(Joar): Average athlete and hand-to-hand combatant; cold ray gun; special costume to protect from gun (Cameron): Cold manipulation and generation
Icicle is the name of twosupervillains appearing incomic books published byDC Comics:Joar Mahkent andCameron Mahkent (father and son; to differentiate between the two, thesuffixes Senior and Junior are used).
An original incarnation of Icicle namedThomas Snow appears in thefifth season ofThe Flash, portrayed byKyle Secor, while the name Cameron Mahkent is used as a pseudonym for a signature. Additionally, both Joar and Cameron Mahkent, with the former renamedJordan Mahkent, appear inStargirl, portrayed byNeil Jackson and Hunter Sansone respectively.
Joar Mahkent is a European physicist who travels to the United States to showcase his latest discovery. Upon his arrival, Mahkent's ship is suddenly frozen solid in theGotham City harbor. After investigating,Green Lantern (Alan Scott) learns that Mahkent has been shot dead while on the ship, apparently the victim of racketeer Lanky Leeds. When the criminal Icicle appears wielding Mahkent's invention, a weapon capable of instantly freezing moisture, Scott assumes him to be Leeds. Scott unmasks Icicle as Mahkent, who had killed Leeds and disguised Leeds' face as his own. While attempting to escape from Scott, Mahkent leaps off a 20-story building and apparently plunges to his death in a river.[3]
Icicle survives his fall into the river and returns to battle Green Lantern, eventually joining theWizard's secondInjustice Society. He is a founding member of the Crime Champions, along with Wizard andFiddler, who allied with a trio of criminals fromEarth-One.
Cameron Mahkent is the son of Joar Mahkent. His father's prolonged exposure to the weapon altered his genetics, causing him to be born ametahuman with innate power over ice. Cameron's skin pigmentation was also affected, making him appear to be albino.[5]
Cameron became the second Icicle shortly before joining the Wizard'sInjustice Unlimited. The group overcomes the security at the International Trade Conference inCalgary, with Icicle being tasked with retrievingSolomon Grundy. He successfully retrieves Grundy and takes a hypnotizedIcemaiden andJade to theArctic Circle. Injustice Unlimited's plan of blackmailing businessmen is interrupted whenHourman (Rick Tyler) frees himself. In the ensuing battle, Cameron escapes.[6]
Weeks later, Injustice Unlimited plots to murder the members ofInfinity, Inc. to make a name for themselves. Icicle goes afterBrainwave Jr. After believing the mental mutant dead, the Icicle returned to his cohorts. A plan was hatched to bring all the remaining Infinitors to Stellar Studios and kill them, a plan defeated only by the unwillingness of Hazard to cooperate and the sudden reappearance of Brainwave and Jade. Icicle nearly kills Brainwave in hand-to-hand combat, but is knocked out by Jade.[7]
In 2011,The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. TheGreen Team encounter Icicle on a meteor which he hijacked from businessman Bellachek Temple to give to his client. Icicle attacks the Green Team, but relents after the meteor is destroyed.[8] It is later revealed that Icicle and Temple are in a relationship.[9]
In 2016, DC Comics implemented a relaunch called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to The New 52. Icicle appears at a villain award show at the Hall of Doom that is hosted byHarley Quinn.[10]
Joar Mahkent's grandchildren briefly adopt their grandfather's name. James Christie, having adopted Joar's methods, is caught by Doyle Christie who briefly becomes a superhero.[13]
An alternate universe variant of Cameron Mahkent / Icicle appears inFlashpoint. This version is a member ofDeathstroke's pirate crew before being killed in battle with Jenny Blitz.[14][15]
The Cameron Mahkent incarnation of Icicle appears inJLA/Avengers #4 as a brainwashed minion ofKrona.[16]
The Joar Mahkent incarnation of Icicle appears in theSuper Friends "Post Super Heroes Create a Villain Contest" cereal commercial.
Dr. Blizzard, a character based on Icicle, appears in theJustice League episode "Legends", voiced byCorey Burton.[17] He is a supervillain from an alternate universe and member of theInjustice Guild.
The Cameron Mahkent incarnation of Icicle makes a non-speaking appearance in theHarley Quinn episode "Getting Ice Dick, Don't Wait Up" as a member of the "cold boys".[citation needed]
An original incarnation of Icicle appears in thefifth season ofThe Flash, portrayed byKyle Secor.[21] This version isThomas Snow, the father ofCaitlin Snow. He previously attempted to cure his and Caitlin's genetic propensity forALS, giving them both cryokinetic powers. Both Caitlin and Thomas develop split personalities as a result of the experimentation, but Thomas eventually retakes control. WhenCicada attacks Caitlin, Thomas sacrifices himself to save her.
The Joar Mahkent incarnation of Icicle, renamedJordan Mahkent, appears inStargirl, portrayed byNeil Jackson.[22][23] This version is the leader of theInjustice Society of America (ISA) who lost his wife Christine (portrayed by Amanda Lavasanni) to an unspecified illness and is supported in his campaign by hisNorwegian-speaking parents Sofus and Lily (portrayed by Jim Franco and Kay Galvan respectively), the latter of whom also shares his powers. Ten years prior to the series, Icicle led the ISA in attacking the Justice Society of America (JSA)'s headquarters; killing several of their members and fatally wounding their leaderStarman himself. Over the following decade, he settled down in Blue Valley as a businessman in his civilian identity and founded Blue Valley business, The American Dream. Throughout the first season, Jordan meets with the ISA to discuss the rise of Starman's successor,Stargirl, and her efforts to rebuild the JSA before leading the ISA in enacting "Project: New America", but Stargirl's JSA foil their plans. After sustaining damage while fighting her and S.T.R.I.P.E., Jordan is shattered by Mike Dugan using his father's truck. However, he secretly revived himself in a liquid form, spent the following year reconstituting himself, though he is forced to constantly focus to maintain his physical form, and formed an alliance with theUltra-Humanite andDragon King. In the third season, Jordan killsSportsmaster andTigress before reuniting with his family, claiming to Stargirl that he has reformed, while his allies cripple her JSA. While fighting the heroes, Lily is killed by a falling car while Jordan is shattered once more by Cameron. Three months later, Jordan reconstitutes himself and flees toCopenhagen, but is killed byArtemis Crock.
Cameron Mahkent also appears in the series, portrayed by Hunter Sansone as a teenager and Roger Dale Floyd as a child.[24] This version is a student at Blue Valley High School and classmate of Stargirl who develops cryokinesis late into the first season. In the third season, he enters a relationship with Stargirl until he learns she had a hand in his father's apparent death. Despite this, he attempts to reconcile with her and eventually joins the JSA in defeating Jordan before leaving with Sofus.
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016).The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 149.ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
^"Dr. Blizzard Voice -Justice League (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors.Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. RetrievedMay 15, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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