Invented Marvel Characters: Kintsugi

Growing up my dream job was to be a comic book artist/writer. But with very little artistic talent that dream died pretty quickly. Now I do my best to bring my characters to life using apps like swordmaker, armormaker, you doodle and cut me in. They don't always turn out looking very good but I get more excited about the concepts and stories behind the characters than how well I can make the character look good. Sometimes my characters are from cultures I am not a part of because I think it fits their story or other aspects about them. I am not a cultural expert but at the very least I hope no one is upset by me using aspects of cultures I'm not a part of and find interesting. That said below is my Marvel inspired character Kintsugi.

A Japanese branch of Hydra's effort to emulate Captain America during World War Two, Kirigami was a Japanese soldier broken down with experiments in an effort to make the ultimate soldier. He was named Kirigami after the paper cutting technique to imply that the experiments were cutting him up to make something better. His resulting super strength and athleticism was a short lived boon to the Japanese war effort until Kirigami was seemingly destroyed by USA bombings. All that was left of Kirigami was his shield and half the arm that held it. His remains were gathered by his Hydra handlers for study, only to be abandoned as they fled from Shield operatives. Over literal years, Kirigami regenerated cell by cell in an abandoned Hydra base until his full body was restored and his consciousness regained. Waking up and finding documents declaring Captain America as his sworn enemy he began a series of attacks in USA. However, with Captain America still frozen the first human weapon to challenge him was Wolverine. His super strength, athleticism and newly discovered acidic blood was nearly enough to kill Wolverine but he could not keep up with Wolverines healing factor. Kirigami seems to be immortal but stays incapacitated by serious wounds for long periods. Even with Wolverine's forearms and hands nearly reduced to his adamantium laced bones Wolverine managed to "kill" Kirigami by stabbing and drowning him in a nearby lake. Kirigami then followed a cycle of attacking heroes, being killed and reviving for nearly a year guided by modern Hydra cells. However, discovering that Captain America was adamantly against America's use of bombs in WWII led Kirigami to question Hydra's morality and how they directed him. Eventually Kirigami went on to work against Hydra with a revived Captain America and become a street level superhero based out of Japan.

Kirigami wears white and red tactical armour that covers his whole body except for his head. Since the first time he died his skin has a slight green hue. He also caries a shield that has had 3 different looks. Initialy his shield was rectangular and looked identical to a Japanese flag. After being killed by the bomb the shield was no longer rectangular. It now had a lopsided W shape at one end that Kirigami would use to stab his enemies with. Since becoming a hero, he took in the name Kintsugi (after the art of using gold to repair broken pottery to make something better) and used a golden mixture to repair his shield to its original shape as his new name references. His shield once again resembles a rectangular Japanese flag only now there is a touch of gold along where the stabbing edges used to be. He now uses his powers to defend civilians instead of being a weapon of war.