Biography

Ice is the daughter of King Olafsdotter. He ruled over the magical ice people who lived in a mountain range in Norway. When an engineer named Rod Schoendienst discoverd the ice people, he made a pact with Tora's father that allowed her to leave their kingdom. After Rod introduced Tora to DOCTOR MIST and the GLOBAL GUARDIANS she joined the team as the second Icemaiden. Soon after, she became friends with Beatriz DaCosta (aka fire). After the Guardians lost their U.N. funding, Tora and Beatriz hounded the Martian Manhunter until he let them join the JLA. Changing her name to Ice, Tora fought with the League for years.

Ice and Guy

Guy and Ice WWII Tribute

Tora and Guy Gardner had a long on again off again relationship that got more complicated as it went on. Ice first met Guy after he had suffered multiple head wounds that caused Guy to have a really goody goody personality. Guy had been a pompous, nasty and boorish superhero. This caused Batman to knock him out cold with one punch causing Guy to hit his head on the floor. When Guy awoke he was very angry and swore revenge against Batman, but first he had to find his ring. He ended up finding it under the monitor station at the Justice League headquarters, but when a mouse appeared suddenly it startled him causing him to hit his head and black out again. It was after this that Guy became the Goody, Goody that Tora met.

Tora never new the "old" Guy and she thought that the Guy she knew was pretty swell. Unfortunately for her, Guy and Lobo got into a huge fight causing Guy to hit his head again and revert back to his old self. This version of Guy was not pleasing to Ice, but she knew that there was a sweeter side to him, and also they always had strong feelings for each other. The only problem was Guy himself. He never knew how to treat her. He even took her out to a strip club on one of their very first dates. Things went really bad after Guy found out that Ice had a crush on Superman. This caused Guy to act even more irrational than he did in the past. He was never a fan of Superman in the first place, but when he felt that he had lost Ice to him he just couldn't handle it. Even after Superman's death things just never worked out between them.

Eventually Guy would quit the Justice League. This meant he wasn't there when Ice was killed. He wasn't even able to attended her funeral.

The Death of Ice

Toward the end of her career with the Justice League of America Ice develops greater powers. She doesn't have them for long before she is tragically killed by Overmaster when its alien Cadre invaded Earth.

Somehow after Ice's death she is brought back in Checkmate #16 were she is reunited with Fire.

Other Media

The character of Ice was in the unsuccessful CBS pilot movie. She was played by Kimberly Oja who also had a recurring role as Taryn Baker on the OC.

Ice was intended to be a regular member of the league and in the movie she becomes a member. Her origin in the movie is a lot different from the comic book. In the film she was a meteorologist working at Dr. Eno's Meteorological Institute. She recieves her powers as a result of a lab accident.

In the Cartoon show Justice League Unlimited, Ice is seen as a member of the League. She never gets a speaking role but her best friend Fire has a couple of episodes were she takes an active role.