REAL NAME: Norton Allen
OCCUPATION: Former soldier, bodyguard, professional thug, occasional thief
IDENTITY: Public
CLASS: Genetically modified human
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: Scarface
PLACE OF BIRTH: Gleason, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: Unnamed mother (deceased)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Aryan Brotherhood, Clutching Hand
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile
FIRST APPEARANCE: Crime Does Not Pay Comics #22 (July 1942)
HEIGHT: 6' 4"
WEIGHT: 310 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
Norton Allen was always an angry person, having grown up surrounded by hatred. Her mother became a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist organization that experimented on her while she was pregnant with Norton, as part of an attempt to create a superior race of white men.
Norton was indoctrinated in irrational hatred of minorities from his earliest childhood. When he turns 18, Norton enlists in the military and during his service in Afghanistan he survives a Taliban attack, which leaves his face scarred and awakens his altered genes. Back in the United States, Norton, under the nickname "The Wrench", becomes a notorious member of the Brotherhood. He participates in various acts of sabotage and attacks on minorities, coming to confront some superheroes, especially War Eagle.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The Wrench possesses superhuman strength and a high degree of imperviousness to damage. He can withstand large amounts of shock force and is virtually bulletproof.
