Created by:

In an untold story prior to Mighty Crusaders (vol. 2) #1
 

First Appearance:

Zip Comics #27, July 1942

First DC Appearance:
Superman #688, July 2009 (1 page cameo)

BIOGRAPHY:
John Raymond was a spoiled ladies' man, who enjoyed to the full his life as a socialite-slacker, leading a cushioned existence of privilege, barely passing through his chosen college between the parties that filled his life. Meanwhile his brother David distanced himself from his family, choosing to help the disadvantaged as a social worker. Despite their differences, John always admired David. 
John was made the heir of the family fortune by his father, who reasoned that John's emotionally-cold and privileged mindset would make him a better businessman. David’s death changed that. John, who believed his brother to be the better man and rightful heir, had other thoughts and so decided to balance business needs with humanitarian goals. To those ends, John maintained his profile as a spoiled socialite while using part of his multi-billion dollar fortune to set up a super-powered persona as The Web, a technologically-empowered superhero whose name was inspired by the World Wide Web. 
John procured an advanced supercomputer to select the most urgent or worthy of numerous requests for help submitted his website - summontheweb.com – in order to find and help those that could not help themselves. 
However, John quickly discovered that he could not deal with the sheer volume of requests he received. As a consequence he created the Web Hosts - a group of 99 Agents who would be given a Web uniform and were expected to service the requests to summontheweb.com, allowing John the time to try to discover the people responsible for his brother's death

POWERS:
All powers are from the Web Uniform. The Web suit enables the wearer to fly; offers resistance to physical attack; provides a measure of enhanced strength; enhanced visual sense (via goggles); underwater survival (submersion protocol). In addition the Web has employed thrown custom-built weaponry as part of his arsenal.

ABILITIES:
Business knowledge and vast wealth.

STRENGTH LEVEL:
Human-level. The suit allows The Web to lift as much as a couple of tons. 

WEAKNESSES:
Web Hosts have been shown to be susceptible to attacks against the core software used to manage all suit functions.
 

CHECK LIST:
Superman #688, July 2009 (1 page cameo)

The Red Circle: Inferno #1, October 2009 (1 page cameo)

The Red Circle: Web #1, October 2009 (full appearance)
The Red Circle: Shield #1, October 2009 (1 page cameo)

Web #2, December 2009

Web #3, January 2010

Web #4, February 2010

Web #5, March 2010

Web #6, April 2010

Web #7, May 2010

Web #8, June 2010

Web #9, July 2010

Mighty Crusaders Special, July 2010

Web #10, August 2010

Mighty Crusaders #1-6

text by Leon Mallett