Iceman

Real Name: Robert "Bobby" Drake

First Appearance: X-Men #1 (1963)

Biography by Iceman

   Bobby is one of the five original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops and Phoenix), He was born in Long Island, USA to William-Robert and Madelyne Beatrice Drake. He was always the "Energetic one" in the team, perhaps because he was the youngest.. His powers are to freeze the moisture that can be found.. well, everywhere! When the team fought Juggernaut, or Magneto or other fearful villain, Bobby was a necessary member to the team.

  When the X-Men were captured by the living Island Krakoa, and were saved by the new assembled X-Men, or how Iceman would call them - "Old X-Men", or "Inexperienced X-Men", he and the other 3 original X-Men left the team ( Cyclops stayed ). After leaving the team, he graduated his studies - but somehow he couldn't find a normal office job. So, when Warren (Angel), and Hank (Beast) founded the group - "The Defenders", he was the first to join it. The group didn't hold much time.

 But exactly when Bobby thought his Heroic Days are over, Phoenix was found in the bottom of the Madison Bay by Mr. Fantastic, and the Five original X-Men were joined again only to found X-Factor. After X-Factor, in the lead of Cyclops, helped Xavier defeat the Shadow King, the members of X-Factor joined the X-Men once more, where Bobby is still is.

 One of the importance events in Iceman's life was when Emma Frost, The White Queen, today Co-Leader of Generation X, recovered. He asked her to help him to develop his powers but instead she took control over his body. She didn't just took control over his body, but even used his powers better than him.
When GateWay kidnapped him, Cyclops, Wolverine and Storm to a mysterious valley, to test their capabilities. When they woke up, everybody were suffering from injuries, but couldn't recall what caused it. Iceman was the one who was hurt the most - he had a hole right through his chest. He asked the White Queen to help him heal. At the end, you could say she helped him.

 Today he learns new ways to control his powers - example: When he and his fellow X-Men fought Onslaught, he knew Onslaught was messing up with their normal perception of things, so he was concentrated on seeing everything only in terms of body temperatures. He saw him as soon as he entered the room.

 He helped fighting Bastion when Operation: Zero Tolerance started, and he had to leave his father after he was bit up by Creed's men for protesting against Creed. With the help of Dr. Reyes and Marrow he finally succeeded to survive the Operation, and even fight Bastion himself!!

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