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365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

August 15th - Doc Samson

Leonard Skivorski, Jr. possessed a remarkable genius from a young age.  Although he became proficient in numerous branches of science, his true passion was for psychology.  He earned a PhD and became a licensed psychotherapist, quickly earning an excellent reputation as a skilled therapist.  Leonard liked to keep his hair long and was quite the lady’s man; and somehow this earned him the nickname ‘Samson’ based on the Biblical hero who believed his strength was derived from his long locks.

Alongside his practice as a therapist, Leonard researched The Incredible Hulk and devised a Cathexis Ray projector that he believed could cure Bruce Banner from becoming The Hulk.  Leonard was brought in by General Thaddeus Ross when his daughter, Betty, had been transformed into a crystalline form after an encounter with the villainous Sandman.  Leaning on his guile as a psychologist, Leonard was able to subdue The Hulk and then used the Cathexis Ray to drain off gamma energies from him.  These energies were then utilized to transform Betty back into her human form.  

Captivated by the tremendous powers of The Hulk, Leonard exposed himself to the excess gamma energies he had collected.  It resulted in his growing twice his size and being bestowed superhuman strength and durability.  It additionally caused his hair to turn a shade of green.  

He legally changed his name to Leonard ‘Doc’ Samson and became a super hero.  Doc Samson would go on to have numerous adventures, often as an ally (and sometimes adversary of The Incredible Hulk).  Samson also began a romance with Betty Ross during a time where she and Bruce Banner were no longer involved. Betty ultimately left Samson over to his bitter envy over not being as strong as The Hulk.  

Samson would later become the director of the Ravencroft Institute as well as a therapist to numerous costumed heroes.  He was later killed in during the Chaos War event.  Not long thereafter, Samson returned to life and discovered that his being a gamma mutate connected him to the mysterious Green Door, facilitating a type of regenerative immortality.  

Teaming up once more with The Incredible Hulk, Samson investigated The Green Door and the mystical realm of the Below Place that it led to.  Samson was once again killed and this time unable to regenerate.  Instead his consciousness was transported into the body of the fallen hero known as Sasquatch.  This caused Sasquatch to become resurrected into a green furred versioned of itself with Samson’s mind.  Now going by ‘Doc Sasquatch’ Samson has become the director of Gamma Flight and led a mission to thwart a sinister scheme by the villainous Abomination.