REAL NAME: Charles Benton
OCCUPATION: Security guard (formerly), adventurer, bodyguard
IDENTITY: Public
CLASS: Human mutate
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: Butch, Indestructible Man
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California (USA)
MARITAL STATUS: Married
KNOWN RELATIVES: Barbara Boone (wife)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Protectors Inc.
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Los Angeles, California (USA)
FIRST APPEARANCE: Indestructible Man (1956 film)
HEIGHT: 6' 6"
WEIGHT: 425 lbs
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black
Los Angeles California. Charles "Butch" Benton was a security guard who was falsely charged with theft of an armored car, and murder. He was judged, sentenced to the gas chamber and executed. His corpse was used in experimentation, with surprising results. His body regenerated, moreover, he was enhanced in the process, gaining inhuman strength and resistance to damage. Butch escaped the facility determined to get revenge on those who had framed him, starting with his attorney, Paul Lowe, who, in collusion with the real culprits, had betrayed him for money. Butch tried to contact his girlfriend, stripper Eve Martin, but she was involved with Detective Dick Chasen, the police officer who brought Butch to justice, and who was actually the leader of the plot. Benton fell into a trap, but using his new abilities he defeated the conspirators. In the end, Butch managed to get attorney Lowe to confess to the plot to the police, thus clearing his name. Later he established himself as a celebrity bodyguard.
POWERS & WEAPONS
After being revived, Butch displayed incredible strength and was immune to bullets and other projectile weapons. At one point, he was shot in the chest with a bazooka. The bazooka damaged him, but he survived the shot.