Samsonite Samsonite Samsonite International S.A. () is a luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, United States. Its registered office is in Luxembourg and it is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, on March 10, 1910 by Blackhawk, Colorado-born luggage salesman Jesse Shwayder (1882–1970) as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. A religious man, Shwayder named one of his initial cases Samson, after the Biblical strongman, and began using the trademark "Samsonite" in 1941 for its tapered vulcanized
Strongman (comics) a plot to gain cash from his failed project. He alongside the Spider-Squad and Anton DeLionatus were defeated by Spider-Man. The Bruce Olafsen version of Strongman has no superhuman powers, but is strong and a skilled wrestler. The drug that Percy van Norton took gave him superhuman strength, dexterity, stamina, and durability. Strongman (comics) The Strongman is the name of three different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Bruce Olafson version of Strongman first appeared in "Incredible Hulk" #3 (September 1962), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears