Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard "Leo" Samson) is a fictional character, a superhero andpsychiatrist in the Marvel Comics universe, known as a supporting character in stories featuring the Hulk.
Leonard Samson was born Leonard Skivorski, Jr. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father, Dr. Leonard "Leo" Skivorski, was a popular psychiatristin his hometown who specialized in treating young women, often conducting extramarital affairs with them.[volume & issue needed] Mrs. Skivorski had nicknamed her husband "Samson" after his long hair. Leonard Jr. initially expressed disinterest in becoming a psychiatrist, perhaps because he resented his father's philandering. Despite this, he became a college professor and psychiatrist. After Robert Bruce Banner was temporarily cured of being the Hulk by siphoning off the gamma radiation that caused his transformations, Samson, who had been working with Banner/Hulk in his job as a psychiatrist, exposed himself to some of the siphoned radiation, granting him a superhumanly strong and muscular physique and causing his hair to turn green and to grow long, reminiscent of his biblical namesake. Initially, Samson's physical strength depends upon the length of his hair, though his gamma mutation eventually stabilized, making the length of his hair no longer a factor. Shortly afterward, his flirting with Betty Ross causes a jealous Banner to re-expose himself to radiation, becoming the Hulk once more to battle Samson.[1] Samson learns that his power decreases when he cuts his green hair,[2] but he loses his powers due to the bombardment of intense gamma radiation.[3] Feeling guilty about his role in his patient's return to being the Hulk, Samson would spend much time working with Banner over the years.
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