Respect Butterball (Marvel, 616)

[u/mikhailnikolaievitch]

Respect Butterball

I don't get it. Costumes are awesome. Super heroes are awesome. Why would you want to wear normal clothes and be a regular person when you can be a super hero?

Emery Schaub couldn't have been more excited about becoming a superhero. After gaining the power of complete invulnerability, permanently locking his body in the same state, Emery tried to name himself The Boulder on his way to superhero training camp.

Taskmaster had a different idea, naming him Butterball. It was discovered that the tubby and klutzy Emery had below-average strength despite his boundless stamina, and he was largely dismissed from serving any critical role from then on out. While he became a poster boy for superhuman registration and served in an unknown capacity on the Shadow Initiative, Butterball has hung around the background of young teams for years now.

Note: Despite almost two dozen appearances, Butterball's actual feats are almost entirely from Avengers Initiative #13 & 27, although feats from Avengers Academy #24 and Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #6 are also listed.

Durability

• Taskmaster says he can't be electrocuted, shot, stabbed, poisoned, drowned, suffocated, or harmed in any conventional way, including mental attacks.
• Can run all day and lift lighter weights without getting tired or losing fat
• Several superhumans beat him while he sleeps and he doesn't even wake up
• Energy beams do nothing to him
  • Again (1)
  • And again
  • And again
  • And again
• Can't drown, get drunk, or burn
• Can't feel anything, even presumably sexual gratification
• Survives a building collapsing on him
• A being that feeds on lifeforce says he can feed on Butterball forever

Limitations

• Taskmaster says he's not strong, not fast, and a klutz
  • Also says that while he can't be hurt by telepaths they can still control his mind, and we see this later in Avengers Academy here
    • It's also noted here that "physical and spiritual pain are very different."
    • It's worth noting that this creature is both magical and scientific
• Is weak and slow and can't build muscle

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[u/imnaked0]

Never heard of this character but I’m surprised they didn’t include him in the recent run of ‘Champions’ or any other teen/young adult teams. Seems like he’s fair pretty well

[u/imnaked0 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly- even if he doesn’t learn all of that, he’s a tank and would be perfect for rescue missions

[u/fj668 → u/imnaked0]

And on top of that there's no problem with him getting captured. Telepaths can't harm him and nothing is going to be able to kill him. There's no risk of just sending Butterball out there and letting him do dangerous stuff.

[u/imnaked0 → u/fj668]

He can literally walk into the midst of the battle and have everyone else distract the enemies