The truth behind Samaritan: Sylvester Stallone’s mysterious superhero

The world of superheroes is quite large and diverse, over time we have known countless heroes with and without capes thanks to comics, films and series, among the best known there have always been those of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and those of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Extended DC, however, there are also others that have been explored such as what Amazon Prime Video will do with Astro City.

Amazon Prime Video presents a new superhero productionone in particular starring Sylvester Stallone, ‘Samaritan’ arriving on the streaming platform on August 26, 2022 to save the day.

Indeed Samaritan or Samaritan, is a superhero from the Astro City comic series which, that DC was actually publishing through their imprint Vertigo. It is a work by Kurt Busiek in which he presents an unusual story to the typical hero who saves the world. The project featured drawings by Brent Anderson and Alex Ross and soon became a mysterious title for readers.

The comic series featured superheroes as something common, nothing truly extraordinary, but in a mythical way. between the municipalities heroes who inhabit Astro CityFrom which the comic takes its name, we find Samaritan, a sort of Superman but with more mystery, who has to deal with his mental instability that his own powers have unleashed.

Samaritan was sent back in time to the 35th century and was sent to save the world on Earth when humanity was close to extinction. At that time a group of scientists worked according to a plan that would prevent the future, they needed someone else on their team and the Samaritan was the chosen one given his background as a historian, there could be no one more perfect than him for this mission.

With a hitherto unknown name, he greets his family to arrive in today’s world. In his time travel, he had to be exposed to a machine that changed his time, which exposed him to the so-called empyrean fire that changed him forever, endowing him with incredible powers that he discovered when he arrived on a mission in the 1985.

Now with new powers, he had to go through a tough and arduous training before preventing what would happen in 1086, the chaotic event in which the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger was planned, with the use of his powers prevents the crew from destroying it. . he dies and there is a drastic change in his story. The world begins to wonder who he is and where he comes from, but he describes himself as “a good Samaritan”, hence the name of the superhero.

His true identity is not fully known, he used his advanced computer “zixometer”so that he could alter all existing records of his true self and thus get a job in his new post, aspiring to the Current metropolitan magazine.

In order to return to its true era, in the 35th centurySamaritan must face Eternity, Lord of Time, and confirming that his mission was successful, however, there is a big surprise. While on a mission to save the world, his family went missing.

He later became a member of the Guard of honor of the latest superhero, Astro City. This is the superhero that Amazon Prime Video will now put on the screen and that until now had not been as popular or exploited. How will it give Sylvester Stallone the opportunity to become a superhero for the first time, yes, even though we have already seen it in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (Marvel), the reality is that it is the first time in la his career appearing as the main hero.

What powers does the Samaritan have?

Having been exposed to the fire of the empyrean, Samaritan acquires a unique physiology with superhuman powers. This same exposure has made him acquire the projection of the empirical energy in his body, that is, he is allowed to launch and appear in different places in the form of waves characterized by a bluish trail or ray.

Samaritan, the superhero we will see played by Stallone, can fly at hypersonic speeds, he can travel around the world in a matter of seconds. He now has superhuman strength that allows him to lift or throw objects that no one else could and even fly out of orbit.

Another of his powers is superhuman durability, which we saw when he was bombed, beaten, exploited and exposed to energies and attacks that no one else could survive without his privileges. Although he suffered damage in his attempts to save the planet, he never suffered seriously, even managing to survive the destruction of reality, with him and Infidel being the only survivors.

Not only can he travel through dimensions, this power that allows him to teleport whenever he wants when he is in a relaxed state, opens the door to Wardrobe, another dimension. And finally, he does the deformation or manipulation of reality around the world, his weapon or equipment is the zixometer. These are the Samaritan powers after the full explanation:

• dimensional travel
• superhuman durability
• distortion of reality
• To fly
• Superhuman strength
• energy projection
• unique physiology

At 73, Sylvester Stallone gets his first superhero protagonist

This superhero, who will now be part of Sylvester’s career, has been characterized by the transformation of his hair, from brown to blue when exposed to the empyrean energies of the time machine, and now he dyes it white to adopt his identities. like Martino.

In some editions of the comic, his teammates and other superheroes have known him as Big Red, and he even got a special appearance in Shi / Cyblade: The Battle for Independents, he’s not part of Astro City, so confirm who he was one of the most relevant characters in the series.

At 73, Samaritan will be the first protagonist superhero to be played by Sylvester Stallone after briefly participating in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘and this also confirms its presence in volume 3 of James Gunn’s production. The film of Prime OriginalsIt is an adaptation of the comic Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson and Alex Ross which was published by Vertigo Comics.

The comic adaptation of the same name features some changes in the superhero story but does not depart from its essence.