Cosmic, and the antagonists
Samuel Sterns
the Leader
AlivePlayed by Tim Blake Nelson
Who they arebeyond the guide
A cellular biologist whose exposure to Banner's blood swells his intellect to superhuman levels along with his skull — the Leader. He spends fifteen years imprisoned engineering a revenge that surfaces in Brave New World.
Alive, imprisoned
- Appearances
- 2
Along the chronological spine
A life, in order
Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.
- 2008Banner contacts a scientist he knows only as "Mr Blue" — Samuel Sterns — for a cure; Sterns is instead fascinated, and gets Banner's blood in an open head wound during the finale, causing his skull to deform. Then Captain America: Brave New World picked up every single thread: Ross, Sterns, Betty, and Blonsky.Open The Incredible Hulk →
- 2025How he got elected isn't dwelt on: he ran on a strongman platform of protecting America from unprecedented threats, and Samuel Sterns — a gamma-enhanced supergenius — was secretly engineering the campaign as part of a decades-long revenge plan. The mastermind is Samuel Sterns — the Leader — from The Incredible Hulk, seventeen years earlier. Sterns has spent years engineering revenge, including the gamma pills Ross has been taking.Open Captain America: Brave New World →