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Mr. Freeze (Dr. Victor Fries) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Dave Wood and artist Sheldon Moldoff , he first appeared in Batman #121 (February 1959) as the ice-based criminal Mr. Zero, but he was soon renamed "Mr. Freeze". Years later, the character's origin story was revamped to match the one conceived by writer Paul Dini for Batman: The Animated Series . Dr. Victor Fries was a cryogenics expert in Gotham City who was caught in a laboratory mishap while attempting to cure his terminally ill wife, Nora ; the accident drastically lowered his body temperature to sub-zero levels, forcing him to wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive. Freeze's main goal remains finding a cure for his wife's illness, though his methods often bring him into conflict with Batman . This depiction of Mr. Freeze has since endured as one of the superhero Batman's most recurring enemies and belongs to the...

The "Alien" (also referred to as "Xenomorph XX121") is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the eponymous antagonist of the Alien film series . The species made its debut in the film Alien (1979), and reappeared in the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997), as well as the crossover franchise Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). A similar creature of a slightly different design named the "Deacon" makes a brief appearance in the Ridley Scott film Prometheus (2012). Two species, one being a different but similar creature called a "Neomorph" and the other being a variation of the Xenomorph XX121 species appear in the sequel to Prometheus, Alien: Covenant (2017), which reveals the potential origin of the species. In addition, the Alien appears in various literature and video game spin-offs from the franchises. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(creature_...

Daredevil   is a fictional   superhero   appearing in   American comic books   published by   Marvel Comics . Daredevil was created by   writer-editor   Stan Lee   and artist   Bill Everett , with an unspecified amount of input from   Jack Kirby . The character first appeared in   Daredevil   #1 (April 1964). Writer/artist   Frank Miller 's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the   Marvel Universe . Daredevil is commonly known by such   epithets   as the "Man Without Fear" and the "Devil of Hell's Kitchen". Daredevil's  origins  stem from a childhood accident that gave him special abilities. While growing up in the historically gritty or crime-ridden  working class   Irish-American  neighborhood of  Hell's Kitchen  in  New York City , Matt Murdock is blinded by a  radioactive...