Frost (DC)

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Do-Gooder
Full Name	Caitlin Snow
Alias(es)	Killer Frost Frost Snow
Origin	DC Comics
Occupation	Scientist Adventurer Criminal Member of Secret Society of Super-Villains Member of Suicide Squad Member of Justice League of America
Powers / Skills	High-level intelligence Scientific knowledge Cryokinesis Stamina Unique Physiology
Hobby	Fighting Firestorm (formerly). Absorbing heat to live.
Goals	Absorb as much heat as she can to live.
Family	Unknown
Friends / Allies	The Flash Felicity Smoak Firestorm Jay Garrick Professor Martin Stein Vibe
Enemies	Apex Captain Cold Death Bat Heat Wave Hotness Mäuschen Pied Piper
Type of Hero	Redeemed Criminal

“	The only way I could feel warm, the only way to melt the ice in my veins... was to kill.	„
	~ Killer Frost

Caitlin Snow, also better known as Killer Frost, is a character in DC's Prime Earth. She is a former young scientist who transformed into a heat vampire that steals warmth in order to survive after industrial sabotage. As Caitlin struggles to be a good person, she still reckoning with the predatory nature of her powers.

History

Caitlin Snow was a young and bright scientist working for S.T.A.R. Labs assigned to an underfunded S.T.A.R. Labs Outpost #72 in the Arctic Circle, where the deceased researcher Dr. Louise Lincoln had been working on a Self-Sustaining Thermodynamic Ultraconductor Engine that could subvert the second law of thermodynamics in order to create perpetual motion. Caitlin became interested in continuing Lincoln's work, in spite of her colleagues warning her against it.

When Caitlin succeeded in finishing the S.T.U. engine, her colleagues turned on her and revealing themselves to be working for H.I.V.E., as they were expected to ensure that the engine was never made public in order to protect H.I.V.E.'s investments in the energy industry. Furthermore, they were also responsible for Lincoln's death, and they then proceeded in silencing Caitlin by placing her in the working S.T.U. engine. In a panic, Caitlin ripped out the wires for the engine's coolant system, consequently infusing her biological makeup with ice. As a result, she became a vampiric being who craved for heat, and killed the H.I.V.E. agents.

After carrying out her vengeance, Caitlin continued to search for other sources of heat; she attacked a Norwegian research camp and stole their helicopter to fly to her hometown of Pittsburgh, where she encountered and fought Firestorm. While fighting Firestorm, Caitlin discovered that Firestorm's powers can temporarily heal her condition, and devoted her time to seeking and confronting him. She soon learned about the Firestorm Matrix and attempted to recreate it.

DC Rebirth

Caitlin Snow is taken to Belle Reve Penitentiary, where she is introduced to the Suicide Squad and offered a place on the team by Amanda Waller. She accepts and joins the team. She helps the Suicide Squad in their fight against the Justice League, but subsequently assists them against Maxwell Lord when he is possessed by Eclipso, whose attempt to tap into her "darkest desire" only unlocks her desire to make a difference. She then has to save all the Suicide Squad and the Justice League by absorbing the energy out of Superman and using it against Maxwell Lord. Afterwards, Waller is forced to release Snow into Batman's custody. She then joined the new Justice League of America made up of Batman, the Atom, Lobo, Black Canary, Vixen and the Ray.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Unique Physiology: Her new state is very basic, almost primal. Her body is completely encased in permafrost. She is not made of ice but she generates organic ice-like cells which make up her changed genetics.
  • Cryokinesis: She can generate ice spikes to spear her opponents, kill an ordinary human with her freezing kiss and/or create a ice storm powerful enough to freeze everything, killing multiple people.
    • Heat Absorption: Frost is a so called "Heat Vampire", to stay alive, she must regularly absorb heat. The most efficient way to satiate this "hunger" is to absorb the body heat of others.

Abilities

• Genius Level Intellect
  • Science: She was S.T.A.R. Labs' youngest and brightest scientist. She can solve difficult equations in a single day's time, as well as repair and operate heavy, energy generating machinery.

Weaknesses

• Power Instability: Frost will die unless she regularly absorbs heat. This extends to areas of extreme cold for too long.