Bobby Drake

Drake Roberts (Aliases)

Ronny Drake (Brother)

X-Factor (Former Member)

Salem Center, NY

## Background

### 1981- 1995: Bobby Drake

Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake was born in Floral Park, Hempstead, New York to William Robert Drake& Madeline Beatrice Bass-Drake. Bobby was Jewish on his mother's side & Irish Catholic on his father's. He also had an older brother, Ronnie, who served as nothing more than a bully to Bobby during his childhood.

At the age of fourteen, Bobby first discovered his mutant abilities when he found himself unable to stop feeling cold & shivering. His parents became worried & had him admitted to the hospital so the doctors could come up with a solution. As one of the doctors was administering a test, Bobby freaked & encased the man's arm in ice. By the time his parents were notified, two mutants had arrived at the hospital. Using his powers, Charles Xavier made everyone forget the incident. Grateful for saving his life & wanting to learn how to control his powers, Bobby enrolled at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning after Xavier "convinced" his parents it was the right choice.

### 1995 - 1999: Iceman

As a student of the Institute & a member of the X-Men, Bobby was tutored in educational subjects & trained in the use of their powers in the Danger Room. Taking up the codename Iceman, Bobby learned to control his abilities in order to protect a world that feared & hated him for being different alongside Cyclops, Angel, Beast & Marvel Girl.

Iceman quickly befriended Beast, however he remained self-conscious about being the youngest member of the group. Still, his lighthearted approach to disaster often eased tension among his teammates. Due to a lack of control of his abilities, Bobby would appear more snowman-like when using powers. In time, Bobby learned to cover himself in ice instead of his original snowman appearance. Alongside the X-Men, he battled many foes including Magneto & the Brotherhood of Mutants. Among them, Bobby found his longtime nemesis in the mutant Pyro. Despite his bad relationship with this fire-based mutant, Bobby made good friends with others with the same powers like the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four.

### 1999 - 2004: Bobby Drake

After he graduated from the Xavier Institute, he went off to college at UCLA. For the next four years, Bobby lived a relatively normal life & even earned his CPA accreditation. Though no longer with the team, Bobby kept in contact with his teammates, especially his best friend Hank. He even managed to have a long-distance relationship with one of the X-Men new members, Rogue. After his completion of college & time as an accountant for Harras, Anderson & Brown, it was discovered that his former friend Jean Grey was still alive after having been believed dead for years. Having felt inadequate at his job for some time, Bobby took this as a sign & joined his former teammates on the X-Men.

### 2004 - 2007: Iceman

In addition, he joined Angel in the formation of X-Factor, an organization that intended to seek out & aid mutants under the pretense of hunting down mutants as menaces to society. The public assumed they were humans hunting mutants when in fact they were training young mutants in the use of their powers at the X-Factor Complex. Warren used his business assets to fund X-Factor as a means of expanding Xavier's dream. After months of working & recruiting four mutants, the government orders X-Factor to register. One the trainees declines & turns himself into the Portsmouth Naval Prison. With the dissolution of X-Factor, the other three are offered a place at the Xavier Institute but instead enroll at at the Phillips Academy.

Back at the Institute, Iceman began dating a young mutant named Infectia. She kidnapped Bobby & tried to use her powers to kiss him & make him her slave. After sending her off to jail, he began dating Opal Tanaka & even helped Opal out of a forced marriage arranged by her crime lord cousin Hiro. Hiro then challenged Bobby to a fight with no powers. When Bobby began to win, Hiro activated his self-destruct, killing himself. This event strained the relationship between Opal & Bobby as Hiro was still her cousin nonetheless. It eventually led to their break up & Opal ceasing all contact with Bobby.

The X-Men soon earned some issues with the formation of the X-Force, an aggressive &proactive team against mutant terrorists. Though both team essentially had the same goals, they had different views on how to accomplish it. To make matters worse, former X-Man Havok left the X-Men to help form the X-Force with the mysterious Cable. His actions along with some others led to the complete mental breakdown of his now ex-girlfriend Lorna Dane. After viciously attacking Alex, she turned into a cold & heartless woman. Xavier was able to intervene & give her psychotherapy lessons in her mind to calm her down. Feeling bad for the woman, Iceman helped Xavier whenever he could. When Lorna returned to her normal self, her & Bobby began dating.

Things between them became tense after Havok was believed to be dead along with the other members of the X-Force. Though Lorna tried to hide it, Bobby knew she was distraught over his death. Things were further strained when Bobby received him an email with a picture of a baby that looked like him & was named Robert Tanaka. Believing the boy to be his son, Bobby arrived in Hong Kong & was forced to cooperate with Hiro's former organization who were holding baby Robert hostage. After saving the baby, Bobby returned him to Opal & explained his plan to leave the X-Men & move to Hong Kong. Opal then explained that he was not her child's father but she did name the baby after him because he had saved her life many times. Returning home, Bobby & Lorna were able to get past their issues.

Months later, Havok & the rest of X-Force were revealed to have fake their deaths so they could operate more efficiently. Havok decided to leave X-Force & rejoin X-Men, essentially starting a love triangle between him, Lorna & Bobby. The triangle ended badly for Bobby when Lorna broke up with him then decided to leave the team after nearly being kill in combat. Despite this, Bobby tried to accompany her, as well as Alex. But Cyclops explained he still needed Bobby with the team, leaving Lorna to go off with Alex.

## Romantic Relationships

* Anna Marie: Dated (2003)
* Opal Tanaka: Girlfriend (2005)
* Lorna Dane: Girlfriend (2006 - 2007)
* Kitty Pryde: Dated (2004), (2008)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** Bobby Drake is believed to be an Omega Level Mutant. On a day-to-day basis, his powers aren't capable of their highest level of performance, but this potential has been unlocked on some occasions by various encounters.
	+ ***Thermokinesis*:** Iceman is a mutant with the ability to lower both his external & internal body temperature, which projects intense coldness from his body. He can mentally override his hypothalamus to allow his body temperature to be lowered by an unknown internal mechanism. This ability converts the latent thermal energies in & around his body into an unknown form of energy that is efficiently dissipated. A related mutation has rendered his body tissues unaffected by sub-zero temperatures. His power to generate cold is so great, he was able to stop a massive fusion device explosion. Through practice, Iceman has learned to control the intensity of his coldness, and he can selectively lower the temperature of isolated parts of his body.
		- ***Thermal Vision*:** When lowering his body temperature, Iceman can see other beings via the heat signatures they give off because of the absence of heat around himself.
	+ ***Cryokinesis*:** Iceman can generate, manipulate & fully control ice, snow & cold temperatures. He can use his mutant ability to control moisture such as to freeze any air moisture into super-hard ice. This ice can be formed into any object of his choosing; the only limitations are his own imagination & the ambient air temperature which determines how long his ice sculpture will stay icy. On at least one occasion, he has even been shown to make it snow or cause a blizzard. He can also unfreeze matter.
		- ***Organic-Ice Form*:** He possesses the ability to not only cover his body with ice, but to actually become organic ice. Though the appearance is similar, Iceman is now actually translucent in his ice form. He is virtually indestructible in this form, allowing him to reform his body should it become shattered or evaporated. Due to the amount of water on Earth, Iceman has a virtually unlimited supply of moisture since it is always present in the surrounding air or environment.
	+ ***Molecular Moisture Inversion*:** He possesses the ability to freeze water molecules turning them into solid ice.
	+ ***Ice Clone Generation*:** The ability to generate ice clones of himself. It is unknown how many ice clones he can create at once.
* **Multilingualism:** He can speak English & Spanish fluently.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** Under normal conditions, he can usually form ice continually for a period of about 5 hours before becoming mentally exhausted.
* **Creativity:** He seems to lack the creativity & imagination to use his powers to their full potential, though fear of losing control over them may be a factor in his reluctance.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Energy Projection:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Fighting Ability:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He is a mentor of the Excelsiors Squad. The current members are Graymalkin, Armor, Shark-Girl, Blindfold, Gentle & Eye Boy.
* He is good friends with Spiderman & Firestar.
* He fears that he can be killed by Cyclops' blasts, if he poorly aims them.

## Notes

* The original character of Iceman belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* His friendships with Spiderman & Firestar is a nod to Spiderman & His Amazing Friends.