Killer Shrike. Dude is rocking that mask/crest combo ain't he?Killer Shrike is a jobber. He's a pretty standard costumed mercenary/assassin/criminal type of character, with a pretty standard set of powers and motivations and a rocking costume (depending on the artist). That's about it, right?
Well, yeah. And that's the point. Killer Shrike is a custom-build bad guy with a pretty flexible motivation (i.e. money) and little compunction about mixing it up with anyone who stands in his way. His potential lies in his ability to be an opponent for anyone, anywhere, anytime.
He was a military man, then a mercenary, working for different corporate interests and that in and of itself is more interesting than him being a loon with a costume. It gives him a straight edge that other bad guys lack. Imagine him protecting Hammer Industries' interests in some third-world hell-hole. Just doing his job, but his job requires him to level villages or hunt down rebels, or assassinate his boss' political opponents.
Too, he's a virtual cipher. He remembers little to nothing of his life before he got super-powers, so you've got the freedom to give him an interesting back story should the need arise. Perhaps he was a former SHIELD agent. What if he decides, in best action movie tradition, to get his life back by any means necessary? Even if that means going up against [insert super-hero name here].
Heck, since he was shanghaied into the Thunderbolts during the Civil-War story-line, he's probably a member of the 50 States Initiative, which only adds to the fun Killer Shrike could be in the right storyline. Think The Bourne Identity with superpowers.
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