Jerome Briggs

Jerome Briggs is a fictional character in the Graffiti series, created by David Ragin.

A childhood friend of James and Josh Boom, Jerome was an self-taught superhuman physiology expert. Through his research and studies, he would eventually meet Melrose Hawthorne and become a close and reliable associate of her S.A.I.N.T. Program and the Superhuman Community as a whole. This would ultimately lead to his unfortunate demise, as he would be one of the many casualties of the Great Superhuman Massacre.

In film, Jerome Briggs is portrayed by Johnny Docs, and appeared in Graffiti: Heroes and Villains (2017).

Background
Jerome was born to a Black operation solder father and a medial professional mother, and grew up in Millennium City. During his youth, he discovered the existence of superhumans and their abilities (through Josh), and began to research superhuman history and physiology. At some point, with the assistance of the Millennium City University science division, he found a way to extract the energy from superhuman blood and injected it into his own in an attempt to acquire superhuman abilities. However, the experiment seemingly failed.

Sometime after graduating high school, Jerome met Melrose and Dylan Johnson, and was reunited with his friend Josh. He would work closely with Melrose to establish the Superhuman Community, and recruit superhumans to the S.A.I.N.T. Program, being the first (and only) non-superhuman member of S.A.I.N.T. and the SHC. During his research, he knew that if one of the superhuman members of S.A.I.N.T. and the SHC were to go rogue, he knew that that there had to be contingency plans for the superhuman members of both S.A.I.N.T. and the SHC. So he created weapons that he himself carefully made and based off the members weaknesses and limitations. These weapons were also made to nullify the powers of superhumans such as Switchblade. The only person who knew about this was Josh, who understood that this had to be done in order to keep the world safe. He has also made an armored suit that uses a jet pack for flight, grappling hooks for enhanced momentum, radar for scanning areas for enemies, stealth mode for sneaking into enemy bases and a computer system that scan his opponents powers, which will then manifest a weapon or power based off his opponents weakness.

Powers and Abilities

 * Advanced Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Jerome is a thoroughly seasoned veteran in multiple forms of armed and unarmed combat. Specifically, he is highly adept in American-style CQC (close-quarters combat).


 * Expert Tactician: Armed solely with conventional weapons and motivated by a desire to help his allies, Jerome is capable of single-handedly incapacitating a number of well-armed and experienced opponents.


 * Expert Marksman: He is a sharpshooter and exceptional marksman with many types of firearms, often depicted as rarely missing his target. Trained as an elite sniper, he's skilled enough to hit a target from 4 km. He is skilled in knife throwing as well.
 * Blade Weapons Training: Jerome has extensive knowledge of blade weapons from his father's military training. He tends to carry with him up to 3 or 4 different types of edged-weapons.
 * Superhuman Physiology Expert: He is an master in researching superhuman history and physiology. At some point, with the assistance of the Millennium City University science division, he found a way to extract the energy from superhuman blood and injected it into his own in an attempt to acquire superhuman abilities. However, the experiment seemingly failed.
 * Gadget Proficiency: He possesses a vast arsenal of weapons and gadgets, which he uses to create incredible effects in and out of combat. He is also smart enough to make gadgets. He has also made a armor that uses a jet pack for flight, grappling hooks for enhanced momentum, radar for scanning areas for enemies, stealth mode for sneaking into enemy bases and a computer system that scan his opponents powers which will then manifest a weapon or power based off his opponents weakness.

History
Main Article: Plot of Graffiti

Heroes and Villains arc
Jerome Briggs makes his debut appears in this arc.