Mr. Freeze

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Mr. Freeze
Real name:	Dr. Victor Fries
First Appearance:	Batman #121 (Feb. 1959)
Created by:	Bob Kane
Team affiliations:	Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains
Abilities:	Genius-level intelligence Expert in cryogenics Wields a Freeze Gun and wears a suit that keeps his body temperature below freezing and enhances his strength.
Portrayed by:	George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach - Batman (TV Series) Arnold Schwarzenegger - Batman & Robin

Dr. Victor Fries (Fries is pronounced "freeze") was an accomplished scientist until a fateful accident at the lab.

[edit] Biography

When Victor Fries was a child he made a hobby of freezing animals to death. Worried by this behavior, his parents sent him to a strict boarding school where Victor felt outcast and became depressed. However, when he met and befriended a young woman named Nora, the two fell in love and later married. But their happiness was short-lived: Nora was diagnosed with a fatal disease, and Fries, sickened with sorrow, attempted to save her using cryogenic technology. However, the experiment went terribly wrong and Fries' equipment malfunctioned, consuming him and his lab in an explosion of ice.

Victor somehow survived, but Nora's condition was now even more serious. In an effort to continue his wife's treatment, he constructed a suit which would now protect him in his altered state. Calling himself Mr. Zero, he began to rob several banks to earn money. He was eventually thwarted by Batman and Robin, but struggled on.

After faking his death, Gotham City believed he was dead. During this time, Fries rearranged his costume and returned, calling himself Mr. Freeze. To this day he continues to fight Batman and Robin.

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[edit] Film

Main article: Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger)