Mr. Freeze

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Mr. Freeze is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

Mr. Zero was originally a male human scientist who had been experimenting with an ice-gun he had invented when he accidentally doused himself in the freezing solution he had completed. The effects were immediate in that he found he could no longer survive in normal temperatures and could only function in intense cold. Thus, he was forced to live in zero temperatures forever and constructed an air-conditioned costume so he could operate in the world. As Mr. Zero, he began to embark in a crime spree in Gotham City where he used his scientific skill to produce cold weapons for his robberies. He and his gang then took their stolen loot to his secret refrigerated mountain lair as they continued their criminal ventures. (Batman v1 #121)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created wit a different history of events. Victor Fries

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

He was approached by Lex Luthor with the villain offering a cure for Nora's condition with Victor being given an experimental serum. Fries spent sometime studying and perfecting the formula where he had numerous women similar to Nora afflicted with the same condition so as to test the serum. Ultimately, he decided to use it on Nora herself where he transformed her into a being similar to herself. Initially, she was relegated to living in a containment suit until her body stabilised but she came to resent this new existence where she felt trapped by this state of being. She came to find though that her body had adjusted in a similar manner as Victor allowing her to operate without the suit and she came to have a similar skin complexion as her husband. She came to be known as Mrs. Freeze and together they engaged in various criminal acts in the city. However, Victor wanted an end of his life as all his prior actions had been done to cure Nora. Despite this being the case, Nora came to resent her husband more and more as she felt that he was suffocating her by controlling her every action. Thus, she decided to break up with her husband with Victor unable to bear the idea of parting with his wife. Despite that being the case, Nora departed and Victor became desperate to be re-united with his wife. He came to believe that the serum he used to revive her was corrupted and had altered her brain chemistry thus explaining her change in behaviour. In desperation, Victor turned to Batman for help with the two working together to capture Nora as Fries promised the pair would surrender themselves into custody. During the fight, Batman managed to get the upper-hand on Nora but Mr. Freeze betrayed the Dark Knight as he believed his wife's rehabilitation could not occur in prison. He did this out of love with Nora seemingly accepting him again but this was a trick to lower his guard as she injected him with a syringe. The substance caused his body to slowly burn up allowing Nora to escape with Batman having to take Mr. Freeze to safety with Victor being forced to remain in stasis to prevent his body from burning up thus trapping him in a state that his wife had been prior to her cure. (Detective Comics v1 #1016)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He later came to use the name of Mr. Freeze. (Detective Comics v1 #373)

Batman likened Freeze as being similar to the Greek myth of Prometheus with Fries having stolen the power of ice. (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight v1 #121)

Powers and abilities

Originally, he was a scientist said to had been a genius when he accidentally exposed himself to a freezing solution. This resulted in him being unable to function in normal temperatures where he began to struggle to breath and col only operate in intense cold. (Batman v1 #121)

To operate in the world, he perfected an air-conditioned costume allowing him to function. (Batman v1 #121)

He wielded an ice-gun that could fire intense cold which could freeze a foe or create ice constructs for his use. (Batman v1 #121)

Notes

• Mr. Freeze was originally created as Mr. Zero where he was created by Dave Wood and Sheldon Moldoff with him making his first appearance in Batman v1 #121 (February, 1959) with him taking the name Mr. Freeze in Detective Comics v1 #373 (March, 1968).
• The character being renamed as Mr. Freeze came as a result of influence and popularity of the 1960's Batman television series.

Alternate Versions

• In Batman: White Knight v1 (2017), an alternate version of Mr. Freeze was shown in a different continuity setting. This version was a German scientist whose father was Baron Von Fries who was alive during World War II. During that time, Baron Fries met with Thomas Wayne who created a secret program for valuable Nazi assets to be smuggled out to America. Baron Von Fries was among such prisoners with Wayne convincing the War Department to allow him to continue his work on Freeze-Tech for it to be used by the Allies. Fries was allowed to have his family with him on the condition that the project be kept off U.S. soil with Thomas creating a laboratory underneath the German embassy in Gotham. Baron Von Fries intended for his technology to be used as a weapon whilst Thomas saw medical applications though ultimately the War Department sided with Fries leading to Wayne being removed from the project that was re-named Paperclip that was used in the Cold War. Victor Fries came to hate his father and his Nazi past especially on how he treated his fiancée Nora Smithstein with him meeting Thomas Wayne who he saw as a father to him and helped him in his cryogenic medical experiments.

In other media

Television

• In The Batman/Superman Hour, Mr. Freeze appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Ted Knight.
• In The Batman, Mr. Freeze appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
• In The Flash, Victor Fries was referenced by name in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse in the episode “The Icicle Cometh”. Thomas Snow stated that he kept in touch with various scientific experts including Louise Lincoln, Victor Fries and Harrison Wells to keep track of his daughter Caitlin Snow’s activities in the twenty years when he was missing.

Films

• In Batman & Robin, Mr. Freeze appeared in the setting of the 1997 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Video games

Appearances

• Batman v1: (1959)
• Detective Comics v1:
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight v1:
• Batman v3:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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