Silkworm

Silkworm is a character in the Jawbreakers series, considered to be the overall main protagonist of the franchise. He's the leader of the Jawbreakers team, and is a disgraced superhero turned mercenary in his middle age.

Backstory
Silkworm was born in the United States, and is half-Filipino. In his teenage years, Silkworm's family went to South America, where he was grievously injured in an accident. His father packed his injuries with silk, which possessed a magical property giving him powers. During his youth, he was a happy go lucky superhero who eventually fell in love with and married a woman named Summer, who had a daughter named Autumn.

One day, there was a kidnapping plot against Autumn. Having had enough, Silkworm begins hunting down his villains and murder them one at a time. This act would disgrace him to the superhero community, and furthermore his wife took their daughter and ran away out of fear.

After searching for his wife, Silkworm was informed by Kill-Switch that she was killed by a drunk driver. Having been disgusted with himself, Silkworm leaves Autumn to be adopted by a Korean-American family. Silkworm then became a mercenary in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he formed the Jawbreakers in 2008.

Personality
Silkworm is described as a hero slowly turning into a villain. As time goes on, Silkworm has become increasingly dark and veering on evil, which is a major reason why the Jawbreakers exist -- to keep him in line. Silkworm is shown to have a dark sense of humor, teasing Kuffz for his race and happily making his teammates miserable for a joke. On the job, he's focused, often serious but retaining a quick wit.

Powers

 * Superhuman Strength: Silkworm has enhanced strength, capable of lifting vehicles and punching with great force.
 * Superhuman Agility: Silkworm has enhanced agility, allowing him to traverse with ease.
 * Psionic Webbing: Silkworm can generate psionic webs from his hairs, allowing him to make constructs such as parachutes, tendrils to traverse, energy-based attacks, or sharp objects as weapons.

Abilities

 * Expert Combatant: Silkworm is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter, which pairs well with his strength.
 * Expert Marksman: Silkworm is skilled with a variety of weapons, including his signature handgun.

Equipment

 * Handgun: Silkworm's signature weapon is a handgun holstered to his chest.

Trivia

 * Meyer described Silkworm as essentially being Spider-Man, due to having super strength, agility, web-based powers and a similar standing in the superhero community in his early years. However, this version is grown up, and is said to have "crossed the line" by murdering his rogues gallery in a revenge spree. Notably, his design actually bears no resemblance to Spider-Man, and instead is made to look like a sinister villain, as befitting his status of bordering on one.