Frostbite (Wildstorm)

Frostbite
Publication information
Publisher	Wildstorm Comics
First appearance	Gen¹³ Volume 2 #6 (1995)
Created by	Jim Lee Brandon Choi J. Scott Campbell
In-story information
Alter ego	Phatho Brandon
Team affiliations	International Operations DV8
Abilities	Frostbite can absorb heat from his surroundings, effectively freezing objects and creating ice. He can also emit absorbed heat as blasts of energy.

Frostbite, (real name Leon Carver) is a character from the DV8 comic book series, published by Wildstorm.

Leon grew up with his mother in West Memphis, Arkansas. The identity and fate of his father is so far unknown. Leon went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., but quickly found himself in financial trouble. Due to his low grades during the first semester, he wasn't awarded a scholarship trustee, despite his good grades the second term and a position on the football team. He was visited by a government agent who told him that they were aware of his difficulties and that he had been selected for a special program. Believing he had no choice, Leon accepted and became a part of Project: Genesis, a special program of International Operations. Leon like all subjects, had been tested positive for the gen-factor substance that could give regular humans superhuman powers. The subjects were fed a special activator drug during the program. Leon's first signs of Gen-activation were a discoloration in his hair, which went from black to yellow. At first he hid his hair and considered shaving it all off, but then he decided to just accept it. He also started to have nightmares and high fever. In the infirmary he was cryogenically frozen.

Interference from John Lynch and Project Genesis subjects Gen¹³ meant the end of the program and Baiul escaped, taking the frozen subjects with her. Several months later, Leon was the first to be thawed. His powers and competitive nature made him ideal soldier material to Baiul who added him to DV8. DV8's original leader was Threshold, but he and his sister Bliss were never considered part of the team by the other members, presumably because they already were involved with I.O. before Project: Genesis. DV8, nicknamed the Deviants, were sent on many dangerous missions and Baiul always made it clear to them that they were expendable to her. To survive in this lethal environment, the Deviants became tough and amoral. One of the few Deviants to retain any sort of moral compass, Leon became sick of the death, depravity and violence that were a part of being in DV8.

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