My name is Sam Sterns. I've spent my life becoming a God. And now... I will live forever. I have faith. 
Appearing in "The Apotheosis of Samuel Sterns"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ The Leader (Sam Sterns) ⏵ (Main story and repeated death and resurrection in flashback, as well as joins and leaves the Riot Squad, temporarily possesses Omnibus, joins and leaves the Intelligencia, joins and leaves the Thunderbolts as Red Leader, and merges with Gammon in recap)
Supporting Characters:
- One Below All (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Phil Sterns (Photo) (Only in recap)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- Humanoids (Only in recap)
- Uatu the Watcher (Referenced)
- Dr. Leonard Samson (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in recap)
- Riot Squad (Only in recap)
- Marlo Chandler (Earth-616)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- Mr. Sterns (Sam's father) (Referenced)
- Intelligencia (Only in recap)
- M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (Only in recap)
- Thunderbolts (Only in recap)
- Red Hulk (Gen. Thunderbolt Ross) (Only in recap)
- Mephisto (Only in recap)
- Gammon (Earth-616)
- Jennifer Walters (Earth-616)
- Thanos (Referenced)
- Dr. Aliana Alba (Mentioned)
- Par%l (Earth-TRN781)
- Dr. Brian Banner (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Humanoids (Only in recap)
- Watchers (Referenced)
- Demons (Only in flashback)
- Scorpions (Referenced)
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Cyborgs (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- New Mexico (Only in recap)
- Chihuahuan Desert (Only in recap)
- Los Diablos Missile Base (Referenced)
- Gamma Base (Only in recap)
- The Leader's hideout (Only in recap)
- Chihuahuan Desert (Only in recap)
- Arizona (Only in recap)
- New York (Only in recap)
- New York City (Only in recap)
- Brooklyn (Only in recap)
- Manhattan
- Chinatown (New York)
- New York County Criminal Court
- Chinatown (New York)
- New York City (Only in recap)
- New Mexico (Only in recap)
- Italy (Only in recap)
- Rome (Only in recap)
- Canada (Only in recap)
- Intelligencia Headquarters (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- Hell (Referenced)
- Mephisto's Realm (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- Below-Place (Main story and flashback)
- Green Door (Only in flashback)
- "The Future" (Mentioned)
Items:
- Gamma Radiation (Main story and recap)
- Gamma Bomb (Named only) (Only in recap)
- Ultimate Machine (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor MK V (Only in recap)
- Cosmic Radiation (Only in recap)
- Kirbons (Referenced)
- Hell-Mark (Only in recap)
- Sternbot
Vehicles:
- Doomsday Chair (Only in recap)
Events:
- Ghost of the Past (Only in recap)
- Ghosts of the Future (Only in recap)
- Spiral Staircase (Only in recap)
- Fall of the Hulks (Only in recap)
- World War Hulks (Only in recap)
- The Ω Hulk (Only in recap)
- Jen Walters Must Die (Only in recap)
- Civil War II (Referenced)
Synopsis for "The Apotheosis of Samuel Sterns"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• The Thoughtful Man is here — and his dreadful thoughts are vast and dark enough to swallow even the Devil.
• Samuel Sterns walked through the Green Door and gained knowledge. Follow him through the journey of his life — from his rebirth to his final experiment.
• Follow the LEADER.Notes
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Incredible Hulk #751.
Trivia
- The kirbons that the Leader references having experimented with during the Fall of the Hulks recapitulation are the same particles previously mentioned in Powers of X #5, and are revealed to be a tertiary form of cosmic radiation. A potential common source for both cosmic and gamma radiation is also implied.