Folded Man

The Folded Man is a fictional DC Comics supervillain who has fought with The Flash. The Folded Man was once Edwin Gauss, a physics student at M.I.T. looking to definitively resolve Albert Einstein's Unified field theory. After feverish effort, which includes the theft of proprietary software from electronics billionaire Norman Bridges, Gauss ultimately invents a method of interdimensional travel. He subsequently develops an exoskeleton which allows his physical form to move across at least four dimensions. An irate Bridges, who considers the exoskeleton Gauss developed (using Bridges' software) to be his own property, pursues Gauss to claim the technology for himself. Gauss reinvents himself as a costumed criminal named "the Folded...