Victor Fries

Dr. **Victor Fries** (ヴィクター・フリーズ, *Vikutā Furīzu*), also known as "**Mister Freeze**" (ミスター・フリーズ, *Misutā Furīzu*), is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *MDC* series created by C. B. Cebulski and Jim Lee.

He was once a respected and brilliant cryogenicist, but turned to a life of crime after his wife, Nora, cryogenically frozen for enough time to create a cure for her rare illness, was stolen away from him by his corrupt CEO, Ferris Boyle.

In the confusion, he was caught in a cryogenic accident, which changed his metabolism and drastically lowering his body temperature, also granting him the ability to freeze things through a touch.

The result was be became a cold-blooded scientist who was motivated by the desire to save and cure his wife through crime and kill anyone who would stand in his way.

"*Have you ever seen a flower die? Watched something that was once so beautiful, so full of life, collapse and rot from within?*"

—Mr. Freeze, to Hugo Strange.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Maurice LaMarche (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Biography

Victor Fries was a brilliant cryogenicist whose beloved wife Nora was stricken with a fatal degenerative disease. He placed her in suspended animation while obsessively searching for a way to cure her, but the corporation that funded his research - and Nora's life - pulled the plug, triggering an accident that transformed Fries' body into a cold-blooded form that must always be kept below zero; at normal room temperature he will die. Wielding a number of freezing weapons, he wears protective armor in his quest to somehow bring back his lovely wife and avenge her fate - which he partly holds the Batman responsible for.

### Appearance

#### As Mr. Freeze

* Hair Color: White (formerly Black)
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 6' 3"
* Weight: 190 lbs. (86 kg)

### Attributes:

* Scientific genius, with a specialty in cryogenics.
* Employs an extenisve array of cryo-weaponry.
* His body has been permanently altered to survive at a sub-freezing state.
* Wears protective, freezing armor whenever he's out in an above-zero climate.
* Motivated by his grief and anger over the fate of his wife Nora.

## Relationships

### Family

* Nora Fries (Wife)
* Dora Smithy (sister-in-law)

### Neutral

* Batman
* Hugo Strange

### Enemies

* GothCorp
	+ Ferris Boyle
* Two-Face
* Riddler
* Falcone Crime Family
	+ Carmine Falcone
* Joker's Thugs
	+ Joker
	+ Bud and Lou
	+ Harley Quinn
* Penguin
* Bane
	+ Razor
* Victor Zsasz
* Scarecrow
* Mad Hatter
* Killer Moth
* Maxie Zeus
* Killer Croc
* False Facers
	+ Black Mask
* Hush
* Calendar Man

## Abilities and Powers

### Powers

* **Unique Physiology**:
	+ **Self-Sustenance**: Victor can survive sub-zero temperatures and actually cannot survive without them.
	+ **Immortality**: Life has frozen over for Victor and has halted his age indefinitely.
	+ **Cryokinesis**: Mr. Freeze is able to fire ice blasts directly from his hands.
	+ **Weather Manipulation**: Upon becoming Mr. Freeze, Victor is able to make it snow so hard, that Gotham went through an ice age at one point.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Victor is a genius capable of much, although Hugo Strange noted that he made many wrong choices in his life and thus became who he was: Mr. Freeze. Despite the monomania in trying to cure his wife's illness, Victor has shown his intelligence hadn't been affected by the numerous things he's invented.
	+ **Science**: Victor is a brilliant cryogenicist, capable of freezing a living being in a state where they can be revived rather than be killed by being frozen.
		- **Cryogenics**: Victor Fries is a remarkable scientist and is Gotham's premier mind on Cryogenics.
		- **Medical Science**:
	+ **Multilingualism**: Victor is fluent with both German and English.
	+ **Chemistry**: Upon becoming Mr. Freeze, Victor developed a serum of sorts to keep his body in a subzero temperature if his suit was ever damaged and ceased to keep him cool. He was also able to come up with the cure to the Titan disease, but noted that it was incomplete without the blood of someone who used the Lazarus Pit. He also managed to create a cure for his wife, but was forced to sacrifice the generator that made it to save her and Batman.
	+ **Gadgetry**: Victor created his Mr. Freeze suit and his freeze gun. He even augmented his body with a holder for a vial of his freezing agent for when he's out of the suit.
	+ **Computer Operation**:
	+ **Mechanical Engineering**:
	+ **Electrical Engineering**:
* **Athletics**: Victor is a two-time Olympic decathlon.
* **Leadership**:
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat** (Basic):
* **Intimidation**:
* **Artistry**:
* **Swimming**:
* **Firearms**: Mister Freeze has become skilled in the use of his Freeze Gun even when it is adapted for different purposes such as a giant freeze ray or firing it while it malfunctioned.
* **Animal Training**:
* **Photography**:
* **Driving**:

### Weaknesses

* **Technological Reliability**: Must be kept at temperatures below the freezing point of water. As such he lives on a cold storage facility, and can only roam outdoors in his cryo-suit.
* **Vulnerability to Heat**: Fries cannot survive normal human temperatures and his body temp as dropped to inhuman levels. Temperatures above freezing are both extremely harmful and painful to him.
	+ **Antifreeze**:
* **Electricity/Electromagnetic Pulses**: Electricity can short circuit the equipment in the armor.
* **Stealth**: The bulkiness of the Freeze suit limits the mobility of Mr. Freeze significantly, allowing Batman the opportunity to use stealth attacks against him. However after each attack he adapts his suit so the same attack can't be used again.

### Equipment

* **Cryo-Suit**: A protective suit that keeps his body temperature below freezing and enhances his strength and protects him from most physical attacks.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**:
	+ **Toxic Immunity**:
	+ **Enhanced Durability**:

### Weapons

* **Mr. Freeze's Cold Gun**: He freezes areas around him using special weapons and equipment.

### Transportation

* **Freezemobile**: Victor drives a tank-like van with spikes on the bumper, icicle missiles, and a freezing cannon

## External links

* Mr. Freeze *Wikipedia*
* Mr. Freeze *Batman Wiki*
* Mr. Freeze *DC Database*

## Notes & Trivia

* Mister Freeze first appeared in Batman #121 (February 1959).
* Freeze's minions resemble his appearance in the 1960's TV series "*Batman*".