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Nora Fries is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Entertainment. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for Batman: The Animated Series, in which she is depicted as the terminally ill wife of Dr. Victor Fries, who cryogenically freezes her and becomes the supervillain Mr. Freeze to find a cure for her condition. Nora is later adapted into the mainstream comic book canon and revived as a supervillain under the aliases Lazara and Mrs. Freeze.
| Nora Fries | |
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Cover art of Detective Comics #1014 (October 2019). Art by Doug Mahnke. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | As Nora: Batman: The Animated Series: "Heart of Ice" First comic appearance: Batman: Mr. Freeze (May 1997) As Lazara: Batgirl #70 (January 2006) As Mrs. Freeze: Detective Comics #1014 (October 2019) |
| Created by | (As Nora): Paul Dini (writer) Bruce Timm (artist) As Lazara: Andersen Gabrych (writer) Pop Mhan (artist) As Mrs. Freeze: Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Doug Mahnke (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Homo magi (current) Human (originally) |
| Partnerships | Mr. Freeze |
| Notable aliases | Lazara Mrs. Freeze |
| Abilities | As Lazara:
As Mrs. Freeze:
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Nora Fries made her live-action debut in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, portrayed by Vendela Kirsebom. She has also appeared in the second season of Gotham, portrayed by Kristen Hager; the 2018 Arrowverse crossover event Elseworlds, portrayed by Cassandra Jean Amell; and Batwoman, portrayed by Jennifer Higgin.
After marrying Victor Fries, a GothCorp cryogenics researcher, Nora is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Victor uses the company's equipment to cryogenically freeze his wife until a cure can be found. However, GothCorp CEO Ferris Boyle cuts the funding and confronts Victor in the latter's laboratory to personally shut down the project, which leads to Victor being transformed into Mr. Freeze.
As of the film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Victor retrieved Nora's chamber and brought it to an Arctic cave until a submarine crew accidentally damages it. Victor murders the crew before bribing an old colleague into helping him kidnap Barbara Gordon as she shares Nora's rare blood type. After Batman intervenes and rescues Gordon, Nora is eventually cured by Dr. Lyle Johnston of Wayne Enterprises.
In The New Batman Adventures episode "Cold Comfort", Nora is said to have waited for the presumed dead Victor for some time before eventually marrying her doctor Francis D'Anjou. This subplot is expanded upon in volume two of The Batman Adventures tie-in comic series, in which D'Anjou stages his abduction and death to frame Victor and make Nora hate him. After D'Anjou is defeated and arrested by Nightwing, Nora reunites with Victor in the Arctic Circle, revealing she never truly loved D'Anjou, before Victor battles Batman and the former's head is lost in the Arctic Ocean. After talking to the incarcerated D'Anjou and Victor's adoptive Inuit son Koonak, Nora returns to the Arctic Circle to find Victor. In the sequel comic series Batman: The Adventures Continue, Nora dies after her terminal illness returns.
Nora Fries' comic book history is similar to her DCAU counterpart. She is healed via a Lazarus Pit and becomes the supervillain Lazara before Victor freezes her once more.[1][2][3]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Nora is not romantically involved with Victor, who attempts to cure her heart disease and falls in love with her. After Bruce Wayne terminates his research, Victor confronts him and is transformed into Mr. Freeze after inadvertently shattering a cryonic tank.[4][5]
In DC Rebirth, Nora's history is retconned to be similar to her original depiction. In Year of the Villain, Victor revives Nora with a vial Lex Luthor gives him, transforming her into a being similar to him.[6]
An alternate universe variant of Nora Fries appears in the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults novel, Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story, written by Lauren Myracle and with art by Isaac Goodhart, released in November 2020.[7] This version's full maiden name is Elinor Grace Faria.
As Lazara, Nora possesses the ability to produce fire and raise the dead.
As Mrs. Freeze, she possesses her husband's inability to survive outside of sub-zero temperatures.
Nora Fries appears in Batman & Robin, portrayed by Vendela Kirsebom. This version suffers from an advanced form of the fictional illness, MacGregor's Syndrome.
Nora Fries appears in Batman: The Enemy Within. This version's body is kept in the Pact's hideout, of which her husband Mr. Freeze is a member.
Nora Fries appears in the Batman: Arkham franchise:
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