Ahhh, a tale to be remembered for the coming ages...

SUB-ZERO

ORIGINS
Planet Venus: Venusian scientists have developed experimental atom-powered spaceships. They send an expeditionary ship to explore the Earth for signs of life. While en route to Earth, the ship crashes into an asteroid, which consists of extremely cold vapor. As the ship passes through this vapor, the ship’s controls and mechanisms freeze and the crew members turn to ice! However, one Venusian astronaut can still move; he chips the ice from the steering mechanism and lands the ship safely on Earth.

POWERS/ABILITIES
Covered with ice, the astronaut crawls out of the downed ship and goes to the nearest building, seeking help for his frozen comrades! The man from Venus unknowingly interrupts a crucial experiment with gamma rays. The rays penetrate the astronaut’s body, melt the ice, and return him to normal! Learning his story the scientists rush off to the downed ship but discover that everyone aboard is beyond help. In the meantime, the astronaut, who is still standing in the gamma ray projector, steps out of the ray’s path and becomes a being of ice again.

HISTORY
Eventually, the alien, now known as SUB-ZERO, learns to control his body’s changes and his cold powers, which serve him as an uncanny weapon against evil! Later on SUB-ZERO meets an Eskimo youth FREEZUM (see individual entry), who has the same freezing powers. The two team up for many adventures until their crime-fighting ends in early 1944. And once SUB-ZERO teams up with the hero known as the TWISTER (see individual entry).

Last Known Legal Copyright Holder:
Novelty Press 1944