Thursday, September 19, 2013

Mr. Freeze! (as seen in Batman and shit)



PERSONAL DATA
Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Criminal [Everybody else gets to be a Professional Criminal. I suppose it's just a hobby for Mr. Freeze.]
Marital Status: Single [No identity. No mention of his wife. This entry was way before his motivations were fleshed out, wasn't it?]
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None [The answer "None" on the Group Affiliation category always makes me a little bit sad.]
Base of Operations: Gotham City
First Appearance: BATMAN #121
Height: 6' Weight: 190 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: None

HISTORY
The man who became known as Mr. Freeze has shrouded his early years in mystery, and so no on knows who this man was before the bizarre accident that transformed him into a twisted super-criminal [But not a professional one.].

Originally a sophisticated criminal with a brilliant scientific mind [And apparently no faith or religious upbringing to keep his science from being used in immoral and unethical ways. Fucking science and scientists. Thinking they can do whatever they want because MATH!], he one day was constructing a gun capable of emitting waves of frigid cold when a freak accident bathed him in an experimental freezing solution.

Almost immediately, the criminal scientist was unable to survive in a normal setting [Like at the dinner table at his parents' house on Thanksgiving. So no different from most of us, then.], requiring a special environment below 32 degrees centigrade [My survival environment is a dark, quiet room with a dirty magazine book by (Google famous author that would make me sound smart if I were reading it and insert it here).]. A short time later, the criminal fashioned a refrigerated uniform and set out to begin a crime spree through Gotham City as Mr. Zero [That's not a great name but I don't think it's the name you lose to be replaced by "Mr. Freeze."].

While initially successful, Mr. Zero was eventually defeated by Batman (see Batman II) [Big fucking surprise, right?].

This was a short-lived triumph for the Caped Crusader, because Mr. Zero returned several times. Despite the ingenious plans and traps Mr. Zero launched [I highly doubt they were ingenious since they were probably written in the Silver Age. Maybe "whimsically off-beat" I'd believe.], he was defeated time and again.

Hoping to reverse the defeats, Mr. Zero improved his cold gun and uniform, changed his name to Mr. Freeze, and began anew.

Mr. Freeze remains undaunted, although each defeat leaves his mind seemingly all the more unhinged. Mr. Freeze has preferred working with a small gang of thugs and his last known attack was to plunge Gotham into a miniature ice age, with himself as the new ruler [Why doesn't he just fucking run for Mayor?]. He was, of course, captured by Batman.

Since then, Mr. Freeze has escaped from Gotham Prison and has modified his battle armor once again, remaining a threat to Gotham's citizenry.

POWERS & WEAPONS
Mr. Freeze's original cold gun was a double-barreled model with sub-zero cold coming from one side and blistering heat from the other. In later models, the twin mold was discarded in favor of a single barrel pistol or rifle able to send out streams of cold in nearly any shape.

Freeze remains a superior scientist, using his skills to further modify his weapons and his survival suit. The suit is able to keep Freeze's body in an icy setting without radiating any unnatural cold. The current suit resembles armor and has built-in armaments, giving him greater control.

While Freeze's original experiments seem similar to those that gave Captain Cold (see Captain Cold) his own cold gun, they are entirely different [Of course. Nobody was suggesting you were treading the same old ground with just another ice villain. Why are you being so defensive about your lack of good ideas, DC?].

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