Freezer Burn

"**Freezer Burn**" is the twentieth episode of Justice League Action.

## Summary

To suit his frigid nature, Mister Freeze intends to ice over Gotham City by utilizing Killer Frost's powers, and it is left to the Justice League to try to stop his cold-hearted plan.

## Story

Firestorm pursues Killer Frost through the streets of Gotham City and flirts with her as she shoots ice up at him. The Professor reminds him that she is a villain and suggests calling in Batman. Firestorm, ignoring advice, creates a flame-thrower to deal with her, but Killer Frost, absorbing its energy, jams it with ice and it backfires, hurling Firestorm into the distance and knocking him out. In this unconscious state, the Professor continues to warn him of the dangers of Killer Frost's ability to turn heat into cold, but Firestorm is confident he can just win her over with his charm.

Elsewhere, Batman is stalking Mister Freeze and has tracked him to a warehouse where there is a large "airship" (a broad, wingless flying vehicle). When Batman struggles with Freeze, Killer Frost suddenly intervenes and wraps Batman in ice, who is then dumped into the sewer and floats away. Frost tells of her admiration for Freeze, but the latter states his ambition to rule over Gotham City after freezing it by making use of her abilities. He summons two spherical drones that knock out Killer Frost with an electrical discharge.

Batman frees himself from the ice as he is about fall into the sea and summons the Batplane to fly to him. As Mr. Freeze gets into his airship and takes off from the warehouse, below, Firestorm awakes just in time see it fly away and he follows. He sees the vehicle approach a large bridge packed with traffic before it opens fire with a ray that begins to encase the bridge in ice. The Professor is again recommending calling for backup when the Batplane suddenly appears, and Batman instructs Firestorm to stop Freeze by entering the airship. Freeze carries on into the city, icing everything in his path, but the Batplane battles with the airship and disables its defences with EMP weapons.

Now, Firestorm passes through the hull of the ship and into the engine room where he discovers Killer Frost strapped to a device that harnesses her power to work the ray. Freeze detects the intruder and sends his drones to deal with him. Meanwhile, Batman ejects from his plane and smashes through the ship's windshield to become involved in a fight with Freeze, while Firestorm dodges the drones and eventually destroys them. He damages the airship in the process, and it begins to fall towards the city. While he releases Killer Frost, Batman overcomes Freeze and takes the controls but cannot avert a crash. However, Killer Frost appears and creates a runway for the craft to slide down to the ground, and Firestorm synthesizes a giant baseball glove that brings the airship to a stop.

Freeze recovers and aims his gun at the heroes, but Frost encases him in ice. As Firestorm naïvely turns to thank her, she gives him a black eye and runs off. Still harboring the delusion that she has a soft spot for him, he goes off to unfreeze Gotham City, while Batman hands over the frozen Mr. Freeze to the police.

## Notes

* In the DVD release, this is also episode 20 but comes between Rage of the Red Lanterns and The Trouble with Truth.