Iceman
Real name: Robert "Bobby" Drake
Other aliases: (current) None, (former) Drake Roberts
Identity: Known to certain government officials
Occupation: current) Adventurer, (former) Student, accountant
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Place of birth: Fort Washington, Long Island, New York
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: William Robert Drake (father), Madeline Beatrice Bass
Drake (mother), Anne (aunt), Mary, Joel (cousins)
Base of operations: (current) Xavier Institute, Salem Center,
Westchester County, New York State, (former) Champions headquarters, Los
Angeles, California; Defenders Mansion, Colorado Rockies; X-Factor I
headquarters, New York City; "Ship"
Group affiliation: (current) X-Men, (former) Champions of Los Angeles,
Defenders, X-Factor I
First appearance: X-Men #1
History: Bobby Drake discovered his mutant power to create ice while he
was in his early teens, but kept it a secret from everyone except his
parents. One night, however, Drake and his girlfriend Judy Harmon were
attacked by a bully named Rocky Beasely and his friends. To save Harmon,
Drake temporarily encased Beasely in ice. When they heard what had
happened, the local townspeople thought Drake was the real menace. They
formed a lynch mob who broke into his home and overpowered him. The
local sheriff took Drake into custody for the boy's own protection.
Meanwhile, Professor Charles Xavier learned what had happened and sent
Cyclops, his only X-Man at that time, to contact Drake. Cyclops broke
into Drake's cell, but when Drake refused to go with him, the two began
fighting until they were caught by the lynch mob. Cyclops and Drake were
about to be hanged when they broke free. Professor Xavier used his
mental powers to stop the mob, and afterwards to erase their memories of
Drake's powers. The grateful Bobby Drake then accepted Xavier's
invitation to join the X-Men and took the code name Iceman. He was the
youngest of the original five X-Men.
Years later, after Xavier had recruited a new group of students, Iceman
and other veteran X-Men quit the team. Soon afterwards he joined the
Champions of Los Angeles, a short-lived super hero team founded by his
fellow former X-Man the Angel. After the Champions disbanded, Drake went
to college to study accounting. Eventually, however, he rejoined his
fellow former X-Men Angel and the Beast as members of another super hero
team, the Defenders. The Defenders, though, came to an end when several
of their members apparently perished in a climactic battle.
Iceman and the other original members of the X-Men then founded a new
team based in New York City. This was the original version of X-Factor.
When Professor Xavier returned to Earth after an extended absence in
outer space, Iceman and his fellow X-Factor members rejoined the X-Men.
Recently, Emma Frost, the White Queen, took mental possession of
Iceman's body and was able to activate the full extent of his powers,
turning his body into all ice. Since then, under Frost's prodding,
Iceman has learned to transform his body into its "ice" state on his
own.
More recently, Bobby Drake infiltrated the presidential campaign
organization of Graydon Creed, the head of the anti-mutant organization
Friends of Humanity. After Drake's father spoke out against Creed's
bigotry, he was nearly killed by Creed's thugs. Distraught, Bobby Drake
has left the X-Men for the time being to be with his mother and
convalescing father.
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Stength level: Iceman possesses the normal human strength of a man his
age, height and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Known superhuman powers: Iceman has long manifested his power to lower
his external and internal body temperature without harm to himself,
thereby projecting intense cold from his body. (He can reach -105F
within a few seconds.) Iceman can use this ability to freeze any
moisture in the air around him into unusually hard ice, and thereby form
ice-slides, shields, bats, and other objects. He is also immune to
sub-zero temperatures around him. Recently, Iceman discovered that he
has the ability to turn his body into ice at will.
