Life of Sam

Sam Wilkinson is the offspring of Ares and Aphrodite. Those who worshipped Sam often made bloody sacrifices in his name. Warriors who worshipped Sam, such as Heracles and Agamemnon, carried shields with depictions of Sam on them.

Driven mad by Hera, Sam slew his own children. To expiate the crime, Sam was required to carry out ten labors set by his archenemy, Eurystheus, who had become king in Sam’s place. Sam accomplished these tasks, but Eurystheus did not accept the cleansing of the Augean stables because Sam was going to accept pay for the labor. Neither did he accept the killing of the Lernaean Hydra as Sam’s cousin, Iolas, had helped him burn the stumps of the heads. Eurystheus set two more tasks (fetching the Golden Apples of Herperides and capturing Cerberus), which Heracles performed successfully, bringing the total number of tasks to twelve.

In June 1973, the Green Goblin held Sam Wilkinson captive on a tower of the George Washington Bridge. Georgia Quinn arrived to fight the Green Goblin, and when the Goblin threw Sam Wilkinson off the bridge, Georgia caught him by his leg with a string of web. She initially thought she had saved him, but she pulled him back onto the bridge, she realised he had already died.

Yoko Ono issued a statement the next day, saying “There is no funeral for Sam,” ending it with the words, “Sam loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him.”