ICEMAN

Name: Robert 'Bobby' Drake

Group: X Men

Former Groups: Champions, Defenders, X-Factor/Xterminator

Origin: Long Island, USA

First appearance: Uncanny X Men#1

Known Relatives:

 
 

BRIEF HISTORY

 

Bobby Drake was founder member of the first X-Men, teaming with them for a long time, until the attack of Krakoa, the Island That Walks like a Man. After defeating Krakoa, the old group disintegrated, and Bobby stayed just for a while, realizing that he was unable to fit in the new group after all the adventures he has lived with his pals. Although he used to be the clown of the group, Bobby's temper had already shown sometimes, like when Lorna Dane (Polaris) chose Alex (Kaos) instead of him. This time, he couldn't stand all the new members, for most of them were older than he and not willing to be commanded by the youngest member of the former team.

 

Then, Bobby left and finished his studies, but he was not made for working in an office, so when Warren (the Angel) and Hank (the Beast) founded the Defenders, he quickly joined. That group didn't last too much, but as soon as Bobby thought that his hero life was finished, Jean Grey appeared at the botton of Hudson Bay, and the old team rejoined : Jean, Bobby, Cyclops, McCoy and Warren, founders of X Factor, a group born in the middle of the mutant hysteria, pretending to pursue mutants, but really protecting them from the humans.

 

After the Shadow King Saga, X Factor got controlled by the government and the old team returned to the X Men, were the Iceman has stayed since them. The major event in Bobby's life was Emma Frost's awakening, for not only she took his body, but also used his powers far better than him, for Bobby does not dare to use his powers at full capacity. It's suppossed that if he did, like we saw in the AoA, his full body would be made of ice (usually, he just wear a second iced skin on his own), and he could recover his form even after being crushed.

The Iceman has found lots of troubles with the women. Since Lorna, who was suspected for a while daughter of Magneto and left him for Kaos, until Opalo, whose family didn't approve Bobby much more than his fatherapproved an oriental girl, we've got a whole lot of problems. For example, he once fell in love with his neighbour, who also loved him, but she had a little problem : being a cosmic being, almost omnipotent and with a very bad temper. He as well liked Infectia, a young girl whose mutant power was to twist the genes of the unlucky ones she kissed, and who liked Factor X's ship quite more than Bobby. This time, he saved the skin thanks to the Beast, who sacrificed and returned to his animal form.

List of Bobby's Past Love's

 

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