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'''Mr. Freeze''', real name '''Dr. Victor Fries''' (pronounced as Victor "Frees" or "Freeze"), is a [[DC Comics]] [[supervillain]], an enemy of [[Batman]]. Created by [[Bob Kane]], he first appeared in ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #121 ([[1959#February|February 1959]]).<ref name="UGO - Freeze"/>
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Freeze is a scientist who must wear a [[Cryogenics|cryogenic]] suit in order to survive, and bases his crimes around a "cold" or "ice" theme, complete with a "cold gun" that freezes its targets solid. In the most common variation of his [[origin story]], he is a former cryogenics expert who suffered an [[industrial accident]] while attempting to cure his [[Terminal illness|terminally ill]] wife, [[Nora Fries|Nora]].
Freeze is a scientist who must wear a [[Cryogenics|cryogenic]] suit in order to survive, and bases his crimes around a "cold" or "ice" theme, complete with a "cold gun" that freezes its targets solid. In the most common variation of his [[origin story]], he is a former cryogenics expert who suffered an [[industrial accident]] while attempting to cure his [[Terminal illness|terminally ill]] wife, [[Nora Fries|Nora]].
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Mr. Freeze, real name Dr. Victor Fries (pronounced as Victor "Frees" or "Freeze"), is [[File:[[File:[[File:]]]]]]a DC Comicssupervillain, an enemy of Batman. Created by Bob Kane, he first appeared in Batman #121 (February 1959).[1]
Freeze is a scientist who must wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive, and bases his crimes around a "cold" or "ice" theme, complete with a "cold gun" that freezes its targets solid. In the most common variation of his origin story, he is a former cryogenics expert who suffered an industrial accident while attempting to cure his terminally ill wife, Nora.
IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time List ranked Mr. Freeze as #67.[2]
Overview
Originally called Mr. Zero,[1] he was renamed and popularized by the 1960s Batman television series, in which he was played by several actors.[3][4][5] His character was used because the series creators had originally wanted to use the character of Two-Face (aka Harvey Dent), but network executives thought the character would be too scary for the numerous children who watched the show; as a result, an alternative villain with a physical deformity and a more serious personality, Mr. Freeze, was substituted. Initially, the producers sought Clint Eastwood to play the role, but instead later went with other guest stars.
Over two decades later, a television adaptation of Batman revitalized him once again. Batman: The Animated Series retold Mr. Freeze’s origin in a landmark episode by writer Paul Dini, introducing his terminally ill, cryogenically frozen wife, which greater explained his obsession with ice and need to build a criminal empire to raise research funds.[6] The episode was seen as groundbreaking for a Saturday morning cartoon and helped set the tone for the complex moral motivations seen constantly in the rest of the series. This backstory was also made canon in the comics and has been Fries' official origin in almost every incarnation of Batman since. This leads many fans to think of him as the most sympathetic villain and in some cases, merely as an antiheroantagonist.
From the time of his first appearance in 1958 onward, Mr. Freeze was portrayed as one of many "joke" villains (see also Killer Moth, cast as stock enemies of Batman).[1] Originally called Mr. Zero,[1] the producers of the 1960s Batman television series renamed him Mr. Freeze (and portrayed Batman addressing him as "Dr. Schivell"),[1] and the name quickly carried over to the comic books.
Nearly 30 years later, Mr. Freeze would receive another update on television. In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice", he was made into a more complex, tragic character.[6] This version of Mr. Freeze was enthusiastically accepted by fans, and has become the standard portrayal for the character in most forms of media, including the comic book series itself, which previously had the character casually killed off by the Joker. Freeze was resurrected in the comic after the episode aired.[1]
Silver Age
Batman #121 (1959), the first appearance of the character as "Mr. Zero". Cover art by Curt Swan
In the Pre-Crisiscontinuityseries, it is explained that Mr. Freeze is a rogue scientist whose design for an "ice gun" backfires when he inadvertently spills cryogenic chemicals on himself, resulting in his needing subzero temperatures to survive.[1]
Modern Age
Post-Crisis, Freeze was revamped utilizing Paul Dini's backstory. Dr. Victor Fries is an expert molecular biologist. As a child, he is fascinated by freezing animals. His parents, horrified by his "hobby", send him to a strict boarding school, where he is miserable, feeling detached from humanity. In college, he meets a woman named Nora, whom he falls in love with and ultimately marries.[1]
Nora later falls terminally ill. Fries takes on a job working for a large company run by the ruthless Ferris Boyle. Fries discovers a way to put Nora into cryo-stasis (using company equipment without permission), and places her in that state hoping to sustain her until a cure could be found. Boyle finds out about the experiment and attempts to have her brought out of cryo-stasis, overruling Fries' frantic objections. A struggle ensues, in which Boyle kicks Fries into a table full of chemicals and leaves him for dead. Fries survives, but his body temperature is lowered dramatically due to mutations triggered by the chemicals; he can now only live at subzero temperatures and is thus forced to wear a special refrigerating suit to stay alive. As Mr. Freeze, he uses cryonic technology to create a gun, which fires a beam that freezes any target within its range.[1][8]
His first act as a costumed criminal is to take revenge upon Boyle, a plan with which Batman interferes.[1][6] Mr. Freeze fires his freeze-gun at Batman, but he dodges, causing the beam to shatter Nora's capsule. Freeze blames Batman, and swears to destroy whatever the Dark Knight holds dear (mainly Gotham City, and eventually Robin).[1]
Freeze's crimes tend to involve freezing everyone and everything he runs into [1] so he hardly ever forges alliances with the other criminals in Gotham, preferring to work alone. On rare occasions he has worked with another member of Batman's rogues gallery, such as the time he was a hired enforcer/hitman for the Black Mask.[9]
In Villains United #1, Freeze has frozen everyone inside a courtroom. While using a frozen man as a chair, he talks with the Calculator, who convinces him to join the Secret Society of Super Villains. During his time with the group, he fashions for Nyssa al Ghul a sub-zero machine in exchange for the use of her own Lazarus Pit. He attempts to restore Nora to life without waiting for the adjusting needed in the pool chemicals. However, she returns to life as the twisted Lazara, and escapes. She blames her husband for her plight, and estranges herself from him.[10]
In exchange for his services, Black Mask paid him with a new and improved suit and Nyssa Al Ghul paid him with use of a lazarus pit.
He is usually imprisoned in Arkham Asylum when apprehended by the Batman. The facility has accommodations for his medical requirements with a refrigerated cell.[11]
He has been seen among the new Injustice League and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run.
He has been seen as the main villain in "The Battle for the Cowl" One Shot "Commissioner Gordon".[12]
Powers and abilities
Like most Batman villains, Mr. Freeze plans his crimes about a specific theme; in his case, ice and cold.[1] He freezes areas around him using special weapons and equipment, most notably a handheld "Freeze gun". His refrigeration suit grants him superhuman strength and durability, making him a powerful villain in Batman's rogues gallery.[1]
In the Underworld Unleashed storyline, the demon Neron grants Mr. Freeze the ability to generate subzero temperatures, no longer needing his freeze-gun or refrigeration suit. However, after his encounter with Green Lantern, Donna Troy, and Purgatory in Central Park, he reverted back to his original subzero biology. He then gained a new subzero armor and weaponry.[13]
Animated abilities
According to Batman: The Animated Series, Freeze understands how to reproduce his condition.[14] Also his obsession with ice stems from personal tragedy, and his crimes are inspired by his desire to make the rest of the world as miserable as he is.[15] Furthermore, since the serum Freeze was soaked in was intended to be used for cryo-preservation, his age progression has slowed drastically to the point he is virtually immortal.[6]
In The Batman, Freeze has the ability of cryokinesis (i.e. to generate ice and cold with his mind, channeled via his hands).[16]
Other versions
Robot Mr. Freeze
This Mr. Freeze is a robot that is controlled by Dr. Thurman.[17]
Flashpoint
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint, Mister Freeze attacks the S.T.A.R. Labs in Central City for the cure of his lover Nora Fries. However, Citizen Cold attacks and using his cold gun to froze Mister Freeze's body. Mister Freeze tries to escape on robotic legs, but Citizen Cold froze him to death and tells him that Nora is dead.[18]
In other media
Television
Batman (live action)
In the 1960s Batman television series, Mr. Freeze was played by George Sanders in the first two-part appearance, Otto Preminger in the second two-part appearance, and Eli Wallach in the third two-part appearance.[3][4][5][19] Sanders and Wallach put on German accents for the role, while Preminger used his own Austrian accent. While the George Sanders version wore the classic refrigerated suit, the Otto Preminger and Eli Wallach versions wore a "Freeze Collar" around their neck. Before Mr. Freeze was on the show, he was always called Mr. Zero. The show's version of him continues to be campy like the comic books and is given an alias Dr. Schivel.[1]
In his first appearance "Instant Freeze", it is revealed that it was Batman who spilled the cryogenic chemicals on Dr. Schivel (portrayed by George Sanders) during an attempted arrest. Batman thus feels a certain amount of guilt for his condition. Mr. Freeze ends up stealing some famous diamonds from the Gotham City Diamond Exchange. When Batman and Robin try to stop him, he ends up freezing them with his freeze gun. In the next episode "Rats Like Cheese," Mr. Freeze kidnaps Paul Diamante of the Gotham City Eagles Team and offers to return him in exchange for Batman. Batman and Robin were able to apprehend Mr. Freeze. During this appearance, Mr. Freeze's hideout has "warm lights" so that his henchmen can interact with Mr. Freeze. In "Green Ice," Mr. Freeze (portrayed by Otto Preminger) escapes from prison and captures Miss Iceland from the finals of the Miss Galaxy Pageant. In the next episode "Deep Freeze," Mr. Freeze has led all of Gotham City to believe that Batman has given in to Mr. Freeze's bribes. Batman and Robin managed to find Mr. Freeze's hideout, rescue Miss Iceland, and defeat Mr. Freeze (who was placed in the same freezer that he placed Miss Iceland in after his Freeze Collar was knocked off). In "Ice Spy," Mr. Freeze (now portrayed by Eli Wallach) kidnaps Icelandic scientist Professor Isaacson in order to obtain an "Instant Ice" formula. In "The Duo Defy," Mr. Freeze finally obtains the "Instant Ice" formula and ends up building a large freeze ray. He is thwarted by Batman and Robin again.
The New Adventures of Batman
Mr. Freeze appears in The New Adventures of Batman episode "The Deep Freeze" voiced by Lennie Weinrib. The Filmation series changes his origin stating he was an alien who would die if exposed to any temperature hotter than -50 degrees Fahrenheit and that firearms from his planet are used as "freeze guns". Mr. Freeze also makes extensive use of technology such as making certain parts of his hideout "warm corridors" to accommodate his human underling Professor Frost.[20] He and his henchmen plot to steal the N-1000 (a superfast submarine) to pull of the Crime of the Century. When Batman and Robin raid his hideout, Mr. Freeze manages to freeze both of them but takes Robin with him and Professor Frost. When Mr. Freeze and Professor Frost managed to steal the N-1000, Mr. Freeze has Professor Frost steer it to the North Pole. When Batman and Bat-Mite catch up, Robin makes his escape while Mr. Freeze and Professor Frost continue to the North Pole. When Batman, Robin, and Bat-Mite catch up to Mr. Freeze and Professor Frost at the North Pole, Batman and Robin fire a beam from their device that reverses the polarity of Mr. Freeze's freeze gun so that it warms up. Batman and Robin managed to defeat Mr. Freeze and remand him to prison.
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman: The Animated Series voiced by Michael Ansara.[21] His appearance in the series was designed by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, at the request of series creator Bruce Timm.[14] Mr. Freeze is introduced in the episode "Heart of Ice", which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. In flashback, viewers see that while working for the company Gothcorp, Victor Fries had embezzled funds for an experiment, in order to save his terminally ill wife, Nora, by cryogenically freezing her until a cure could be found. At the last moment, however, Gothcorp CEO Ferris Boyle broke into the lab with guards, demanding an end be put to the experiment. When a panicked Fries grabbed a pistol from a security guard and aimed it at Boyle, the corrupt CEO kicked Fries into a table of chemical beakers, leaving him to die. Fries survived, but was severely mutated by the substances and transformed into Mr. Freeze.
In the present day Freeze leads a band of henchmen and makes several raids on Gothcorp, stealing the parts for a freezing machine he wishes to build and use in his vendetta against Boyle. This leads to his first confrontation with Batman, whom he defeats easily and traps in a block of ice. Freeze traps Batman and leaves him in his hideout, confronting Boyle at the Gothcorp Humanitarian Party and freezing him up to the waist. Batman escapes, then confronts Freeze at the party, fighting him one-on-one until he breaks a thermos of chicken soup on Freeze's transparent head dome to cause it to shatter with the induced thermal shock, rendering Fries unconscious at being exposed to normal room temperature. Batman then presents evidence of Boyle's crimes to the press and leaves him half encased in ice. Freeze is imprisoned in Arkham in a special cell that is kept at subzero temperatures, and the episode ends with him begging his wife for forgiveness.[6]
Freeze later appears in "Deep Freeze", in which he is taken from prison against his will and brought to an off-shore city called Oceana. There, he meets billionaire amusement park designer Grant Walker, who wants to become like Freeze so he can create a frozen world for selected residents. Freeze warns Walker that his condition is one he would not wish upon anyone, but agrees to help when Walker promises to cure Nora. Batman and Robin arrive and try to reason with Freeze that if he were to help Walker, Nora would hate him. Freeze eventually turns on Walker, freezing him to a wall. Freeze overloads Oceana's power-core, which starts the destruction of the city. Freeze stays behind to die with his wife, and they all disappear in the explosion, though the episode's end reveals that they survive, trapped in icebergs.[22]
In the New Batman Adventures, Mr. Freeze (again voiced by Michael Ansara) returns with a new, sleeker look, in which his head is mounted on four thin, robotic legs, and which crawl and lock into a suit. His personality is also darker and more deranged, director Dan Riba said in the Arkham Files DVD feature that he and Bruce Timm took the events of Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero into account. The movie ended with his wife being cured, but his criminal record and freakish appearance now prevent him from being with her.[23]
In the episode "Cold Comfort", Freeze learns that the serum that mutated his body is slowly destroying it. Although he has kidnapped many scientists to try and stop the process, they only succeed after the process has claimed all but his head. Freeze felt unable to return to Nora who, believing her husband had died in the events of Subzero, married the doctor assigned to her case and left Gotham permanently. The trauma destroys whatever is left of Freeze's humanity, and he begins committing crimes in order to inflict on others the loss he's suffered, by taking away the things they value most. One of his targets is Bruce Wayne, and he almost kills Alfred Pennyworth at Wayne Manor. At his hideout, Freeze is confronted by Batman and Batgirl, and he reveals his true condition to them as well as his goal of destroying Gotham — and thus all Batman holds dear — by dropping a "reverse fusion bomb" that will freeze the city. Freeze boards a helicopter to drop the bomb but Batman follows him and they engage in a duel in which Batman uses his grappling gun to hook Freeze to the bomb and drop it into the river, where an explosion creates a huge iceberg. Freeze is presumed dead, but the episode's end reveals that Freeze's head is missing from his frozen armor,[15][24] and as revealed in Batman Beyond, Freeze escapes with his life.[25][26]
In Batman Beyond, which is set 40 years in the future, Bruce Wayne still has one of Mr. Freeze's guns in the Batcave. His successor as Batman, Terry McGinnis, uses it to freeze Inque when she infiltrates the Batcave, and Inque destroys it in a later episode. The episode "Meltdown" reveals that the disembodied head of Victor Fries (again voiced by Michael Ansara) survives the events of "Cold Comfort" thanks to the cryogenics technology, which has granted him eternal life. Stephanie Lake, a doctor working for Derek Powers, uses Mr. Freeze as a test subject for a process she hoped would be able to cure Powers' mutation (suffered in the series' pilot episode). She creates a clone body for him using his baseline DNA and transfers Fries' mind into it. Given a normal life, Fries tries to right some of the wrongs he has committed, creating a charitable organization with all his legitimate earnings from before he was imprisoned. However, the new body soon begins to revert to the same sub-zero biology.
Lake and Powers betray Fries when he returns to their lab for help, hoping to learn more from a biopsy. He escapes, recovers an advanced suit of sub-zero armor, and becomes Mr. Freeze again. He seeks revenge by killing Lake, freezing Powers — unintentionally revealing Powers' mutation into the villain Blight — and attempting to blow up a Wayne-Powers complex. Batman foils the plan while Freeze and Blight do battle. Freeze redeems himself by saving Batman from Blight and later keeps Batman from saving him so he would not perish in the explosion with Freeze because the new Dark Knight is the only person who cares whether he lives or dies.[25][26] He later appears in the second issue of the Batman Beyond comic, although the canonicity of the comic is debatable.
Mr. Freeze appears in The Batman voiced by Clancy Brown. This version of the Mr. Freeze is a bank robber who is condemned to life in a cryogenic suit after an accident in a cryogenics lab while being chased by Batman.[9] In a later episode, Mr. Freeze teams up with Firefly to put Gotham in a permanent winter.[27] In "The Icy Depths", he competes against Penguin to claim an umbrella that is in fact a map to a sunken treasure.[28] He was hired by Lex Luthor, along with Black Mask, Clayface, and Bane to kidnap Lois Lane and use her as bait for Superman.
Though Brown was on hand to reprise his role of Luthor from Superman: The Animated Series, Brown had no lines as Freeze. In the episode "Artifacts", set in 2027, Freeze's powers have increased to the point that he wears a special mecha suit. However, he loses an unhealthy amount of weight and becomes unable to walk, and now uses mechanical spider legs. After a near-death escape, Freeze places himself in cryogenic suspension, until someone wakes him up 1,000 years in the future in 3027. Once his suit is repaired, Mr. Freeze continues terrorizing Gotham. Eventually, law enforcement officers use methods saved for the future by Batman to defeat Freeze.[29] In the Japanese dub of the series, Freeze is voiced by Tesshō Genda, who played Batman in the Japanese dub of Batman: The Animated Series.
Mr. Freeze never appeared in the Justice League animated series, but his freeze gun is used by the Thanagarian Kragger in the Batcave as seen in the episode "Starcrossed". Kragger attempts to use it on Superman, who blows the freeze charge back, freezing Kragger instead.[30]
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold voiced by John DiMaggio. He first appears in his Silver Age appearance under the name "Mr. Zero" in the episode "Legends of the Dark Mite" where he is among the Batman villains in Bat-Mite's fantasy. Batman manages to defeat him by throwing a boomerang at his helmet which deflated him. Mr. Freeze makes a cameo in the teaser for "Sidekicks Assemble" as one of the villain holograms that Robin, Speedy, and Aqualad fight. Mr. Freeze later appears in "Chill of the Night!" with a design resembling the George Sanders depiction. He is among the villains at a weapons auction held by Joe Chill. In "Bold Beginnings!", Mr. Freeze has captured Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Plastic Man.
Mr. Freeze appears in the Young Justice episode "Independence Day" Pt. 1 voiced by Keith Szarabajka. Mr. Freeze terrorizes a park in Gotham City until he is distracted and weakened by Robin and taken down by Batman.
Film
Mr. Freeze appears in the direct to video movie Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero voiced by Michael Ansara. Nora's tank is shattered and Mr. Freeze kidnaps Batgirl in order to perform a vital organ transplant and uses Batgirl to get it. Mr. Freeze makes a deal with a greedy old colleague of his to help cure his wife in exchange for gold. Batman and Robin thwart this plan and Mr. Freeze is then presumed killed in the explosion of his lair on an abandoned oil rig. Wayne Enterprises then finances Nora's surgery saving her life which Freeze overhears while watching in on researchers in the North Pole, bringing tears to his eyes. The events are set before The New Batman Adventures as part of the DC Animated Universe. File:Ourgovernor.jpgMr. Freeze in Batman & Robin played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman & Robin played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. He serves as a main antagonist in the movie. The film features a largely campy interpretation of the character, although it includes the animated series version's tragic origin. Throughout the movie, he spouts puns related to cold weather and temperatures (e.g., "You’re not sending me to the cooler!", "Allow me to break the ice", "Let's kick some ice", etc.). The film's characterization of Mr. Freeze, as well as Schwarzenegger's performance, was widely criticized.[31][32] Freeze's suit is given a chilling redesign to make it distinctive from the animated series and comic book incarnations. In the film, Freeze possesses a cure for an early infection of the same virus from which his wife suffers, which Batman convinces him to share with him- Alfred is suffering from the early stages of the virus and Freeze is the only person who has managed to develop a cure for the disease at any point-, arguing that anyone can take lives but only a few people like Victor Fries can give them. Reassured by Batman that his wife has been saved from Ivy's attempt to kill her- which Ivy attempted to pin on Batman-, Freeze provides Batman with phials containing the cure, Batman promising in return to have Nora moved to Arkham's labs so that Freeze can continue his research. He is last seen at Arkham, having become Ivy's cellmate in hopes of keeping her frosty.
Mr. Freeze also appears in several Batman video games:
He is a boss in Batman: The Animated Series, The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega Genesis (in which Freeze was the game's final boss).
Mr. Freeze appears in the video game adaptation of the movie Batman & Robin.
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman: Chaos in Gotham.
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman Vengeance, targeting a scientist named Isaac Evers, whom he blames for sending him a video promoting Prometheon gas in order to spite him, unaware that the real culprit was the Joker, who planned to use Freeze's invasion of the lab as a distraction for him to steal large quantities of the gas. Michael Ansara reprised his role as Mr. Freeze for Batman Vengeance.[33]
Mr. Freeze appears in Batman: Dark Tomorrow (the only game to feature the comic book version of Mr. Freeze, as all other games use the animated or movie version).[34][35][36]
He is also one of the main villains in the PC game Toxic Chill, in which Freeze pairs up with the Riddler in an attempt to change the very weather of Gotham. He is eventually betrayed and nearly killed by the Riddler, who sets off a volcanic eruption. Both are sent to Arkham Asylum, and are made cellmates. It is suggested that Freeze tortures the Riddler in Arkham as revenge for his treachery.
In the third season of the Flash series Gotham Girls, a new villain is introduced: Dora Smithy, Mr. Freeze's sister-in-law. She dons his freezing equipment in a quest to wipe out Gotham's supervillain, due to a misunderstanding that Mr. Freeze's actions killed her only sister. As a result, there is an emphasis on Mr. Freeze himself throughout the season, and he is discussed several times, although he never actually makes an appearance.
Lego's Batman line features two sets, The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze's Invasion, which includes minifigure incarnations of Mr. Freeze, The Penguin, Batman, Robin, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, a henchman, and three hench-penguins. The second set, Batman's Buggy: The Escape of Mr. Freeze, includes minifigures of Mr. Freeze and Batman.
Dark Horse comic books
Mr. Freeze appears in the third Batman vs. Predator comic book, Blood Ties. His gang members are killed by the Predators, but he is spared since he is not visible to the Predator because of his body temperature.[41]
In Batman/Aliens 2, Mr. Freeze is not seen, but his freeze gun is used to destroy aliens, and an alien cloned from Fries' DNA can be seen.[42]
Miscellaneous
Freeze has made numerous appearances in the comics set in the DC Animated Universe.
In Batman: Gotham Adventures issue #5 he was found shortly after the battle and back in action.[43] He has made further appearances in Batman Adventures. The comic's writers intended Batman Adventures #15 to be Mr. Freeze's final appearance. Though the issue's ending is ambiguous, it does set up for his eventual fate, as revealed in Batman Beyond.[44] Nora finally encounters Victor after her new husband is nearly killed by a robot he himself created in Freeze's image to attack him, hoping to prove to Nora that her first husband was a monster. The story ends with Mr. Freeze's head falling into a pond at the Arctic. Deleted material from the comic portrays Ferris Boyle and Grant Walker being killed by the Mr. Freeze robot. While the end of the story is left ambiguous, it was intended for Mr. Freeze to be taken by Powers Technology and put in storage. The company's owner, Warren Powers, father of Derek, a Batman Beyond' villain, states that the secret to immortality is locked inside that head.[44]
Mr. Freeze made two appearances in Justice League Adventures comics. In the first, he claims that Captain Cold has stolen his freeze gun design, but in the second they are working together, alongside other cold-based villains as part of a plan to conquer Earth for a race of cold-based aliens, although they turn against their 'ally' when he attempts to betray them only for them to be released by Batman.[45]
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