities slightly greater than a non-enraged Hulk. The gamma radiation that transformed Doc Samson fortified his cellular structure, added roughly two hundred pounds of enhanced muscle, bone, and connecting tissue to his body, and turned his hair green.

Unlike the Hulk, Doc Samson does not suffer from multiple personality disorder, and so retains his genius intellect in his powered state, while he also does not periodically revert to non-superhuman form. In connection with the Samson of myth, Doc Samson's strength is proportional to his hair length: cutting it short greatly reduces his abilities, almost "depowering" him, and letting it grow long helps him maintain his powers while causing him to become more aggressive.

In other media

In Ultimate Destruction, Samson appeared. Unlike in the comics, he doesn't fight the Hulk. In the game, Samson and Banner had planned to use the Hulk as their weapon to get of Emil Blonsky's Division forces and military units under the command of General Ross. In the fourth boss battle, Samson was forced to betray Banner. After Banner's escape, Samson makes an apology to Banner for betraying him, and they continue to build the machine for Banner to face Devil Hulk.

Doc Samson appeared in the 1996 animated series adaptation of the Hulk that aired on UPN, where he was shown both fighting the Hulk and trying to find a way to cure Banner of the Hulk.

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Character biography

Powers and abilities

In other media

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