- "Mr. Victor Fries, the deceased cryobiologist Gotham remembers as one of Batman's coldest enemies."
- —Dana Dewitt on Victor Fries[src]
Dr. Victor Fries, also known as Mr. Freeze,[1] was the husband of Nora Fries and a former-scientist-turned-criminal, who kept in touch with Thomas Snow after the latter went underground.
Victor worked on finding a cure to his terminally-ill wife Nora, but died before a cure could be found for her disease.
Biography[]
Original multiverse[]
Early life[]
- "I... I need to be cold. 'Below zero,' he said."
- —Nora Fries on Victor[src]
Victor's freeze gun.
Victor Fries is the husband of Nora Fries[2] as well as a well-known scientist specializing in cryogenics. At some point after Thomas Snow faked his own death and went underground, Victor was one of several scientists with whom Thomas stayed in contact, due to Victor's expertise.[3]
At some point, Victor began using a cryogenic weapon and was locked in Arkham Asylum together with his wife. Nora was kept in a cryostasis chamber due to having MacGregor's Syndrome.[2]
Anti-Monitor Crisis[]
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Victor as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[4] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[5]
New multiverse[]
Becoming Mr. Freeze[]
- "Victor Fries. When his wife got sick, he tried to freeze her till they found a cure."
- —Sophie Moore[src]
Like in the original multiverse, Victor Fries was a brilliant cryobiologist with half a dozen doctorates. Fries eventually met his future wife Nora and the two had their first date in a park in Gotham City. Sometime later, the two married. However, Nora was diagnosed with MacGregor's Syndrome, a progressive lung disease. With no cure for the disease, Victor put Nora into a cryo-chamber that was supplied with his own liquid nitrogen formula, keeping her in stasis until a cure could be found.
Victor eventually became the criminal known as Mr. Freeze and came into conflict with the Batman. After one of their battles, Batman collected a container of Freeze’s liquid nitrogen formula and placed in his vault in the Batcave.[1][6]
Death[]
At some point, Victor died before a cure could be found for Nora’s disease.[6]
Equipment[]
Original multiverse[]
- Freeze gun: Fries had a gun capable of generating a beam of absolute zero temperature, freezing whatever it touches and creating solid ice. After his arrest, it was held in Arkham.[2]
New multiverse[]
Mr. Freeze's goggles.
- Goggles: Fries wore a pair of red goggles, which are likely designed to protect his eyes from the flashes emitted by his Freeze Gun, like with Captain Cold's goggles.[6]
- Liquid nitrogen: Mr. Freeze's liquid nitrogen formula was implied to be enough to put a person through cryostasis, with the right type of equipment. It was also shown to be capable of fully freezing anything within it's radius to an incredible degree.[6]
Appearances[]
The Flash[]
Season 5[]
- "The Icicle Cometh" (mentioned)
Season 9[]
- "The Good, the Bad, and the Lucky" (mentioned)
Arrow[]
Season 7[]
- "Elseworlds, Part 2" (mentioned on paper)
Batwoman[]
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
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Comics[]
EARTH-PRIME[]
- "Flesh and Mud" (mentioned)
Behind the scenes[]
- In the DC comics, Victor Fries is a villain known as "Mr. Freeze", and an enemy of Batman. Mr. Freeze was originally introduced in the comics as Mr. Zero in Batman #121 (February 1959) and was later given the name Freeze in the campy Adam West led Batman television series in 1966, which was then carried over into the comics in Detective Comics #373 (March 1968).