It really is a just the font/color in the thumbnail playing a barely noticable small trick on many of our eyes, but it has given me a new headcanon as to why Bruce had to make sure he always had pants that never tore specifically at the crotch, as well as new completely wrong and immature reasons to laugh at the phrase "HULK SMASH!"
That's...actually *another* issue, entirely. No, seriously, Peter David wrote it that way intentionally. Maybe Sasha will cover it one day, along with the times Nightwing, Batman and Green Arrow were all raped...
That "all science is one" thing hasn't changed. Check out Felicity in Arrow - a hacker who is also somehow a dimensional physicist, medical doctor, and engineer.
This almost feels like commentary on how often people with mental health issues are often ignored unless they pose "a clear and present danger to themselves and/or others"
Just like how you ignore everyone you see on the street, what a stranger does isnt your concern unless they are actively endangering you or themselves. Psuedo intellectual take.
I first knew of Doc Samson from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It was such a great show and it's arguably Marvel's top 5 animated shows ever. Shame we didn't get a season 3 as it got cancelled. Anyway I appreciate this backstory as I'm unfamiliar with most of Hulk's supporting cast since I don't read a lot of Hulk comics.
Doc Samson is rad, he's beenn by the Hulk's side for years and different media interpretations, now if the rumor is true, and shows upin the She-Hulk show, we can see him in his true glory with a recast, because Ty Burrell as Samson was fine for the time, oh yeah, did anyone forget that he was Dr. Leonard Samson? Well now you know lol
Scaar and A-bomb are way better even if having both A-Bomb and Abomination at the same time is confusing. I just want them to use The Leader in the MCU someday.
Marin Bourgeois I like Red She-Hulk for personal reasons but I can admit Doc Samson is a better and more developed character. I’ve read comics with Scaar but I’ve only seen A-Bomb in the agent’s of smash show that I gave up on half a season in.
River Lovell I mean I haven’t really ranked my hulks but I’d am both She-Hulk and Doc Samson have a lot going for them so it comes down to personal preference more than them being good or bad characters. Like some characters are badly written and you have to look past that to like them but both or them have defined personalities and different enough circumstances from the hulk to stand on their own.
I recently read his first appearance, and I agree with your view on Samson. Some fans thought it was bad writing/decision-making on Bruce's part, but the man had to have been traumatized during the years spent as the Hulk. Banner went from being hunted by just about everyone to completely ignored. Samson should have been focused entirely on Banner once Betty was cleared. We still have an MCU version of Samson waiting to get an origin story.
So that’s his origin story. You send off humor makes this deep cuts very interesting and entertaining, a welcome change to all the comic book TH-cam channels that just spit out the facts; here we get an experience. Well done.
I remember reading a comic where Doc Samson goes to therapy and realizes he has the power for all the wrong reasons! Then he starts to redeem himself by trying to be a better hero/human.
I first learned of Doc Samson when he was a side character in X-Factor for one issue. He had a session with each team member. We got little of him, but got a lot of character depth from the team. I think he is a little underused in the Marvel Universe, considering he could help heroes and (imprisoned) villains and won‘t get killed the first time a superpowered patient acts up. Sadly this won‘t get better because of the static nature of superhero universes
Doc Sampson became an awesome character and really became a central part of the mythos under Peter David’s run. He was central to the “Professor Hulk” storyline where the hulk is finally ‘cured’. I would love to see a follow up vid about where he goes from here.
I can see why the 90s animated series overhauled the character. Just making him a regular scientist and less vain definitely made him more likable in that cartoon.
Following a possibly silly whim here but what if they made a B and C list Avengers team made up of the main heroes obscure friends like Doc Samson, Demolition Man, Rick Jones/A-Bomb, U.S Agent, Sifh or og Valkyrie? Maybe throw in Blonde black suit Spiderwoman from 80's Iron Man?
I always liked Doc Samson, going waaaaaay back to an issue titled "Big Monster On Campus" where he just shows up at the end and offers to help. you're right that many writers don't seem to know what to do with him, that was interesting to see what a pompous jerk he was at the beginning. guess that qualifies as a character arc.
Insanely preachy at times. And has a LOT of ego to give the One Above All who's a mix of the Capital G Judeo-Christian God and the original Marvel Creators (Mostly Jack Kirby) his own "Hulk" persona.
@@DIEGhostfish there were only a couple of preachy moment thay I remember, but yeah I really hated that about the ending. The entire store with the One Below All and the Green Door was awesome until the veeeerrryyyyy last part when Ewing basically just retconned God into being evil.... that part threw everything else off.
@@eagle_klaw_ They brought back Blonsky with the door which was nice. But then he used him in yet another preachy comic. (Which is a shame because the Creel-Titania stuff was actually cute in that Gamma Squad comic the main plot of ooh insurrection was dumb and preachy.
My favorite doc Samson appearance was the time he separated the Hulk from Bruce Banner (The first time he did it), and then he went out to fix the problem he caused. Well the Avengers had the same idea and they sent Iron Man, Wonder Man, Hercules(?), and Namor to also try to stop the Hulk and they jump Samson and he throws them around like a rag dolls. Not two panels later Iron Man it's like why should we let you go after the hulk, "after all ,we're all more powerful than you". The little kid me was like " but are you" ?
I actually only know this character from the earth’s mightiest heroes cartoon. The timing is great because I started rewatching it and finale started questioning wth this dude was
Great vid, as always, I didn't know Lenny's full origin, so this was pretty good to know. Thanks you so much for the great content. I didn't learn about Samson until I really got into comics in late 80s, and Hulk had just turned from Grey to his "Professor" phase. Peter David really expanded on the whole psychology of Banner, and used Samson as a Therapist should be used (Although anytime he tried his hand at some sort of heroics, it usually ended badly for the good doctor). I loved that in Hulk 393 (30th anniversary issue) there was a paper on Banner's personality disorder/history, written by Samson (David Obviously), I love insights into characters like that.
He had a miniseries in 1996 which was actually pretty interesting and established that ones gamma mutation reflects their internal thoughts and darkest desires.
I love it when comics make a superhero who still practices their profession as part of their identities! Is Samson the ONLY superhero psychiatrist? I feel like Marvel/DC missed out by not having him go up against Hugo Strange...On a similar note, are Daredevil and She-Hulk the only superhero lawyers? Are there none over at DC??
I am a fan of Sampson, but this is the first time I've actually read this issue, and I think that's for the best. There's a gap in my Hulk reading years wide. I would argue that most Hulk stories make me feel sad for Bruce, and in turn the Hulk.
Did they ever answer why the sideways non-flash bolt on this shirt? I loved when they used him to diagnose Banner's multi-personality disorder and the root cause. It was a revelation.
Honestly with how he looks he reminds me of Flash gordon in a weird way and the lightning bolt could be as close as they could get to the flash gordon star, while also referencing the flash himself from DC since he did get the look from a costume store.
I got quite used to this channel covering comic books' weirdest themes that I thought this was an R-Rated Marvel spinoff where Bruce Banner became Bruce Cosby.
Sampson is also the one that combined the Hulk/Banner personalities into one for the combined Hulk that would later be the "Professor" personality. (Should have been permanent growth of the character instead of another Hyde moment) He had the help of a Hypnotist villain to do it.
I did not know about the character until the 80s. He was not a jerk then. I read all of the green Hulk comics Peter David did. David made Samson the therapist to Banner and help deal with what was then called Multiple Personality Disorder during his run on the book.
I am a big fan of this story line and Doc Samson, I think they hit all the notes right of how an at first a boring side character can matter over time (which is one of the great thing about the whole form) and how, then, a character who matters as a man of science--medicine--god gifted but otherwise worldly and arrogant--can rise so as to become a classic arch villain--or, in some better minority of cases--an unlikely hero like the man Dr. Stephen Strange was before the accident. But that at that point that character achieves its "legend." So I love that old tale. Thanks for reminding us of it.
The Psychiatrist to the Hulk angle would be great for a Hulk Disney+ show set in Endgame's 5-year time gap, and it could be a psychological thriller show that explains how Bruce and Hulk...worked out their differences.
My favourite iterations of Samson were Peter David's (the leather vest/pony tail days) and Warren Ellis' (when Samson appeared in Thunderbolts to help Penance/Speedball).
Thank you for this show. Next to Hulk vs the Thing this was my favorite. I must confess I was 11 and I never read them but only looked at the pictures. And the drawing of the Hulk was perfect. Samson really caught my eye as well with his build and the flashy suit..Just looking at some of the pictures again had brought back memories and feelings I haven’t experienced since I first saw the comic. And your a great host so it was very entertaining. Thank you again.
Very underrated and under used. I loved Doc Sampson. Intelligent, gamma irradiated, strength grows with his green hair. Gets buff and makes him good looking too. Hair is the best 😎
Man when i wad a kid i always liked doc samson just because by the time i read him he seemed like a level headed guy with hulk strength and he was intelligent all the things I hoped for in the hulk when i was a kid.... i cant remember if i ever read him with the type of voice you gave him in my mind... i mean that was hillarious!!!
Doc Samson is actually one of those characters I wish would be adapted more often. There's a lot of Hulk supporting cast with gamma powers, but his is unique in that he only got a comparable tiny bit and is still superhuman enough to fight Hulk.
Love the character after they made him first Hulk's and then the superhero community's therapist. Wish he'd appear more. Hate that they took away his strength being tied to hair length.
The wig and the eye shadow. Perfect. Deadpool has gone walkabout again. I have a hard time liking Samson, he always, even when not being written that way, as being stuck up. Is anyone else not getting TH-cam notification emails?
doc is powerful to the max! the fact he wasn't there to convince the hulk to go back to skarr and actually live there, i would've had hilk go back to planet skarr and live there peacefully and not go back to earth the way they treated him
I love the good Doctor. After his recent resurrection, he was shown listening to Leonard Cohen's Songs Of Love And Hate. One of my favorite albums. Also, many years ago, Peter David made Doc Samson's character Jewish. I thought that made him more interesting. Imagine Samson having Larry David as a patient.
Have you ever read "X-aminations" in X-Factor? Spoiler alert: Samson's in it, psychoanalyzing the team in the aftermath of "X-cutioner's Song". It's a good story. I recommend it. Another recommendation: that story in one of Marvel's Holiday specials where Samson tries explaining Haunakkah (?) to some schoolkids--and they don't make it easy for him. 😄 (Also, apologies for misspelling Haunakkah. Twice... 😳)
Anything by Peter David is usually good but that issue is not only one of my favorite X-Factor issues from David's run, it's one of my favorite one-and-done issues of comics ever. It's so, so good.
I love how everyone who got Gamaray based power got the better of it (even that villain with the big head) except Banner. She-Hulk doesn’t have an alter ego, Samson neither , Ross neither , Abomination neither , and even Amadeus Cho was still himself when he became Hulk
Wig squadddd, also the lipstick sets it off perfectly 👌 😂 you interject your own personality into these comics so well that its hilarious, another like from me !!!
If I remember right Sampson wasn't even 100 ton lifting class (based on Marvel Universe Update). I believe he was like 70 ton class. I think Hulk started around 80 and got stronger, which was why Abomination could start off whooping on him because he was 100 ton class straight off, but then as the Hulk grew angry he outclassed him. So Sampson was never as strong as the Hulk at default, unless his powers upgraded over the years.
I totally didn't read the title the same way a bunch of you did. I'm not sure how to feel about my own naiveté lmao.
It serves as great clickbait at least 😳
It's that font girl, kerning is very important to pay attention to
Oh boy, it would have helped if there was an 's on Hulk
Blame Arrested Development and SNL Jeopardy skits 😂
It really is a just the font/color in the thumbnail playing a barely noticable small trick on many of our eyes, but it has given me a new headcanon as to why Bruce had to make sure he always had pants that never tore specifically at the crotch, as well as new completely wrong and immature reasons to laugh at the phrase "HULK SMASH!"
Hulk having a therapist is one of those things you never expect to be a thing but it totally makes sense that it is
I read this as "meet the Hulks rapist" and was really confused about why Marvel would do that.
Ok had to make sure I wasn’t going crazy because I definitely read it as that as well.
“Why marvel? Who asked for this?”
@@dominicbuck3744 *RAM RANCH INTENSIFIES*
@@hipten Hulk sad
That's...actually *another* issue, entirely. No, seriously, Peter David wrote it that way intentionally. Maybe Sasha will cover it one day, along with the times Nightwing, Batman and Green Arrow were all raped...
The title card for this is a lesson in making sure you have a good font.
"Hulk TheRapist."
Yeah that is what I first saw too and worried it was going a dark direction.
I see what you did there, Trebek.
Hahaha literally
I thought it was just me
I mean, its a good font. lol
I'm a pediatrician, but I've been known to dabble in quantum physics on my days off
That "all science is one" thing hasn't changed. Check out Felicity in Arrow - a hacker who is also somehow a dimensional physicist, medical doctor, and engineer.
The professor on Gilligan's Island was the master of all sciences, but didn't know how to make a boat.
And have mastered multiple disciplines that in reality would take decades to master one.
I always liked how Doc Samson is a strong guy with long hair. So simple. So straightforward. Never change, Marvel.
He is my favorite character too in Hulk's comics.
I read this like Celebrity Jeopardy Sean Connery and was like "The Hulk did what?!"
I saw the same thing and thought it was a review of Mark Millar’s The Ultimates.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one to do a double take
Glad I’m not the only one lol
#mostofustoo
Yes Doc Samson is great, all therapists should follow his style and rock the green hair.
I love how this is the only comment I’ve run into actually engaging in discourse about the contents of the video itself.
Can't wait to see that balding hairstyle half male therapists rock lol.
@@danielreed3718 ha! That is an odd comment with that name. No shade.
This almost feels like commentary on how often people with mental health issues are often ignored unless they pose "a clear and present danger to themselves and/or others"
true, true
Just like how you ignore everyone you see on the street, what a stranger does isnt your concern unless they are actively endangering you or themselves. Psuedo intellectual take.
I first knew of Doc Samson from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It was such a great show and it's arguably Marvel's top 5 animated shows ever. Shame we didn't get a season 3 as it got cancelled. Anyway I appreciate this backstory as I'm unfamiliar with most of Hulk's supporting cast since I don't read a lot of Hulk comics.
Yeah though EMH rushed very quickly to the Red Hulk Samson stuff.
Doc Samson is also portrayed by Ty Burrell in The Incredible Hulk (2008).
Doc Samson is rad, he's beenn by the Hulk's side for years and different media interpretations, now if the rumor is true, and shows upin the She-Hulk show, we can see him in his true glory with a recast, because Ty Burrell as Samson was fine for the time, oh yeah, did anyone forget that he was Dr. Leonard Samson? Well now you know lol
I didn't even remember him in the movie. I remember Samuel Sterns, and being hyped to see The Leader's debut on the big screen
I hope he starts out as his smarmy self
Lessons we learnt today:
Tooth Fairy is a Miracle
Betty will do what the plot demands
Samson is a ok with stealing his patient's girlfriend
Your Leonard Samson voice......,mwah chef’s kiss
I love Doc Samson. I love when people remember he exist. He’s my second favourite obscure hulk second only to Red She-Hulk.
Scaar and A-bomb are way better even if having both A-Bomb and Abomination at the same time is confusing. I just want them to use The Leader in the MCU someday.
Dude was great good character who can bring more than another colour swap hulk
Marin Bourgeois I like Red She-Hulk for personal reasons but I can admit Doc Samson is a better and more developed character. I’ve read comics with Scaar but I’ve only seen A-Bomb in the agent’s of smash show that I gave up on half a season in.
Dragoneta Slayer i too like red she hulk but doc Samson is better maybe even as good as normal she hulk... maybe
River Lovell I mean I haven’t really ranked my hulks but I’d am both She-Hulk and Doc Samson have a lot going for them so it comes down to personal preference more than them being good or bad characters. Like some characters are badly written and you have to look past that to like them but both or them have defined personalities and different enough circumstances from the hulk to stand on their own.
I was innocently trimming my hedges today, when this crazy lady with green hair started yelling at me!
I recently read his first appearance, and I agree with your view on Samson. Some fans thought it was bad writing/decision-making on Bruce's part, but the man had to have been traumatized during the years spent as the Hulk. Banner went from being hunted by just about everyone to completely ignored. Samson should have been focused entirely on Banner once Betty was cleared. We still have an MCU version of Samson waiting to get an origin story.
I didn't know hulk had a therapist. I guess he needed one because of anger issues
8:02 Gamma rays made Doc Samson's upper body Hulk-like, but left him with spindly little legs.
So that’s his origin story. You send off humor makes this deep cuts very interesting and entertaining, a welcome change to all the comic book TH-cam channels that just spit out the facts; here we get an experience. Well done.
I remember reading a comic where Doc Samson goes to therapy and realizes he has the power for all the wrong reasons! Then he starts to redeem himself by trying to be a better hero/human.
I first learned of Doc Samson when he was a side character in X-Factor for one issue. He had a session with each team member. We got little of him, but got a lot of character depth from the team.
I think he is a little underused in the Marvel Universe, considering he could help heroes and (imprisoned) villains and won‘t get killed the first time a superpowered patient acts up.
Sadly this won‘t get better because of the static nature of superhero universes
Doc Samson really comes into his own in the recent Immortal Hulk Series , which I can’t recommend highly enough
I thought he died wait... ah reboots
River Lovell your gonna wanna read to find out what happens ! 😁 all I can say is “The Green Door”
I loved that you covered Doc Samson. So pithy and funny. He's one of my favourite supporting characters. Thanks!
Loved your Doc Samson voice! It has that air of haughty smuggness that defined early Samson.
Doc Sampson became an awesome character and really became a central part of the mythos under Peter David’s run. He was central to the “Professor Hulk” storyline where the hulk is finally ‘cured’. I would love to see a follow up vid about where he goes from here.
Doc Sampson gave us the Merged Hulk (second best Hulk ever, behind Worldbreaker). That alone is enough to atone for any sins.
Hulk has a therapist,
There isn't a shrink qualified to deal with that big green mess.
Well, you obviously have never heard of Leonard Samson.
@@RDSArcade I have now and I love him. 👍🏾👍🏾 He's basically the perfect outcome of "I wanted the hulk powers for myself"
I would love a theme of Samson stealing other heroes powers so he can then steal the Heroes girlfriend
I can see why the 90s animated series overhauled the character. Just making him a regular scientist and less vain definitely made him more likable in that cartoon.
And less iconic.
Doc Samson is great. You’re the best Sasha! Keep the videos coming.
Following a possibly silly whim here but what if they made a B and C list Avengers team made up of the main heroes obscure friends like Doc Samson, Demolition Man, Rick Jones/A-Bomb, U.S Agent, Sifh or og Valkyrie? Maybe throw in Blonde black suit Spiderwoman from 80's Iron Man?
I always liked Doc Samson, going waaaaaay back to an issue titled "Big Monster On Campus" where he just shows up at the end and offers to help. you're right that many writers don't seem to know what to do with him, that was interesting to see what a pompous jerk he was at the beginning. guess that qualifies as a character arc.
Now imagine Ty Burrell looking like that.
You guys really need to read the immortal Hulk It’s insane
Insanely preachy at times. And has a LOT of ego to give the One Above All who's a mix of the Capital G Judeo-Christian God and the original Marvel Creators (Mostly Jack Kirby) his own "Hulk" persona.
@@DIEGhostfish there were only a couple of preachy moment thay I remember, but yeah I really hated that about the ending. The entire store with the One Below All and the Green Door was awesome until the veeeerrryyyyy last part when Ewing basically just retconned God into being evil.... that part threw everything else off.
@@eagle_klaw_ They brought back Blonsky with the door which was nice. But then he used him in yet another preachy comic. (Which is a shame because the Creel-Titania stuff was actually cute in that Gamma Squad comic the main plot of ooh insurrection was dumb and preachy.
I guess I'm one of the few who read it as "The Hulk's Therapist, Doc Samson"
What a world we live in....
That font made that look like 3 words, not 2...
My favorite doc Samson appearance was the time he separated the Hulk from Bruce Banner (The first time he did it), and then he went out to fix the problem he caused. Well the Avengers had the same idea and they sent Iron Man, Wonder Man, Hercules(?), and Namor to also try to stop the Hulk and they jump Samson and he throws them around like a rag dolls. Not two panels later Iron Man it's like why should we let you go after the hulk, "after all ,we're all more powerful than you". The little kid me was like " but are you" ?
I actually only know this character from the earth’s mightiest heroes cartoon. The timing is great because I started rewatching it and finale started questioning wth this dude was
My favorite thing about Samson is he is technically in the MCU. He's played by Ty Burrel of all people in the Hulk movie
Liv Tyler is returning to the MCU in Captain America 4, the only one left is Ty Burrell.
I'm loving your voice for Samson it's hilarious and making the comic even more glorious!!
I completely misread the thumbnail and thought the second word was two words, first one: “The”. 😳
I literally was just talking to my tattoo artist about going the doc Samson bolt on my chest.
Call Connery. I read the thumbnail as Hulk The Rapist.
Great vid, as always, I didn't know Lenny's full origin, so this was pretty good to know. Thanks you so much for the great content.
I didn't learn about Samson until I really got into comics in late 80s, and Hulk had just turned from Grey to his "Professor" phase. Peter David really expanded on the whole psychology of Banner, and used Samson as a Therapist should be used (Although anytime he tried his hand at some sort of heroics, it usually ended badly for the good doctor). I loved that in Hulk 393 (30th anniversary issue) there was a paper on Banner's personality disorder/history, written by Samson (David Obviously), I love insights into characters like that.
I loved when Samson crossed over into (David's) X-Factor.
I would have loved to have seen Ty Burrel play this part. They probably could have added him to She Hulk with a small bit of tweaking.
With Liv Tyler returning as Betty Ross in Captain America 4, he’s only one left to return to the MCU.
He had a miniseries in 1996 which was actually pretty interesting and established that ones gamma mutation reflects their internal thoughts and darkest desires.
So that's why the Hulk is a giant monster while samson is a buff psychologist?
I love it when comics make a superhero who still practices their profession as part of their identities! Is Samson the ONLY superhero psychiatrist? I feel like Marvel/DC missed out by not having him go up against Hugo Strange...On a similar note, are Daredevil and She-Hulk the only superhero lawyers? Are there none over at DC??
😁 My favorite Doc. Samson story is from Peter David's X-Factor where he diagnoses Pietro and the rest of the team.
It is a really good story.
"Maybe he'd like to be taken to dinner."
So true.
Wow the green wig works for you! As for Doc Samson, a self absorbed shrink, who would have thunk it. EVERYBODY!
It's amazing what just a small enough space between "E" and "R" can do, while all the other letters are pretty much touching.
I am a fan of Sampson, but this is the first time I've actually read this issue, and I think that's for the best. There's a gap in my Hulk reading years wide. I would argue that most Hulk stories make me feel sad for Bruce, and in turn the Hulk.
Did they ever answer why the sideways non-flash bolt on this shirt? I loved when they used him to diagnose Banner's multi-personality disorder and the root cause. It was a revelation.
Honestly with how he looks he reminds me of Flash gordon in a weird way and the lightning bolt could be as close as they could get to the flash gordon star, while also referencing the flash himself from DC since he did get the look from a costume store.
Doc Samson is basically Dr. Kureha Shinogi from Baki
8:34 Nobody sees the purple suit? Is Banner a pimp named slickback?
Doc Samson (post-gamma absorption) looks like Lss Broly.
Doc Son of Sam -Thor
I got quite used to this channel covering comic books' weirdest themes that I thought this was an R-Rated Marvel spinoff where Bruce Banner became Bruce Cosby.
I love those 70s Hulk comics. One of my faves is 124 when the Rhino and the Leader interrupt his wedding to Betty.
The best comic with Doc Samson is X-Factor #87.
Sampson is also the one that combined the Hulk/Banner personalities into one for the combined Hulk that would later be the "Professor" personality. (Should have been permanent growth of the character instead of another Hyde moment) He had the help of a Hypnotist villain to do it.
The fact that I recognized you from top 10 comics and your constant epic hair changes just got me to subscribe. Love it 👌🏾
Does anyone else have a craving for Slurpees while watching Sasha's Lemon lime Slurpee colored hairdo ?
I did not know about the character until the 80s. He was not a jerk then. I read all of the green Hulk comics Peter David did. David made Samson the therapist to Banner and help deal with what was then called Multiple Personality Disorder during his run on the book.
Omg, I look like Samson from the neck up!
It’s original Doc Samson that makes me glad I was I introduced to him on Avengers: EMH.
Not gonna lie I thought that said “hulk the rapist”
I thought they were going to talk about ultimate hulk
As soon as I open the video I said out loud “Oh god the wig is back!”
Never enuff if Doc. Sampson!!! 🤣
lol you are hands down the BEST comic commentator on the web. I find myself interested in characters I couldn't care less about.
I am a big fan of this story line and Doc Samson, I think they hit all the notes right of how an at first a boring side character can matter over time (which is one of the great thing about the whole form) and how, then, a character who matters as a man of science--medicine--god gifted but otherwise worldly and arrogant--can rise so as to become a classic arch villain--or, in some better minority of cases--an unlikely hero like the man Dr. Stephen Strange was before the accident. But that at that point that character achieves its "legend." So I love that old tale. Thanks for reminding us of it.
I love Doc Sampson, there’s a comic where he just shows up at his old hebrew school to teach a bunch of kids about the chanukkah story it’s great
But how do you feel about Doc Samson?
@@GabePuratekuta WELL PLAYED ILL SEE MYSELF OUT
@@elliefitzpatrick2791Doc Son of Sam -Thor
3:08 You nailed it, Sasha... total "Wile E. Coyote, Supaaah Geeenius" vibe 😁
Great work. I was hoping you'd cover his time with Byrne's FF. Maybe next time. Cheers.
The Psychiatrist to the Hulk angle would be great for a Hulk Disney+ show set in Endgame's 5-year time gap, and it could be a psychological thriller show that explains how Bruce and Hulk...worked out their differences.
*Me looking the thumbnail*: WAIT WHAT??!!....oh.
My favourite iterations of Samson were Peter David's (the leather vest/pony tail days) and Warren Ellis' (when Samson appeared in Thunderbolts to help Penance/Speedball).
Thank you for this show. Next to Hulk vs the Thing this was my favorite. I must confess I was 11 and I never read them but only looked at the pictures. And the drawing of the Hulk was perfect. Samson really caught my eye as well with his build and the flashy suit..Just looking at some of the pictures again had brought back memories and feelings I haven’t experienced since I first saw the comic. And your a great host so it was very entertaining. Thank you again.
There was an issue of What if where Samson became Captain America and killed a bunch of people.
I liked in his mini series they played up his psychiatrist background and he turned into a criminal psychologist, hunting down serial killers.
the crushing handshake contest was an elementary school thing boys did way-back-when this story first appeared.
Very underrated and under used. I loved Doc Sampson. Intelligent, gamma irradiated, strength grows with his green hair. Gets buff and makes him good looking too. Hair is the best 😎
Finally a video with you natural hair and no make-up
I want to know how an editorial mistake killed a Hulk love interest. Video please.
love these uploads, you do great work and its really good to see some fun and positive comic content on youtube
Man when i wad a kid i always liked doc samson just because by the time i read him he seemed like a level headed guy with hulk strength and he was intelligent all the things I hoped for in the hulk when i was a kid.... i cant remember if i ever read him with the type of voice you gave him in my mind... i mean that was hillarious!!!
Doc Samson is actually one of those characters I wish would be adapted more often. There's a lot of Hulk supporting cast with gamma powers, but his is unique in that he only got a comparable tiny bit and is still superhuman enough to fight Hulk.
Love the character after they made him first Hulk's and then the superhero community's therapist. Wish he'd appear more. Hate that they took away his strength being tied to hair length.
The wig and the eye shadow. Perfect.
Deadpool has gone walkabout again.
I have a hard time liking Samson, he always, even when not being written that way, as being stuck up.
Is anyone else not getting TH-cam notification emails?
This is a great comic channel. Doc is underutilized.
doc is powerful to the max! the fact he wasn't there to convince the hulk to go back to skarr and actually live there, i would've had hilk go back to planet skarr and live there peacefully and not go back to earth the way they treated him
I just watched The Incredible Hulk last night and was thinking about different vs match ups for Doc Samson. It was like it was meant to be.
I love the good Doctor. After his recent resurrection, he was shown listening to Leonard Cohen's Songs Of Love And Hate. One of my favorite albums. Also, many years ago, Peter David made Doc Samson's character Jewish. I thought that made him more interesting. Imagine Samson having Larry David as a patient.
I was going to add this! He's one of the few Jewish characters in comics!
I can't unsee this neon hair & purple lipstick 🤣😂 Doc Samson yes indeed
Have you ever read "X-aminations" in X-Factor?
Spoiler alert: Samson's in it, psychoanalyzing the team in the aftermath of "X-cutioner's Song". It's a good story. I recommend it.
Another recommendation: that story in one of Marvel's Holiday specials where Samson tries explaining Haunakkah (?) to some schoolkids--and they don't make it easy for him. 😄
(Also, apologies for misspelling Haunakkah. Twice... 😳)
Anything by Peter David is usually good but that issue is not only one of my favorite X-Factor issues from David's run, it's one of my favorite one-and-done issues of comics ever. It's so, so good.
I love how everyone who got Gamaray based power got the better of it (even that villain with the big head) except Banner. She-Hulk doesn’t have an alter ego, Samson neither , Ross neither , Abomination neither , and even Amadeus Cho was still himself when he became Hulk
I think I would’ve only capitalized the T. Something about the font made “THE” seem further away than it should have.
Just woke up feeling really drowsy, really had to reread that title huh.
I seem to remember in the 90s cartoon he had a silly sense of humor and said his mom made the costume for him.
Wig squadddd, also the lipstick sets it off perfectly 👌 😂 you interject your own personality into these comics so well that its hilarious, another like from me !!!
If I remember right Sampson wasn't even 100 ton lifting class (based on Marvel Universe Update). I believe he was like 70 ton class. I think Hulk started around 80 and got stronger, which was why Abomination could start off whooping on him because he was 100 ton class straight off, but then as the Hulk grew angry he outclassed him. So Sampson was never as strong as the Hulk at default, unless his powers upgraded over the years.