| Manifold | |
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 Manifold as depicted inThe Avengers (vol. 5) #5 (February 2013). Art byCarlos Pacheco. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Secret Warriors #4 (July 2009) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman Stefano Caselli |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Eden Fesi |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Team affiliations | Secret Warriors Avengers S.W.O.R.D. |
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Eden Fesi, also known asManifold, is a fictional,mutantsuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byJonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli, the character first appeared inSecret Warriors #4 (July 2009), and joined that comic's regular cast.[1] Fesi is anAboriginal Australian mutant with the ability to shape the universe and bend time and space, connecting one piece to another and allowing him toteleport. Fesi joined theAvengers as a part of theMarvel NOW! relaunch. In 2013,ComicsAlliance ranked Manifold as #12 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics".[2]
Eden Fesi first appeared inSecret Warriors #4 (July 2009), and was created by writerJonathan Hickman and artist Stefano Caselli. He appeared in the book until its conclusion in issue #28 (September 2011). He also made guest appearances as a member of the Secret Warriors inDark Avengers #9 (November 2009),New Avengers #62 (April 2010), andSiege #2-3 (April–May 2010).
Fesi, as Manifold, appears as a member of Hickman'sAvengers, beginning withAvengers (vol. 5) #1 (December 2012), a part of theMarvel NOW! relaunch. Hickman said that, when creating the character, he had initially intended to give him the codename "Calabi–Yau", named after aCalabi–Yau manifold, but when adding the character to the Avengers roster he decided on the codename "Manifold" instead.[3]
Eden Fesi, a mutantteleporter living inKata Tjuta, Australia under the tutelage ofGateway, is recruited byNick Fury to be a part of hisSecret Warriors. Hesitant at first, he agrees when Gateway gives his blessing.[4] Almost immediately after being recruited, Eden has to teleport the entire team into the middle of a large battle aboard a dock to save Fury.[5] He accompanies the team on several missions, including an infiltration of theH.A.M.M.E.R. base that brings them into conflict with theDark Avengers and an attack on aHydra base that leaves Eden critically wounded.[6][7] The team disbands, asHellfire had betrayed them and Eden slips into a coma.[8] Eden eventually makes a full recovery.[9]
As part of theMarvel NOW! event, Eden is now operating under the moniker Manifold. He is recruited byCaptain America andIron Man to theAvengers, as a part of their attempt to make the team more global in scope.[10]
WhenKrakoa is established as a mutant nation, Manifold joinsS.W.O.R.D. as the 'Quintician', the leader of the Teleport Team.[11] DuringDestiny of X, Manifold tells Cable he is leaving the S.W.O.R.D team.[12] Together, they form a team withWiz Kid,Weaponless Zsen, andKhora of the Burning Heart to combatAbigail Brand and her allies.
Manifold's team discovers that the Progenitors brainwashedVulcan into working for Brand. During the confrontation, the Progenitors express an interest in Manifold for his powers and proceeded to torture him by opening a portal in his chest. They are stopped by Cable with the assistance ofLactuca the Knower. Having stopped Brand, Wiz Kid becomes the Station Commander of S.W.O.R.D. and Manifold chooses to stay under the new management.
Destiny later learns that Manifold will be essential to the future of Krakoa and the survival of mutantkind, and tasksRogue andGambit to bring him to her. Manifold is kidnapped by thePower Broker, who holds him captive under mind control through a device that will kill him if removed. Despite the rest of the hostages being freed, Manifold's device is not removed and he is kept in a pod by Destiny to help prevent a future crisis. Manifold is later freed and helps the X-Men infiltrateOrchis' base.[13]
Eden Fesi's mutation allows him to bend reality, fold and twist space-time, and speak with the very universe.Daisy Johnson described him as a "souped-upteleporter".[4] Eden's portals stay open until he chooses to close them. It is later revealed that Eden actually talks to space and is described as a quintician. Abigail Brand reported that Eden asks space to do things for him, such as fold so he can walk across and essentially teleport, ask space to bend light around him rendering him invisible, and even teleportsolar plasma from the sun to his hand.[11]
An alternate universe version of Manifold from an unidentified universe appears inNew Avengers (vol. 3). He initially works withBlack Swan, but she kills him after his teleportation abilities cease to function.[14]
Another version of Manifold appears inAliens vs. Avengers as one of the few survivors of aXenomorph attack on a mutant city onMars.[15]
Eden Fesi appears inMarvel Heroes.