Description
Sammy Diesel is a super-powered criminal with a lean, well-built physique, shaggy blond hair, and frequent sideburns. His criminal history started at age four, leading to repeated imprisonments, including stints shared with Johnny Bolt. After prison, he joined his brother Roddy Diesel in an underground fighting club, battling other super-villains for money. However, their potent regenerative abilities discouraged opponents, limiting Sammy's earnings to barely minimum wage. During one fight witnessed by Johnny Bolt, Sammy ripped out an opponent's lower jaw; retaliated against with a laser blast to his testicles, he had Roddy rip off his own leg to beat their opponents into submission. Sammy then regrew the limb and took the opponent's robotic arms as a trophy.
Sammy possesses a potent healing factor enabling instantaneous recovery, regrowth of lost body parts, and survival of severe trauma like dismemberment or being pulverized by an aircraft propeller. This regeneration makes him effectively indestructible, allowing him to withstand lethal attacks. He demonstrated this resilience alongside Roddy by repeatedly traversing a laser grid in the Bastard's vault, shedding limbs that regenerated rapidly; Sammy disabled the security system after thirteen minutes of mutilation. During the heist, he used his trophy robotic arms to rip a security door from its hinges after Forecast weakened it.
Recruited by The Heat for a major heist targeting the notorious crime lord the Bastard, Sammy remained unfazed by the target's reputation, unlike other crew members. He assisted in reconnaissance at the Bastard's mansion, showing particular appreciation for Kasey's security circumvention methods. During the heist, Sammy and Roddy absorbed the brunt of the Praetorian's assaults, including lasers and lightning, though the Praetorian's cloning ability eventually overwhelmed them. Sammy later admitted most prior fights were staged, explaining his difficulty against a genuinely formidable opponent. The crew escaped with the stolen goods after Gladiator intervened to incapacitate the Praetorian.
Following the successful heist, Sammy spent his entire share of the haul on hedonistic pursuits like prostitutes and drugs, contrasting sharply with his brother Roddy, who invested in academic research such as time machine development.
Sammy possesses a potent healing factor enabling instantaneous recovery, regrowth of lost body parts, and survival of severe trauma like dismemberment or being pulverized by an aircraft propeller. This regeneration makes him effectively indestructible, allowing him to withstand lethal attacks. He demonstrated this resilience alongside Roddy by repeatedly traversing a laser grid in the Bastard's vault, shedding limbs that regenerated rapidly; Sammy disabled the security system after thirteen minutes of mutilation. During the heist, he used his trophy robotic arms to rip a security door from its hinges after Forecast weakened it.
Recruited by The Heat for a major heist targeting the notorious crime lord the Bastard, Sammy remained unfazed by the target's reputation, unlike other crew members. He assisted in reconnaissance at the Bastard's mansion, showing particular appreciation for Kasey's security circumvention methods. During the heist, Sammy and Roddy absorbed the brunt of the Praetorian's assaults, including lasers and lightning, though the Praetorian's cloning ability eventually overwhelmed them. Sammy later admitted most prior fights were staged, explaining his difficulty against a genuinely formidable opponent. The crew escaped with the stolen goods after Gladiator intervened to incapacitate the Praetorian.
Following the successful heist, Sammy spent his entire share of the haul on hedonistic pursuits like prostitutes and drugs, contrasting sharply with his brother Roddy, who invested in academic research such as time machine development.