Iceman is a member of the X-Men and one of the funnier playable characters.
Character History[]
Bobby Drake was born in Floral Park, Long Island, New York on September 1st, to William Robert Drake and Madeline Beatrice Bass-Drake. His father is Irish-American Catholic, and his mother is Jewish. He ran away from his family at the peak of government-supported Sentinel attacks, fearing his family would be killed in such an attack. As he ran away from his family he was surrounded by a group of G.R.S.O. troops but he was saved by X-Men members Cyclops, Wolverine, Beast, Storm, and Jean Grey. He was later taken in by them and was greeted by Charles Xavier who gave him a place to stay. Bobby gave himself a codename Iceman and became the newest member of the X-Men.
Bobby enrolled in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and become the second member of the X-Men. There, the X-Men were tutored by Professor X and trained in the use of their powers in the Danger Room. As 'Iceman', Bobby learned to control his abilities in order to protect a world that feared and hated him for being different. In time, Bobby learned to cover himself in ice. His lighthearted approach to a disaster often eased tension among his teammates whenever they're in a tight situation. Iceman quickly befriended Beast, however, he remained a little self-conscious about being one of the youngest members of the group. Along with him was Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat who had a big crush on him. The two would later become a couple but they would later break up after a mission gone wrong. They still hang out with each other and remain good friends for years to come.
Alongside the X-Men, he battled many foes including Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and during his time fighting them the mutant known as Pyro grew a strong hatred for him purely because of his freezing abilities. They would occasionally clash in battle and would sometimes be the ones to start conflict whenever they saw each other. As the years went on he continued his rivalry with Pyro. He later formed new friendships outside the team with Peter Parker aka Spider-Man and Johnny Storm aka the organic Human Torch and fought alongside them for years until they became members of the Ultimate Alliance. On the side note prior to the alliance was formed, he was also Johnny Storm's temporary replacement as a reserved Fantastic Four member, to youngest Storm's dismay, leading to their rivalry, not just because of their elemental differences.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Story[]
He was one of the initial X-Men team members to be part of Nick Fury Sr.'s founding alliance. During a quest to battle Doctor Doom and his Masters of Evil, Iceman developed a crush on Black Widow. While in a middle of a quest to save Nightcrawler and Jean Grey, the rescue mission at Mephisto's Hell Realm would kill Iceman in process, as the fiery nature of that realm affecting his power and weakened him.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Story[]
Several years later in 2014, Iceman is one of the alliance members to be part Fury Sr.'s Bravo team during an infiltration at Latveria in his Secret War. A year later after the briefly Masters of Evil attacked New York, causing Superhuman Registration Act to be in issue, doubled by Stamford incident caused by Nitro, with Robert Baldwin, a former New Warrior known as "Speedball" who survived the explosive and becoming a Thunderbolts member "Penance", Iceman joins Captain America's Secret Avengers team, until the rise of The Fold reconciles the alliance of both sides once more.
Gameplay[]
Trivia[]
- The Iceman that appears in the third game is not the same one who appeared in the first two games, as the third game is set in a different continuity.
- In the first game and n-space version of the second game, he retains many of his moves from the X-Men: Legends games.
- James Arnold Taylor reprises his role from the X-Men Legends in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3, except in the second game.
- At the beginning of Mephisto's Realm, he complains to Xavier about being in Mephisto's Realm (due to all the fire and lava).
- His simulation disk has him fighting Mysterio in Mephisto's Realm and another one has Storm defending him (and Wolverine) from Hussar in Murderworld.
- He is one of the many characters to appear in every game as a playable character alongside Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine, Iron Man, Thor, Deadpool, Blade, Luke Cage, Storm, Daredevil, Carol Danvers, The Fantastic Four, Venom, Magneto, Black Panther and Spider-Man.
- In the Shadow of Doom DLC, one of Iceman's new voice lines is a direct reference to Elsa from Frozen.
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