Gentle Sam was one of Godwulf's Reedemers from Earth-7484 (Deathlok's world). He was one of the Nth Commandos who exiled the various heroes and super-humans of this world to other dimensions. They failed to realize this was the first step to a war that would ravage the world. The regreatful mercenaries banded together in an attempt to build some order from the chaos and redeem themselves. Gentle Sam was a redhaired man with above average strength. Captain America though Sam had the eyes of a child, open and warm.

Sam and the rest of the Redeemers helped Deathlok and a time-displaced Captain America defeat Hellinger. This power vacuum only invited foreign powers to attack soon afterward, and Sam, along with most of the Redeemers, perished in battle.