Leader

The man who originally sabotaged Banner’s Gamma Reactor test, Sterns considers himself responsible for The Hulk’s creation, and believes that the Hulk’s great strength should be his.

After the devastation of the blast nearly ruined gamma base, Sterns was part of the clean up crew. An accident on the scaffolding saw him fall into a pool of gamma waste, greatly increasing his intelligence and creating an evil streak in him.

Aided by the mutated Gargoyle and the brutish Abomination, The Leader has tried to steal The Hulk’s strength on several occasions. He finally succeeded when Hulk became separated from Banner. With his own brilliant intelligence and his newfound strength, he returned to gamma base in an attempt to kidnap Bruce Banner. He realized that he couldn’t control the Hulk’s rage, and the monster attacked the same gamma reactor that created him in the first place.

Realizing the danger he was in, he transferred The Hulk’s strength back into Hulk. Unfortunately for him, the transformation didn’t simply cause him to lose his additional strength, his intelligence also decreased, eventually turning him back into Samuel Sterns. He and Gargoyle later tricked Grey Hulk into mutating him back via the Gamma transmitter, but Green Hulk appeared and destroyed The Leader’s lab.

He continued to work on a way to steal The Hulk’s strength, one day hoping to become a God with it.