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) 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 in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #16 (September 1964), "The Avengers" #22 (November 1965), "Thor" #145 (October 1967), "Ghost Rider" #72-73 (September–October 1982), "The Sensational She-Hulk" #1 (May 1989), and "X-Men and Power Pack" #3 (February 2006). The Strongman appeared as part of the "Circus of Crime" entry in the "Official Handbook of the