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Richie Foley, also known as Gear, is the best friend of Virgil Hawkins (Static).
History
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Backpack: A supercomputer with a neural link to Gear that could cling to his back, or walk on four legs. It had in-built tracking and analyzing equipment.[2]
Notes
- Gear (Richie Foley) was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan, first appearing as part of DCAU in Static Shock (TV Series) Episode: Shock to the System. However, in the rebooted Earth M continuity, his first appearance is in Static: Season One #1 by Vita Ayala, ChrisCross and Nikolas Draper-Ivey.
Trivia
- Richie's alias "Yellow Gear"[1] is likely a reference to his DCAU counterpart, who adopted the codename "Gear", which he would also later use.[2]
Related
- 12 Appearances of Richard Foley (Earth M)
- 7 Images featuring Richard Foley (Earth M)
- 1 Quotations by or about Richard Foley (Earth M)
- Character Gallery: Richard Foley (Earth M)
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