Brian Gideon (died 1990) was a former scientist of S.T.A.R. Labs.
Biography[]
Early life[]
At some point, Brian had worked as a scientist for the corrupt FBI agent, Quinn in Costa Luca. After an incident where a toxin had killed hundreds of thousands individuals in Costa Luca and that, incident where covered as a simple gas leak, by Quinn, he quits and had joined S.T.A.R. Labs, in order to start a new life, until he finds out that, he still works on a boxing for Quinn. At some point, he had created an invisibility belt.
Revenge on S.T.A.R. Labs and death[]
6 month after quitting S.T.AR. Labs, Brian had used his invisibility belt to release the toxin of Project Pandora to contaminate the whole building trapping Tina McGee and Ruth Werneke inside. He had knocked out a security guard, named Bernhardt and had locked the employees out of any information on Project Pandora so that, S.T.A.R. Labs had no chance of escape. Later, Brian had sought out others, who had worked on the project, in order to kill them. Using his invisibility belt, he had succeeded in killing Dr. Emil Velinski and started to target Dr. Taylor Cartwright.
After knocking out a cop and had killed the doctor, Brian tries to kill the Flash, who tries to prevent him, but he got thrown on a car wearing off his invisibility giving Quinn the time to ID him. Brian had faced off against the Flash in his home trying to explain his motivation in avenging Costa Luca.
The Flash sought the opportunity to try to get the antidote, but Brian had refused, when the FBI had arrived believing that, he set him up. Brian turn invisible and continue, with his plan to poison the whole city, with Project Pandora, by throwing the toxin in the city's reservoir. He was killed, by the Flash, who had figured out a way to short circuit his belt system, with electricity.[1]
Legacy[]
Although Brian had failed in poisoning Central City, but he still had indirectly avenged the death of citizens of Costa Luca, when Quinn was arrested, after all of his crimes were exposed to the public, such as his involvement in the Costa Luca incident. Therefore, ultimately getting justice for all of Quinn's victims.[2]
Equipment[]
- Invisibility belt: Brian could use the belt he created to become invisible and commit crimes.
Appearances[]
The Flash[]
- "Sight Unseen"
- "The Trickster" (mentioned)
References[]
- ↑ "Sight Unseen"
- ↑ "Sight Unseen"