Mr. Freeze
Mr. Freeze is a comic book character that first appeared in Batman #121
Mr. Freeze was originally called Mr. Zero and was intended to be a gimmick character. After appearing in Batman: the Animated Series, Mr. Freeze soon became a serious enemy for Batman.
History
Victor Fries was a talented scientist, with a horrible past (a violent father, no friends) that married the love of his life, Nora Fries. When Nora is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, Victor's life begins to spiral downhill. In a desperate attempt to save her life, he begins work at a large corporate company run by the evil and corrupted Ferris Boyle. Fries, as he cannot find a way to cure Nora, finds a way to place her in cryo-statis. In order to save Nora he has to steal equipment from the company he is working for. When Ferris finds out about Fries stealing from him, he and some of his goons try to kill Fries in the cryo lab. This results in an accident changing Fries so that he can only live in sub-zero temperatures. To counter this, Fries builds himself a cryo-suit to keep his body temperature below zero (powered by diamonds) and an ice gun. Mr. Freeze is born.
Nearly all of Mr. Freeze's crimes are attempts to try and save Nora's life, although he has also tried to take revenge for his mutation on Ferris. Mr. Freeze finally killed Ferris. Mr. Freeze´s weak point, then, was his helmet, that was broken by Batman, seriously damaging his cryo-suit, and allowing the Dark Knight to catch Fries, who later, fixed it.
The main difference between Freeze and the other Batman´s foes is that he isn´t a madman like the Joker. Freeze´s actions use to have logic and a deep motivation (to collect diamonds to preserve his life and find a way to save his wife). This explains why he doesn´t like to collaborate with the other Gotham´s criminals. An exception happenned during "Dark victory", when he worked with Two-Face. Two Face paid him a lot of money and Freeze helped him to escape jail and to kill some mob´s bosses. It must be noted that Harvey Dent had Freeze´s simpathy because of his strange and tragic situation with his wife, Gilda Dent. Also, sometimes when he´s very enraged, frustrated or confused, Freeze has arrived to attack directly Gotham´s inhabitants ("Batman: Mr. Freeze"), killing innocents, but it isn´t his habitual behavior. He isn´t a mass-murderer, like Poison Ivy or the Joker.
During "No Man´s Land", he took control of Gotham during some weeks. His kingdom was defined as the less brutal, compared with Killer Croc´s occupation.
Mr. Freeze has defeated during his career Robin (Tim Drake) and Batgirl (the last one). He also survied to the attack of a Predator ("Batman VS Predator III"). Also, his freezing technology defeated Catwoman (in Rome) and a Predator (when Batman used Freeze´s weapon).
Freeze showed also his good deeds years ago, helping the Flash to solve a crime. He also helped Batman to defeat Clayface ("Shadow of the Bat 75", but only because Batman manipulated him), and also, recently, helped Batgirl to defeat Ra´s Al Ghul´s plans of world destruction.
In 2005 ("Legends of the Dark Knight 190-1"), he suffered a depression, caused by his lack of success healing / ressurecting his wife, and considered the idea of suicide, but Batman saved him. In that episode, he defeated Batman with gas, but forgived his life. He also, months later, ("Gotham Knights, 59") captured Batman again, and created a trap that would have killed Batman and himself, but Freeze had a long conversation with Batman, and finally recovered his aim, and even helped Batman to escape. Since then, his depression finished, and Freeze recovered his strength to save his wife.
There´s also a comic book, where Mister Freeze obtains magical powers and fights (and defeats) some members of the Green Lanterns. Finally, the demon that gave him the power is defeated, and Freeze loses the power.
Recently, he also resurrected his wife using a Lazarus pit.
During Salvation Run he was one of the few Batman´s foes that joined Luthor´s side, instead of the Joker´s. In that comic, he destroyed some of Darkseid´s parademons, freezing them.
During the Battle for the Cowl, Mr. Freeze captured Commissioner Gordon and held him hostage. However, he was defeated and sent to Iron Heights until Arkham Asylum is rebuilt.
Powers and Abilities
Mr. Freeze wields a laser-powered cold gun, capable of creating ice or freezing people or objects. He is a genius and has advanced expertise in the field of cyrogenics. His cryo-suit also gives him increased strength and durability. Freeze's mutation also decelerated his aging as the serum that soaked him was meant for cyrogenics preservation.
Characteristics:
Eyes: BlueHair: None
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lbs
Other Media
In Batman´s TV series, starred by Adam West, he was played by George Sanders (first), Otto Preminger (later) and Eli Wallach (finally). George Sander´s Freeze is serious and tragic, very interesting, marked by the accident that Batman caused (this fact was introduced), and forced to live "sub zero". Later, the character evolved, and Eli Wallach´s Freeze is campy and funny. Nora appears, but instead of his wife, she´s his girlfriend, and helps him with his crimes. The three versions of Mr. Freeze show a strong german accent.
Freeze appeared in an episode of Batman´s 1970´s cartoons. The character is like Wallach´s version, but bald.
In the movie Batman and Robin he is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Batman and Robin, Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy are the two villains, but in the last scenes, Freeze is redeemed by Batman, and saves Alfred Pennyworth´s life. Later, he punishes (and probably kills) Poison Ivy by having attempted to kill Nora Fries.
He has a big part in Batman: The Animated Series and he was also in the New Batman Adventures and Batman Beyond.
He also co-starred the film that continued the plot developed in "Batman: The Animated Series". In that film, Freeze finally finds a medical way to save his wife.
Animated Series
When Mr. Freeze first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (part of the DC Animated Universe), he had gone through a monumental change from his original comic counter-part. Bruce Timm had transformed him into a victim of injustice and a hero in his own mind. He starts a crusade against the man that caused his accident, and finally, he destroys his financial empire.
This version was well accepted by fans and became canon in the regular DC Universe, after Paul Dini´s one-shot comic book "Batman: Mr. Freeze". This version shows Freeze as an anti-hero, instead of as a ruthless villain. In his final appearence in the series, before the film "Batman: Subzero", Freeze helps Batman to defeat a villain that wanted to annihilate the mankind. That villain offered Freeze to ressurect Freeze´s wife, but Victor, man of honor, rejected him, because "Nora wouldn´t have accepted the exchange".
Freeze would go own to make numerous appearances in the DC Animated Universe, even in the future of "Batman Beyond", where, again, finishes joining Batman´s side, to defeat a powerful villain. Freeze (who knew that his wife died years ago) sacrified his life, but destroyed the creature, and saved the city.
He appears in Batman the Brave and the Bold as Mr.Zero.
| Super Name: | Mr. Freeze |
| Real Name: | Victor Fries |
| Aliases: |
Freeze Mr. Zero Mister Freeze |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Batman #121 |
| Appears in: | 145 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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