I like Injustice. You know, that fighting game that came out awhile back? Well in it, there’s a character who I noticed was pretty bad ass, named Killer Frost.
So I finally did a bit of digging.
Killer Frost has been 3 or 4 women, and they’ve all been smart. She started as Crystal Frost, a scientist and woman scorned, who accidentally locked herself in a thermafrost chamber. Instead of dying, she turned into this icy queen. She steals heat, and freezes stuff. She then spent all of her time attacking men, until Firestorm released too much energy, killing her.
Louise Lincoln, the second Frost, was friends with Crystal Frost, and took on the mantle after her friend’s death. That led to a personal vendetta against Firestorm. She is eventually returned to “normalcy” by Firestorm.
Loren Frontier is a terrorist who was going after the individual members of Firestorm (Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond) with her terrorist group. The school Jason and Ronnie go to is blown up, and Loren’s body is found as cold as ice, with a blue color that is reminiscent of Killer Frost’s.
The current Frost is Caitlin Snow, and that was my first exposire to her. I have the Villain’s Month comic featuring her. She goes to a lab in the middle of nowhere to lead a team of H.I.V.E. infiltrated scientists. She finishes an experiment that one member (who has since committed suicide) started, but when the H.I.V.E. scientists find out, they put her in it (its a Self-Sustaining Thermodynamic Ultraconductor Engine). She rips off the coolant wires, and the mixture turns her into Killer Frost. She takes the heat from the H.I.V.E. scientists, and starts going after people for their heat. She finds out that Firestorm’s powers can briefly change her back into her normal self, so she spent all of her time chasing him down, trying to do experiments. That eventually led to her downfall.
I’m going to tell you, Fangirls, I’m not as impressed with Killer Frost as I had hoped to be. I guess I expected more from her. I’m glad she’s smart, and always has been. I feel like she’s a knock-off of Mr. Freeze, and other than his puns, I’m not his biggest fan. So it’s hard to enjoy a not great female version of him. So I’m disappointed. Do you Fangirls have any recommendations on Killer Frost stories or arcs that may change my mind?
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