GothCorp

GothCorp
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance
Batman: The Animated Series "Heart of Ice"
Created by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
In-story information
Type of business Conglomerate
Base(s) Gotham City
Owner(s) Ferris Boyle
Employee(s) Mr. Freeze

GothCorp is a fictional business organization in the DC Comics universe. It is owned and run by businessman Ferris Boyle. GothCorp was introduced in Batman: The Animated Series, but was later adapted into the comics.

Fictional history

GothCorp is one of the largest companies operating in Gotham City. Dr. Victor Fries was a brilliant scientist and cryonics expert working for GothCorp, but his wife Nora Fries contracts a terminal illness, while Fries works on a freeze ray. Fries' boss decides to tell the mob about the gun, leading Batman to create a team of specialists to help him do his job better. Fries decides to use the device on Nora, to put her in cryo-stasis.[1]

His boss Ferris Boyle interrupts and tampers with the experiment, however, resulting in an explosion that kills Nora. Fries survives, but the chemicals in the freeze ray lower his body temperature to the point that he must wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive. He swears revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife (whom he talks to often), and becomes Mr. Freeze, the first supervillain Batman faces in this continuity. Batman's operatives find Freeze, who shoots one of them with his freeze gun. Batman eventually apprehends him.[2]

In other media

Television

Batman: The Animated Series

The Batman

Films

Video games

References

  1. Batman: Mr. Freeze (May, 1997)
  2. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #192-196: "Snow"
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