Folded Man
| First appearance | The Flash vol.2, #153 (October 1999) |
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| Created by | Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn |
| Aliases | Edwin Gauss |
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Folded Man is a supervillain in the DC universe.
The character, created by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, first appeared in The Flash vol.2, #153 (October 1999).
Within the context of the stories, the Folded Man is Edwin Gauss, a physics student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology looking to definitively resolve Albert Einstein's Unified field theory. He invents of a device that allows interdimensional travel using proprietary software stolen from Norman Bridges. He incorporates this into a suit that allows its wearer to move across at least four dimensions.
When Bridges tries to take the technology, Gauss uses the suit to create the identity of the Folded Man to strike back at Bridges. The Flash is caught in the middle and winds up taking Gauss into custody.
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