Who Is Mr. Freeze? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mr. Freeze is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Victor Fries, with over 1,299 comic issue appearances. After his wife became terminally ill, Dr. Victor Fries devoted his life to saving her and used cryogenics to freeze her to get time to find a cure. After being attacked by his boss Ferris Boyle and exposed to some of his chemicals, Fries could only survive in sub-zero temperatures and built a special suit to keep himself alive, becoming Mr Freeze.

Who is Mr. Freeze?

Origin Victor Fries 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-stasis. 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.

Key facts

Mr. Freeze is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,299 recorded issue appearances, Mr. Freeze ranks among the most featured characters in comics.