Who Is Cold Warrior? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Cold Warrior is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Sinkovitz, with over 9 comic issue appearances. Cold Warrior is a temperature altering super-villain who has faced the Agents of Atlas and War Machine.

Who is Cold Warrior?

Origin Professor Sinkovitz was working on a special apparatus in the slum area of Los Angeles when he was approached by a Skrull posing as Vice President Richard Nixon . "Nixon" told Sinkovitz that they had learned of his project and the government wants his machine to be a success to defeat 3-D Man because the hero is actually a communist. Sinkovitz agreed to become the test subject of his absolute zero apparatus to become a human weapon and to test his theory that the human body can be altered and given special abilities through carefully controlled temperature changes. Sinkovitz wears a special suit to protect him from the sudden temperature drop when the machine is activated. The experiment is a success and Sinkovitz becomes the Cold Warrior. Creation Cold Warrior was created by Roy Thomas and Jim Craig in 1977 and first appeared in Marvel Premiere # 37. Major Story Arcs 3-D Man 3-D Man is confronted by the Cold Warrior at the Santa Monica Pier and the two battle it out in front of several civilians. Cold Warrior tells 3-D Man that he was anti-communist because his parents were driven from their homeland in Russia by communist and would take great pleasure in defeating him.

Key facts

Cold Warrior is of human origin and first appeared in "Code-Name: The Cold Warrior!". The character is published by Marvel. With 9 recorded issue appearances, Cold Warrior ranks among the most featured characters in comics.