10 Shockingly Dark Origins Of Comic Villains

To escape the horrors of living with a brutal and controlling father, young Victor Fries became fascinated with freezing animals. His parents sent Victor off to a strict boarding school and promptly forgot him. Fries was cut off from most of humanity until he met a gorgeous athlete in college named Nora. The pair fell in love and ultimately married. Victor, happy for the first time in his life, taught at a local college in Gotham.

Fries’ happiness was short-lived when Nora contracted a rare form of cancer. Desperate, he quit teaching and took a position at drug conglomerate Gothcorp to find a cure. Fries discovered a way to put Nora in cryo-stasis using company equipment until a cure could be found. Ruthless Gothcorp owner Ferris Boyle found out and pulled Fries’ funding. A struggle ensued and Victor was doused with his own cryo-formula and Boyle left him for dead.

Fries survived but he could only live at sub-zero temperatures now. Victor escaped and spirited Nora’s chamber away with him. Creating an outfit to keep his body super cool, Fries took the name “Mr. Freeze” and began committing crimes to fund his work. He has attempted to get revenge on Boyle but was thwarted by Batman.