ICE MONSTER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Extraterrestrial (Skyrnian)

Occupation: Explorer

Group Affiliation: None

First Appearance: DC Comics Presents #9 (May, 1979)

Powers: Like all Skyrnians the Ice Monster could move its consciousness, inhabiting inanimate objects or mind controlling sentient beings. Skyrnians could project intense cold, and needed that cold to survive. Skyrnians were also telepaths capable of reading minds and creating illusions. In the Skyrnians’ Ice Monster body he possessed immense superhuman strength and durability, and could reform his body after it was shattered.

History: (DC Comics Presents #9) - The Skyrnians feared because their planet was undergoing global warming as their sun grew biggerand brighter with each time-cycle, threatening to eventually go nova. They needed a suitable cold planet to repopulate, and one Skrnian scanned space and thought he’d found a suitable target in Earth. He distilled himself down into pure consciousness and traveled to Earth, possessing sculptor Anton Lupescu, who created a gigantic Ice Monster sculpture for him to inhabit. Anton was being interviewed by Daily Planet reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane when he came out of his trance, and told them the Ice Monster had to be destroyed. The Ice Monster kidnapped him to keep his secret, but Superman battled him and freed Anton. The Monster traveled to Metropolis, where he found the climate far too hot. Since Skyrn was thousands of light years from Earth, the Earth they thought was suitable for them was in an ice age thousands of years ago. In desperation the Ice Monster kidnapped Anton again and had him create another Ice Monster. Splitting his consciousness between the two forms the Skyrnian tried to freeze the Atlantic Ocean, but Superman and Wonder Woman defeated them by moving and planning at superspeed, baffling the alien. After destroying the Ice Monsters Superman stored the Skyrnian’s consciousness in a thermal container.