At the end of the second issue of the new Thunderbolts series as part of the Marvel NOW! event, a powerless Samuel Sterns is seen apparently housed within a shipping container. His head is connected to a machine apparently emitting red gamma radiation (in the fashion of the Red Hulk) with the harness in the shape of the Leader's formerly tall head. Samuel Sterns is apparently in the custody of the Red Hulk.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #2. Marvel Comics. During the third issue, Samuel Sterns has reddish-hued skin, but with no apparent powers. Once Deadpool sees that the Red Hulk is employing Samuel Sterns, he expresses his view that the Punisher will not be pleased. As soon as the Punisher sees Samuel Sterns, he shoots him right between the eyes, killing him and foiling the Red Hulk's plan.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #3. Marvel Comics. During the fight against the Madman, the Red Hulk took him to a pipeline that feeds gamma energy to the Madman's lab.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #4. Marvel Comics. The Red Hulk then absorbed the energy himself and then force-fed it to the Leader, bringing him back to life.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #5. Marvel Comics. The Leader then joins the Thunderbolts under the new alias the Red Leader. The Red Leader then realized that his brother, the Madman, had tricked him into divulging where he hid his second brain and the algorithm hiding it—it was on the Internet. After gaining back his memory and intellect, he then whispers something into his brother's ears that causes him to die. Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #6. Marvel Comics. The Leader is also a technological genius that specializes in gamma radiation. He has created a large array of technology far beyond human ability, including vehicles, weaponry, computers, androids and synthetic lifeforms, personal weapons such as laser pistols, pulse weapons and kinetic gauntlets and is particularly adept at genetic engineering and manipulating radiation for many nefarious purposes. The Leader also has an army of synthetic henchmen at his disposal called "Humanoids", created by the Leader and which have served him throughout his career of world domination, mainly as bodyguards, soldiers and lab servants. They have versatile programming capacities to allow them to perform any task, do not tire, talk or need sustenance and have elastic-like bodies that make them immune to blunt impacts. The Humanoids are usually controlled directly through the Leader's own mental commands, but can also be pre-programmed to carry out a certain directive. The Leader has also developed gamma bombs, shield generators to cover large areas, cages for holding the Hulk, powered armor, teleportation devices, android duplicates, a means of controlling the minds of the Hulk or the Rhino through technological devices, a Revivo-Beam which was designed to restore him to life in the event of his deathIncredible Hulk #115. Marvel Comics. and Omnivac, a sentient computer that maintains the enormous space station he has used as a base of operations. In other media Television The Leader appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes animated series, voiced by Gillie Fenwick. The Leader appeared in The Incredible Hulk 1980s animated series episode "Punks on Wheels", voiced by Stan Jones. The Leader appeared in the Iron Man animated series episode "Hulkbuster", voiced by Matt Frewer. The Leader appeared in The Incredible Hulk 1990s UPN animated series, voiced again by Matt Frewer. This version of Samuel Sterns was a scientist who sabotaged the gamma bomb that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk. As the latter event happened, Sterns fell into a pit of radioactive waste created by the gamma bomb and was mutated into the Leader. Additionally, he is served by the Gargoyle, the Abomination, the Ogress, and the Gamma Warriors. The Leader makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Super Hero Squad Show animated series episode "Tremble at the Might of... M.O.D.O.K.!" The Leader appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series, voiced by Jeffrey Combs. He appears in the episodes "Hulk vs the World", "The Breakout, Part 1", the two-part episode "Gamma World", and "Assault on 42". The Leader appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. animated series, voiced by James Arnold Taylor. This version employed Skaar until the Hulk frees him from the Leader's control and fights the titular agents of S.M.A.S.H. on several occasions. The Leader appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors animated series episode "Contest of Champions" Pt. 3, voiced again by James Arnold Taylor. He was captured by the Grandmaster until he and MODOK are freed by Spider-Man, the Iron Spider, and Agent Venom, who convince the villains to help them free the Grandmaster and the Collector's civilian prisoners. The Leader appears in the Avengers Assemble animated series, voiced again by James Arnold Taylor. In the episode "Building the Perfect Weapon", he steals A.I.M.'s technology to build the titular weapon until the Avengers and the Red Hulk intervene. The Leader sends Ultimo in to fight them while he escapes to an offshore island. The heroes pursue him, but he captures the Red Hulk and enlarges him to attack the Avengers. In the following episode, "World War Hulk" however, the Leader loses control of the Red Hulk and is beaten into unconsciousness. In the two-part episode "Avengers No More", the Leader forms the Cabal to steal a prototype Arc Reactor and Vibranium to order to build a Static Expander. While they come into conflict with the Avengers, the Cabal capture them and scatter them across time and space. In response, the Black Panther gathers the Avengers' reserve members to fight back. The heroes defeat the Leader and take him into custody, but the rest of the Cabal abandon the Leader and escape. The Leader appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Yoshihito Sasaki in Japanese and Benjamin Diskin in English. The Leader appears in the M.O.D.O.K. animated series episode "If Saturday Be... For the Boys!", voiced by Bill URL
At the end of the second issue of the new Thunderbolts series as part of the Marvel NOW! event, a powerless Samuel Sterns is seen apparently housed within a shipping container. His head is connected to a machine apparently emitting red gamma radiation (in the fashion of the Red Hulk) with the harness in the shape of the Leader's formerly tall head. Samuel Sterns is apparently in the custody of the Red Hulk.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #2. Marvel Comics. During the third issue, Samuel Sterns has reddish-hued skin, but with no apparent powers. Once Deadpool sees that the Red Hulk is employing Samuel Sterns, he expresses his view that the Punisher will not be pleased. As soon as the Punisher sees Samuel Sterns, he shoots him right between the eyes, killing him and foiling the Red Hulk's plan.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #3. Marvel Comics. During the fight against the Madman, the Red Hulk took him to a pipeline that feeds gamma energy to the Madman's lab.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #4. Marvel Comics. The Red Hulk then absorbed the energy himself and then force-fed it to the Leader, bringing him back to life.Thunderbolts (vol. 2) #5. Marvel Comics. The Leader then joins the Thunderbolts under the new alias the Red Leader. The Red Leader then realized that his brother, the Madman, had tricked him into divulging where he hid his second brain and the algorithm hiding it—it was on the Internet. After gaining back his memory and intellect, he then whispers something into his brother's ears that causes him to die. The Leader is also a technological genius that specializes in gamma radiation. He has created a large array of technology far beyond human ability, including vehicles, weaponry, computers, androids and synthetic lifeforms, personal weapons such as laser pistols, pulse weapons and kinetic gauntlets and is particularly adept at genetic engineering and manipulating radiation for many nefarious purposes. The Leader also has an army of synthetic henchmen at his disposal called "Humanoids", created by the Leader and which have served him throughout his career of world domination, mainly as bodyguards, soldiers and lab servants. They have versatile programming capacities to allow them to perform any task, do not tire, talk or need sustenance and have elastic-like bodies that make them immune to blunt impacts. The Humanoids are usually controlled directly through the Leader's own mental commands, but can also be pre-programmed to carry out a certain directive. The Leader has also developed gamma bombs, shield generators to cover large areas, cages for holding the Hulk, powered armor, teleportation devices, android duplicates, a means of controlling the minds of the Hulk or the Rhino through technological devices, a Revivo-Beam which was designed to restore him to life in the event of his death and Omnivac, a sentient computer that maintains the enormous space station he has used as a base of operations. In other media Television The Leader appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes animated series, voiced by Gillie Fenwick. The Leader appeared in The Incredible Hulk 1980s animated series episode "Punks on Wheels", voiced by Stan Jones. The Leader appeared in the Iron Man animated series episode "Hulkbuster", voiced by Matt Frewer. The Leader appeared in The Incredible Hulk 1990s UPN animated series, voiced again by Matt Frewer. This version of Samuel Sterns was a scientist who sabotaged the gamma bomb that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk. As the latter event happened, Sterns fell into a pit of radioactive waste created by the gamma bomb and was mutated into the Leader. Additionally, he is served by the Gargoyle, the Abomination, the Ogress, and the Gamma Warriors. The Leader makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Super Hero Squad Show animated series episode "Tremble at the Might of... M.O.D.O.K.!" The Leader appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series, voiced by Jeffrey Combs. He appears in the episodes "Hulk vs the World", "The Breakout, Part 1", the two-part episode "Gamma World", and "Assault on 42". The Leader appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. animated series, voiced by James Arnold Taylor. This version employed Skaar until the Hulk frees him from the Leader's control and fights the titular agents of S.M.A.S.H. on several occasions. The Leader appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors animated series episode "Contest of Champions" Pt. 3, voiced again by James Arnold Taylor. He was captured by the Grandmaster until he and MODOK are freed by Spider-Man, the Iron Spider, and Agent Venom, who convince the villains to help them free the Grandmaster and the Collector's civilian prisoners. The Leader appears in the Avengers Assemble animated series, voiced again by James Arnold Taylor. In the episode "Building the Perfect Weapon", he steals A.I.M.'s technology to build the titular weapon until the Avengers and the Red Hulk intervene. The Leader sends Ultimo in to fight them while he escapes to an offshore island. The heroes pursue him, but he captures the Red Hulk and enlarges him to attack the Avengers. In the following episode, "World War Hulk" however, the Leader loses control of the Red Hulk and is beaten into unconsciousness. In the two-part episode "Avengers No More", the Leader forms the Cabal to steal a prototype Arc Reactor and Vibranium to order to build a Static Expander. While they come into conflict with the Avengers, the Cabal capture them and scatter them across time and space. In response, the Black Panther gathers the Avengers' reserve members to fight back. The heroes defeat the Leader and take him into custody, but the rest of the Cabal abandon the Leader and escape. The Leader appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Yoshihito Sasaki in Japanese and Benjamin Diskin in English. The Leader appears in the M.O.D.O.K. animated series episode "If Saturday Be... For the Boys!", voiced by Bill Hader.
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