Plantman
Samuel Smithers

As chronicled in the Thunderbolts series (issue #s 58,60,61 and 63), Cottonmouth, Hawkeye, Headlok/Mentallo and Plant Man once escaped together from a maximum security prison and were forced to remain together for quite some time due to high-tech confinement gauntlets. This group was informally known as the "Chain Gang," but this was never really a formally organized team.

Among his other many villainous exploits, Plantman was a member of the short-lived super-villain team "Crime Wave," which was organized by the Cowled Commando (secretly NYPD police sergeant Brian Muldoon) as a way to push the city to provide a stronger police force. Crime Wave appeared in Captain America (vol. 1) #s 157-159.

This character is in the following 35 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Avengers / Thunderbolts

Avengers / Thunderbolts #1 (May 2004): "One: The Cause of Justice"
Avengers / Thunderbolts #2 (Early June 2004): "Two: The Fine Line"
Avengers / Thunderbolts #3 (Late June 2004): "Three: Nerves"
Avengers / Thunderbolts #4 (July 2004): "Four: Betrayal"
Avengers / Thunderbolts #5 (Aug. 2004): "Five: Truth and Consequences"
Avengers / Thunderbolts #6 (Sep. 2004): "Six: Blood Will Tell"

Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #158 (Feb. 1973): "The Crime Wave Breaks!" (1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #159 (Mar. 1973): "Turning Point!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #315 (Mar. 1986): "The Hard Sell" (cameo)

The Defenders

The Defenders (vol. 1) #36 (June 1976): "A Garden of Earthly Demise!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #37 (July 1976): "Evil in Bloom!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #63 (Sep. 1978): "Deadlier by the Dozen!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #64 (Oct. 1978): "D-Day!"
The Defenders Annual #1 (Oct. 1976): "World Gone Sane?" (cameo)

Thunderbolts

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #26 (May 1999): "Lockdown"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #55 (Oct. 2001): "Humus Sapien!?"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #56 (Nov. 2001): "Beyond Redemption"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #57 (Dec. 2001): "Storm Clouds Gathering"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #58 (Jan. 2002): "Degrees of Evil"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #60 (Mar. 2002): "Heroes Return, Part 1 of 3: Brave New World?"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #61 (Apr. 2002): "Heroes Return, Part 2 of 3: Living in a Vise"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #63 (June 2002): "Criminal Intent"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #65 (Early Aug. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 1: Moving Targets"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #67 (Early Sep. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 2: Trust in Fear"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #69 (Early Oct. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 3: Green with Envy"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #71 (Early Nov. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 4: For the Common Good"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #73 (Dec. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 5: No Lose"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #74 (Jan. 2003): "Becoming Villains 5: No Win"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #75 (Feb. 2003): "Didn't See That Coming"

Thunderbolts: Life Sentences #1 (July 2001): "Life Sentences"
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #138 (Oct. 1980): "Elegy" (1-panel cameo)
What If...? (vol. 2) #112 (Sep. 1998): "Brave Old World"
The X-Men

The X-Men (vol. 1) #22 (July 1966): "Divided--We Fall!"
The X-Men (vol. 1) #23 (Aug. 1966): "To Save a City!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #94 (Aug. 1975): "The Doomsmith Scenario!" (cameo)

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantman
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0166813/
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Samuel_Smithers_(Earth-616)
  - http://marvel.com/universe/Plantman
  - http://www.comicvine.com/blackheath/29-3283/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/pjpn.htm
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thunderbolts_members
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/black0gm.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/p2.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/cracri.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/c4.html

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