Richard Benson (New Earth)

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 * Image                  = Justice Inc 1.jpg
 * ImageText              = Justice, Inc. #1
 * RealName               = Richard Henry Benson
 * CurrentAlias           = Avenger
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 * Aliases                =
 * Identity               = Public
 * AlienRace              =
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Affiliation             = Justice, Inc.
 * Relatives              = Alice Benson (wife, deceased), Alison Benson (daughter, deceased)
 * Universe               = Earth-One
 * BaseOfOperations       = New York


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 5' 8''
 * Weight                 = 165
 * Eyes                   = Grey
 * Hair                   = White
 * UnusualFeatures        = The shock of his family's death turned Benson's skin chalk grey and turned his hair white.


 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Widowed
 * Occupation             = private investigator; former millionaire adventurer
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 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           =
 * Creators               = Paul Ernst
 * First                  = Justice, Inc. #1


 * Quotation              = Smitty and I are part of an organization called Justice Incorporated, dedicated to destroying crime... destroying it utterly!
 * Speaker                = The Avenger
 * QuoteSource            = Justice, Inc. Vol 1 2


 * HistoryText            =  After his wife and daughter were kidnapped and killed, Richard Benson's personal life began to curl up and die too. The shock of his family's death had a bizarre effect on him, as his face and hair became dead white, giving him an "ice cold" paralyzed appearance.

To cope with his tragedy, he founded the crime-fighting firm "Justice, Inc." in hopes of bringing some sense of order to his world and to fight for those who had suffered at the hands of criminals. He set up shop on Bleek Street, the most crime-ridden neighborhood in New York. His firm took on cases not based on how much the client could pay, but on how dire their need for justice was.

Justice, Inc. Aides
Algernon Heathcote Smith: better known as "Smitty." He was a gigantic brute of a man with incredible strength.

Josh and Rosabel Newton: were a married African American couple, educated at Tuskegee Institute. They often infiltrated into the criminal element by going undercover as domestic servants.


 * Powers                 =
 * Abilities              =  * Disguise: Benson was a master of disguises and could change his physical appearance to resemble anyone he wanted to, with perfection.
 * Marksman: he never shot to kill. He was such a great marksman that he could "crease" a bad-guy's skull with a bullet and knock him out.
 * Strength               = * Expert Combatant he was an above average hand-to-hand combatant and was in top physical condition, with super strength and super agility.
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 * Weapons                = * He carried two weapons: Ike (his stiletto) and Mike (a .22 caliber pistol).


 * Notes                  = * The Avenger was originally a character found in pulp magazines from 1939-1942. DC's first take on the character originated with a 4-issue series published in 1975. The stories took place in the late 1930s and outside of the DC universe.


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