Who Is Leader? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Leader is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Samuel Sterns, with over 559 comic issue appearances. Samuel Sterns was a worker in a chemical plant in a menial capacity until an accident working with radioactive material bombarded him with gamma radiation, turning his skin green and making his head grow, filling it with extreme knowledge. He became the one who men call The Leader and was one of Hulk's arch-enemies.

Who is Leader?

Origin When an ordinary laborer was moving a load of waste material in the sub-cellar of a chemical research plant, a one-in-a-million freak accident occurred as an experimental gamma ray cylinder exploded. The trapped laborer was helplessly caught in the blast. For about a minute his entire body was bombarded by the mysterious gamma rays, one of the strongest forces known to man. Although a fraction of the dosage he received would have been enough to kill a dozen men, for some inexplicable reason the laborer survived. He seem completely unharmed. Yet, he was different. After leaving the observation ward, he read every book he could find. He studied like a man possessed and remembered everything he read.

Key facts

Leader is of radiation origin and first appeared in "Giant-Man Versus the Wonderful Wasp!; Enter...the Chameleon!". The character is published by Marvel. With 559 recorded issue appearances, Leader ranks among the most featured characters in comics.