History AnIcePerson / ComicBooks

* Coldsnap, a member of the ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' villain team the Masters of Disaster, has this power. He's paired, thematically and romantically, with [[PlayingWithFire Heatstroke]], but because of their powers, they can never make physical contact.

* An issue of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Adventures'' features a team-up of Icicle, Mr. Freeze, Captain Cold, Killer Frost, obscure ComicBook/WonderWoman foe Minister Blizzard, even more obscure [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] foe the Cryonic Man, and downright "Sorry, ''who?''" ComicBook/{{Batman}} foe the Snowman -- all led by Polar Lord, a new villain from [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Polar Boy]]'s home planet. The story is called "Cold War", and the team is called the "Ice Pack".

!!The following have their own pages:
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* ''AnIcePerson/TheDCU''
* ''AnIcePerson/MarvelUniverse''
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* AnIcePerson/TheDCU
* AnIcePerson/MarvelUniverse

* One-shot villain Icy Mike, for whom Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'s boyfriend, Thugboy, once worked.
* Arctica Lagopus from the series ''The ComicBook/{{Extinctioners}}'', an Arctic Fox with Ice powers. Didn't see that one coming.

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[[caption-width-right:340:With his [[BreathWeapon ice breath]], Franchise/{{Superman}} is both [[AllLovingHero a nice guy]], and [[{{Pun}} an ice guy]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "No Business Like Snow Business" (DC run, issue #39), Mojo Jojo corners the market on winter goods and in the middle of summer creates a blizzard in Townsville. His weapon is a Zamboni with a snow and ice cannon.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Snowman}}'': The titular snowman is the revenge-seeking spirit of a Native American man who saw his tribe and family slaughtered by a white man. When he died, his spirit seems to have become bound to his dead wife's crystals, which allow him to manifest whenever they touch snow. Now he has the power to control ice and snow, which he has devoted to his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against all white people on American soil.

!!Franchise/{{DCU}}
* The Franchise/{{DCU}} is chock full of these guys, including (but definitely not limited to):
** Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''. Unlike other examples, though, his ice-based abilities are not actually powers per se, but ice-based weapons. However, thanks to an unfortunate accident, he can't survive temperatures above freezing, making him a ''literal'' ice person.
** Franchise/TheFlash villain Captain Cold, whose "cold gun" reaches temperatures of absolute zero, which causes water molecules in the air to immediately form ice, which can be used to freeze people (though because of his code against killing innocents, he usually simply holds people in suspended animation rather than outright kill them), create objects from ice, and also to produce a "cold field" which slows down things around him and is used as explanation as to why he might be able to deal with the Flash.
*** In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, he seems to no longer require the cold gun until ComicBook/ForeverEvil, where he needs to use it again.
** The pre-New 52 [[LegacyCharacter Killer Frosts]] are an interesting variant as well: apparently created by someone with ''slightly'' more understanding of thermodynamics than most Ice People, they absorb heat, rather than projecting cold. This means you can't [[KillItWithFire Kill Them With Fire]].
*** Made extra interesting by the fact that attempting to [[KillItWithFire Kill Them With Fire]] just makes them happy -- they use the powers because they can't get warm, due to a side-effect of getting them. Ironically this also means that [[KillItWithIce freezing them]] is even more effective against them than it would be on normal people.
*** The New 52 Killer Frost puts a different spin on it, absorbing others' body heat to keep herself warm. Supers with fire/energy powers, though, can have unpredictable effects on her. No word on what natural or man-made fires would do.
** Tora Olafsdotter/Ice. She can, at will, project in various forms quantities of ice and snow through her hands just enough to down an opponent. She can create platforms of ice upon which she can skate. In the ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline she used her ice powers to freeze a super-villain who was kicking the butts of three [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lanterns]].
** Sigrid Nansen/Icemaiden, who briefly replaced Ice in the Justice League. Her greatest ability is to become very cold and create ice armor in times of great stress.
** Dr. Joar Mahkent and his son, Cameron (both codenamed Icicle), two ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' villains. The first was a normal human with a Freeze Ray. His son Cameron, the second Icicle, can generate and control ice. This is because his father's prolonged exposure to the weapon altered his genetics, allowing him to biologically pass down to his son the ability to freeze objects and people or to lower the temperature of a room or other area.
** An issue of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague Adventures'' featured a team-up of Icicle, Mr. Freeze, Captain Cold, Killer Frost, obscure Franchise/WonderWoman foe Minister Blizzard, even more obscure Outsiders foe the Cryonic Man, and downright "Sorry, ''who?''" Batman foe the Snowman. All led by Polar Lord, a new villain from [[ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} Polar Boy's]] home planet. The story was called "Cold War".
*** And the team of villains was called the "Ice Pack".
** Elijah [[MeaningfulName Snow]] from ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}''. Not quite frost projection, but the ability to draw heat out of an object on a molecular level; in his second appearance, he turns nerve gas to slush.
** Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and other Kryptonians can expel huge amounts of super-cold air to freeze their opponents with or put out fires. ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' has freezing eye-beams.
** Polar Boy of DC's Legion of Substitute Heroes and ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}.
** Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} also fits into this trope since his acquisition of an AncientArtifact which, if myth can be believed, not only holds power over the seven seas of the entire world but all the elements connected with said ocean lord.
*** The N52 version can similarly claim this with his new ProngsOfPoseidon allotted him by the aforementioned sea god to utilize [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice with lethal effect]]
*** Garth, the original Aqualad, can control the temperature of water which allows him to heat it up or freeze it.
** ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' has Cold Turkey (a turkey with a freeze gun) and King Kone (a gorilla in a cryo-suit with an ''ice cream'' gun).
** Coldsnap, a member of the Outsiders villain team The Masters of Disaster, has this power. He's paired, thematically and romantically, with [[PlayingWithFire Heatstroke]], but because of their powers they can never make physical contact.
** Zan of the ComicBook/WonderTwins has water powers, but usually takes the form of an ice object when he needs to be solid.
** Byrna Brilyant (Snowman/Blue Snowman) is a roboticist who uses a FreezeRay to fight Franchise/WonderWoman. In her original iteration (''ComicBook/SensationComics'', ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'') she had an impressive flying suit of PoweredArmor, a bunch of matching robots and a WeatherControlMachine capable of filling an entire valley with snow, and her second suit of armor included a weather machine rather than just a freeze ray. Her ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' iteration pilots a MotionCaptureMecha with the weather machine built in.
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!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse also has its fair share of ice themed characters including (but not limited to):
** Bobby Drake, aka ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, from ''ComicBook/XMen''. That's just how he started out -- turns out, he's an Omega-level mutant (that means his full potential is ''Phoenix-class!'') with complete control over moisture. When ComicBook/EmmaFrost (who is a psychic and normally has nothing to do with ice despite the name and the white outfit) took his body over, she did things with his powers that he could never do on his own... but he's learning bit by bit.
*** One ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' comic suggests that he could basically become the next [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Ymir]].
*** In the Draco story arc, Bobby Drake gets his head cut off (in Ice form). He later reforms it using the water coming from a demon opponent. Later, Beast issues a research paper regarding this unique mutation for Iceman.
*** He once cured himself of poisoning by replacing his ''entire'' body with new ice little by little this way.
** ComicBook/{{Storm}} also has some Ice powers in the form of creating blizzards, but this is usually de-emphaized due to SuperheroSpeciation, and she uses more of her [[ShockAndAwe Thunderstorm]] and [[BlowYouAway Tornado]] abilities. In the animated series, where Iceman wasn't around, Storm was more than happy to whip up blizzards that could flash-freeze things fairly quickly (though not as quickly as Iceman).
** The minor villain from ''ComicBook/IronMan'', [[Characters/IronManEnemies Blizzard]], in his multiple incarnations. All the Blizzards have similar powers, derived from their costumes. Micro-circuited cryogenic units make it possible to emit freezing rays, which lower the temperature of the surrounding air (or objects) and release ice as a projectile.
** From ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'':
*** [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Skurge the Executioner]]. Using his Axe, he opens a portal ([[AbsurdlySharpBlade by cutting the air]]) to a dimension of cold, letting the icy wind blow onto his enemies. He can also do the same thing with a dimension of [[PlayingWithFire fire]].
*** [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Ymir]] can create blizzards with no effort, among other such Ice-related abilities (he is much stronger than most Giants, as he is the original Norse one). However, unlike Frost Giants, he is an Ice Giant and seems to be literal living ice.
*** [[Characters/TheMightyThorAsgardians Kelda]] has weather control powers, which includes generating ice and forming weapons from it. And she can make poisonous ice.
*** ComicBook/{{Loki}} has many mystical powers at his disposal, but he's got a talent for ice magic thanks to his Frost Giant heritage.
** There was an obscure GoldenAge Creator/MarvelComics hero named [[Characters/InvadersAllies Jack Frost]] with these powers. ComicBook/TheMightyThor eventually declared him to have been a diminutive [[Myth/NorseMythology frost giant]].
** In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways 2015}}'', Sanna Strand is capable of generating ice from her hands.
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* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse''.

*** One ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' comic suggests that he could basically become the next [[Characters/TheMightyThor Ymir]].

** The minor villain from ''ComicBook/IronMan'', Blizzard, in his multiple incarnations. All the Blizzards have similar powers, derived from their costumes. Micro-circuited cryogenic units make it possible to emit freezing rays, which lower the temperature of the surrounding air (or objects) and release ice as a projectile.

*** Skurge the Executioner. Using his Axe, he opens a portal ([[AbsurdlySharpBlade by cutting the air]]) to a dimension of cold, letting the icy wind blow onto his enemies. He can also do the same thing with a dimension of [[PlayingWithFire fire]].
*** Ymir can create blizzards with no effort, among other such Ice-related abilities (he is much stronger than most Giants, as he is the original Norse one). However, unlike Frost Giants, he is an Ice Giant and seems to be literal living ice.
*** Kelda has weather control powers, which includes generating ice and forming weapons from it. And she can make poisonous ice.
*** Loki has many mystical powers at his disposal, but he's got a talent for ice magic thanks to his Frost Giant heritage.
** There was an obscure GoldenAge Creator/MarvelComics hero named Jack Frost with these powers. ComicBook/TheMightyThor eventually declared him to have been a diminutive [[Myth/NorseMythology frost giant]].

* Frostbite from ''DV8'' has an odd twist on the formula: his power is absorbing heat. He uses this to freeze enemies in their tracks, but he can also release his stored heat in an explosive blast.

** Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', now pictured above. Unlike other examples, though, his ice-based abilities are not actually powers per se, but ice-based weapons. However, thanks to an unfortunate accident, he can't survive temperatures above freezing, making him a ''literal'' ice person.

** Powerpuf Girls leader Blossom is a heroic example. She uses her ice breath for the common good.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "No Business Like Snow Business" (DC run, issue #39), Mojo Jojo croners the market on winter goods and in the middle of summer creates a blizzard in Townsville. His weapon is a Zamboni with a snow and ice cannon.

[[quoteright:340:[[Franchise/{{Superman}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/super_sub_zero.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:340:With his [[BreathWeapon ice breath]], Superman is [[AllLovingHero a nice guy]], and [[{{Pun}} an ice guy]].]]