Starfishman Origins

Starfishman was not always the powerful aquatic hero he is today. Before the lab accident, Dr. Kino Marin was just a scientist trying to unlock the mystery of healing. Although every human cell has the complete genetic structure required to reconstruct lost limbs or organs, the human body prefers to scar over the wound instead of completely regenerating the damaged area. Dr. Marin knew that if he could adapt the healing abilities of a starfish to the human body. By harvesting, cloning and modifying starfish stem cells, Dr. Marin hoped to provide a serum that could be injected into amputees or those with organ failures, cancer, skin burns or other serious injury to help heal it completely, without scar tissue or other loss of ability. Kino's desires for this serum started when he was a very young child. A routine visit to the beach with his mother resulted in an accident; his finger was severed by a large crab that was simply defending its territory. While a relatively minor injury, the incident seriously traumatized his mother and caused a wedge between his parents that was never really resolved. Kino hopes that in healing himself and producing a cure for other people's traumatic injuries, he can somehow heal the divide within his own family.

Starfishman: Origins Comic Book
The first comic book planned for Starfishman was his origin story. Read more about it here.