As the great war of the gods and the worms drew to a close, Phil Swift fought the most powerful of the worms, a monstrous worm named Dave who had slain countless gods. With nothing more than a flick of his finger, Phil Swift flattened Dave against the edge of the universe, reducing Dave to a long, black rectangle and tearing massive holes in the universe.

As the universe threatened to cave in on itself, Phil Swift noticed that the blood of the gods Dave had slain had mixed, making the flattened remains of Dave extraordinarily sticky and nearly indestructible. Following that discovery, Phil Swift single handedly brought the two halves of the universe together and wrapped Dave around it, ensuring the universe's eternal stability. After repairing the universe, Phil Swift wandered for millions of years across the universe until he finally perfected the formula for replicating Dave's incredible stickiness and strength. The material that he created was the stickiest, strongest adhesive in all of existence: FLEX TAPE.