this deeply logical and intelligent
villain uses ice-cold ruthlessness to
achieve his goals welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of mr. freeze as
with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 1959 s Batman number
121 which was expanded upon in 1992 s
Batman the Animated Series and it’s
comic-book adaptation Batman mr. freeze
originally introduced as mr. zero this
Batman villain was once a
one-dimensional and ruthless villain
that used his knowledge of cryogenics to
achieve wealth after several decades he
underwent major change which quickly
transformed him into one of the most
popular and sympathetic of the Dark
Knight’s foes in Batman mr. freeze dr.
Victor freeze was portrayed as having
emerged from an isolated and troubled
youth as a child he made a hobby of
freezing animals in order to preserve
them fearing that they would eventually
die sickening his parents they sent him
away to a strict boarding school where
he became an outcast he broke from his
constant depression when he met the love
of his life a woman named Nora sadly
their happiness and marriage turned out
to be short-lived as she was soon
diagnosed with a fatal disease needing
money to provide medical bills he began
working at Gotham City lab there he
began revolutionary work into cryogenic
healing
however with results not coming fast
enough Victor decided to secretly freeze
Nora until a cure could be found while
it preserved her life his actions had
been discovered when security officers
threatened to pull the plug Victor put
up a fight this resulted in a coolant
blast that erupted from the machinery
and consumed his body and the lab
surviving the experience he discovered
that his body had undergone a mutagenic
change requiring sub-zero temperatures
to survive I a sub-zero environment
fashioning himself a suit to keep his
vitals going he developed a freezing ray
within a year freeze targeted his old
employer Ferris Boyle who was keeping
his suspended wife in storage with the
hopes of using her to turn a profit an
intervention by Batman gave the doctor a
new primary motivation the death of the
Caped Crusader over the years the two
would confront each other many more
times this was due to freezes need to
steal diamonds to power his cryo suit
and to afford the equipment needed to
fight
pure though on occasion he has found
himself partnering with Batman when he
found it to be the logical choice of
action freeze has also been known to
stop himself when he realizes that his
wife wouldn’t approve of his actions he
has also learned to make a home of
Arkham Asylum one of the few facilities
prepared for his extended stays with a
refrigerated cell one of Batman’s most
iconic foes Mr Freeze has appeared in
various forms of media over the years
these include his comical portrayal by
several actors in the 1960s Batman
series nobody says no to me never funda
ba-ba-ba-ba and Arnold Schwarzenegger
over-the-top interpretation of the
character in 1997’s Batman and Robin
mercy I’m afraid that the conditioners
left me cold to your pleas of mercy
however the most complex and sympathetic
portrayal of the character came in
Batman the Animated Series and it’s film
Batman and mr. freeze
sub-zero I can only beg your forgiveness
and pray you hear me somehow someplace
someplace where a warm hand waits for my
villain uses ice-cold ruthlessness to
achieve his goals welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of mr. freeze as
with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 1959 s Batman number
121 which was expanded upon in 1992 s
Batman the Animated Series and it’s
comic-book adaptation Batman mr. freeze
originally introduced as mr. zero this
Batman villain was once a
one-dimensional and ruthless villain
that used his knowledge of cryogenics to
achieve wealth after several decades he
underwent major change which quickly
transformed him into one of the most
popular and sympathetic of the Dark
Knight’s foes in Batman mr. freeze dr.
Victor freeze was portrayed as having
emerged from an isolated and troubled
youth as a child he made a hobby of
freezing animals in order to preserve
them fearing that they would eventually
die sickening his parents they sent him
away to a strict boarding school where
he became an outcast he broke from his
constant depression when he met the love
of his life a woman named Nora sadly
their happiness and marriage turned out
to be short-lived as she was soon
diagnosed with a fatal disease needing
money to provide medical bills he began
working at Gotham City lab there he
began revolutionary work into cryogenic
healing
however with results not coming fast
enough Victor decided to secretly freeze
Nora until a cure could be found while
it preserved her life his actions had
been discovered when security officers
threatened to pull the plug Victor put
up a fight this resulted in a coolant
blast that erupted from the machinery
and consumed his body and the lab
surviving the experience he discovered
that his body had undergone a mutagenic
change requiring sub-zero temperatures
to survive I a sub-zero environment
fashioning himself a suit to keep his
vitals going he developed a freezing ray
within a year freeze targeted his old
employer Ferris Boyle who was keeping
his suspended wife in storage with the
hopes of using her to turn a profit an
intervention by Batman gave the doctor a
new primary motivation the death of the
Caped Crusader over the years the two
would confront each other many more
times this was due to freezes need to
steal diamonds to power his cryo suit
and to afford the equipment needed to
fight
pure though on occasion he has found
himself partnering with Batman when he
found it to be the logical choice of
action freeze has also been known to
stop himself when he realizes that his
wife wouldn’t approve of his actions he
has also learned to make a home of
Arkham Asylum one of the few facilities
prepared for his extended stays with a
refrigerated cell one of Batman’s most
iconic foes Mr Freeze has appeared in
various forms of media over the years
these include his comical portrayal by
several actors in the 1960s Batman
series nobody says no to me never funda
ba-ba-ba-ba and Arnold Schwarzenegger
over-the-top interpretation of the
character in 1997’s Batman and Robin
mercy I’m afraid that the conditioners
left me cold to your pleas of mercy
however the most complex and sympathetic
portrayal of the character came in
Batman the Animated Series and it’s film
Batman and mr. freeze
sub-zero I can only beg your forgiveness
and pray you hear me somehow someplace
someplace where a warm hand waits for my
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