Mr. Freeze

Mr. Freeze
Mr. Freeze and Batman Art by Greg Land
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	as Mr. Zero: Batman #121 (February 1959); as Mr. Freeze: Detective Comics #373 (March 1968)
Created by	Bob Kane David Wood Sheldon Moldoff
In-story information
Alter ego	Dr. Victor Fries
Team affiliations	Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains GothCorp
Notable aliases	Mister Zero, Dr. Zero, Dr. Schimmell
Abilities	Genius-level intellect. Cryogenic weaponry. Sub-zero physiology that allows him to permanently survive at a frozen state; any form of heat can cause him to have heat stroke. Enhanced strength and durability. Wears refrigerated exo-skeletal suit.

Mr. Freeze (Dr. Victor Fries) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by Bob Kane, David Wood and Sheldon Moldoff, the character first appeared in Batman #121 (February 1959), where he was known as Mr. Zero. Mr. Freeze is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery.

Freeze is a scientist who must wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive, and bases his crimes around a "cold" or "ice" theme, complete with a "freeze gun" that freezes its targets solid. In the most common variation of his origin story, he is a former cryogenics expert who suffered an industrial accident while attempting to cure his terminally ill wife Nora Fries.

Mr. Freeze was played by George Sanders (February 2–3, 1966), Otto Preminger (November 9–10, 1966) and Eli Wallach (March 29–30, 1967) in the original Batman television series, by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, and by Nathan Darrow on the TV series Gotham; he was voiced by Michael Ansara in Batman: The Animated Series, by Clancy Brown in The Batman, and by Maurice LaMarche in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise.