Let’s kick some ice!

[iamrman]

Detective Comics #373, by Gardner Fox and Chic Stone.

Love Robin hamming it up while Batman fights the goons.

Batman is able to escape just in time and chases Mr. Freeze back to his hideout.

Comments

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Batman is able to escape just in time

C'mon, you can't just leave us hanging without explaining how!

Also, now I really, really want a version of Batman that has the Batman and Robin version of Mister Freeze as a recurring character, voice and all. Sort of like Bane in Harley Quinn.

[superfangirl1]

I didn’t realize Mr. Freeze had a different design in costume back in the silver age.

Allow me to break the ice: My name is Freeze. Learn it well, for it's the chilling sound of your frosty doom.

[blues32]

I'm pretty sure the red goggled, glass dome look was started by B:TAS.

[scorntx]

It was.
(As was the "frozen wife" part.)

[blues32]

I know. Insane how a Saturday morning cartoon rewrote a goofy character into a tragic figure. The voice helped.

[blues32]

I thought they called him Mr. Zero back in the day.

[iamrman]

This was the first instance of Fries calling himself Mr. Freeze.

[agharta75]

The TV show renamed him, and DC editorial must have agreed "Freeze" was better than "Zero" .

[iamrman]

Yeah, DC took inspiration from the Adam West show when they renamed him.

[beeyo]

THE REFRIGERATED ROGUE

[cainofdreaming]

The banter! It burns like ice!

[bradygirl_12]

Everyone carries a spare cryothermal gun. ❄️

[sabertoothlotus]

no, but they should