The absolute Batman saga continues to reinvent its characters and now it’s the turn of Mr. Freeze
In the universe Absolute de dc comicsThe classic characters are receiving washes for the face that leave no one indifferent. If you thought you knew well Mr. Freezeprepare to discover an even more chilling version in Batman n. 7 Absolute. Why here The cold is not salvation … it is a punishment.
While Bruce Wayne investigates a mysterious death and a prison rather than sinister project, he runs into a name that seems familiar: V-corea company dedicated to Crionic, founded by its own Dr. Victor FriesAka Mr. Freeze. But this is not what it seems.
A Mr. Freeze inherited … and disturbing
In this version written by Scott Snyder and designed with the mastery of Marcos Martínthe one who brings the reins of V-core is not the original freezing, but his son: Victor Fries Jr.. The macabre details? The parents are still frozen within the companyexhibited as if they were simple relics of the museum. Also BatmanAccustomed to the grotesque, it is disconcerted by the emotional coldness of the young chips.
This new Mr. Freeze not only inherited the legacy of his parents, but also his trauma. During a conversation on ice cream (literally and metaphorically) with Bruce, Fries Jr. reveals it He was the only patient successfully revived after cryogenization. But the experience was nothing therapeutic: it was conscious Throughout the process, feeling indescribable pain.
“The ice does not care … punishes. The ice creates monsters.” – Victor Fries Jr.
And like any good monster, He himself is assumed as such.
The new power that converts the cold into death
The truly shocking reaches the end of the number, when Victor Fries Jr. Extend your hand to Bruce Wayne … and steal body heat. Yes, while you read it. This Mr. Freeze has a power that the original has never had: It can absorb the warmth of others, becoming a kind of thermal vampire.
This ability is very remembered Killer Frost, another character of the DC universe whose power is to absorb the heat instead of generating ice. But while it usually has a more tragic motivation, Fries Jr. seems to feel comfortable with his monstrosity. You don’t need a special frozen gadget dress: It is the cold.
This turning point gives the character a more supernatural, almost mythological air. He is no longer just a man broken by the loss of his wife, but The result of a failed experiment that challenges death and converts love into an eternal punishment.
Batman Absolute reinvents its bad guys with a darker approach
This is not the first radical change that the absolute universe does with Batman’s classic enemies. Along these lines, many members of the Dark Knight Villain Gallery are Bruce Childhood Friendswhich adds layers of drama and nostalgia twisted. However, Mr. Freeze goes furtheralso breaking the mold of the origin of the villain.
The idea that The son is the heir of painAnd making that legacy in a weapon is as tragic as powerful. It is no longer a matter of saving Nora, but Vendic your frozen legacy.
In addition, the environment in which this story is developed: a Megacárcel called Ark M.– He promises to dig more dark secrets and dark connections between Bruce Wayne’s past and the forces that have modeled their present.
Batman n. 7 Absolute It is now available in specialized stores and if yours are bold reinventions, This number is essential. Scott Snyder shows again that there is still a lot to tell in the Gotham universe, and he does it with a story that I leave you ice cream… in the best sense.