Victor Fries

* Civilian
* Meta-Human

Dr. **Victor Fries**, also known as **Mr. Freeze**, is a former scientist for Wayne Enterprises. He is the husband of Nora Fries. Victor worked on finding a cure to his terminally-ill wife Nora, but unfortunately, his research affected him and turned him into a Meta-human and causing his body to slowly deteriorate.

## Biography

#### Early life

As a teenager, Victor Fries was fascinated by freezing animals as a hobby. At some point, he was sent to boarding school which was where he met the love of his life, Nora. Eventually, the two got married and victor became a famous scientist at Wayne Enterprises, specializing in cryogenics. However, Nora was diagnosed with MacGregor's Syndrome, a progressive lung disease. With no cure for the disease, Victor put Nora into a cryo-chamber that was supplied with his own liquid nitrogen formula, keeping her in stasis until a cure could be found.

#### Becoming Mr. Freeze

In March of 2023, while experimenting to save Nora, a nitrogen tank exploded, causing Victor's cells to mutate and turning his body cold. He later adopted the moniker of Mr. Freeze. After encountering Batman for the first time, Victor made a suit that helped regulate Victor's cold nature. However, it wasn't enough and caused Fries to get sent to Arkham Asylum.

## Personality

Since learning that his wife had a terminal illness and was on her deathbed, Victor Fries began displaying highly amoral behaviour. The immense stress and desperation to save Nora caused him to abandon ethics as he displays utmost depravity and ruthlessness from freezing people alive to experimenting on them to reanimate the dead and ultimately save her life. Nora herself states that Fries believes that if he can save her life, all the other deaths he leaves in his wake are justifiable. He obviously loved his wife deeply as the second she died, he attempted suicide and later claims he should have died with her after being brought back to life. Despite his ruthlessness, Victor has some form of morality as he planned to imprison himself when Nora was finally cured and states that he did not wish for people to get hurt but was willing to kill nevertheless to cure her.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* Meta-human **physiology:** As a result of a nitrogen tank exploding in Victor's face, Victor's cellular structure underwent a genetic mutation that allows him to survive in environments with temperatures below zero. The mutation also give him an albino appearance with his hair turned white, and his eye color and veins turned light blue.
	+ **Cold immunity:** An added benefit to his powers, Fries's cells can withstand subzero temperatures.

### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect:** Victor Fries possess a high level intellect, especially in Cryogenic technology.
	+ **Cryogenics expert:** Fries is a very intelligent man and was well known for his work in the field of cryogenics.
	+ **Expert engineer:** Fries has shown to be an expert at creating his cryonic weaponry, as well as the exo-suit. He was also able to construct cryonic chambers in the basement of his home which he used to store his frozen victims.
	+ **Skilled chemist:** Through a system of trial and error, Fries was able to perfect his cryonic formula.

### Weaknesses

* **Above-zero temperatures:** Victor can only survive in temperatures above zero degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours without his cryo-suit.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Goggles:** Fries wore a pair of red goggles, which are likely designed to protect his eyes from the flashes emitted by his Freeze Gun
* **Freeze Gun:** Mr. Freeze's liquid nitrogen formula was implied to be enough to put a person through cryostasis, with the right type of equipment. It was also shown to be capable of fully freezing anything within it's radius to an incredible degree.

## Appearances

### Batman

#### Season 3

* Sub-Zero Chills
* How Does Your Garden Grow? (mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC comics, Victor Fries is a villain known as "Mr. Freeze", and an enemy of Batman. Mr. Freeze was originally introduced in the comics as Mr. Zero in *Batman* #121 (February 1959) and was later given the name Freeze in the campy Adam West led Batman television series in 1966, which was then carried over into the comics in *Detective Comics* #373 (March 1968).