Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero is Still Worth Watching 25 Years Later

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In a world where brought fans so many incredible stories in its first couple of seasons, it is often easy to forget about the many good adventures that came later. Many were turned off by the change in art, the restructuring of the show, or simply fell out of watching for other reasons when the series became. There were also fans that felt that the theatrical outing with was simply the peak, showing what this creative team and performers could do at the top of their game. Even then, they proved that their creative vision was still strong with each additional show. One of the great animated Batman movies that seems to have slipped past many viewers was the first to go direct-to-video film — .

is another solid chapter in the tragic story of Dr. Victor Fries. The movie continues his tale after the first two episodes he starred in and acts as the crescendo for one of the show’s most memorable villains. It was a simpler narrative compared to the previous motion picture, as we see Freeze making a life for himself amongst the ice with his new ward, Koonak, their two polar bears, and his frozen wife, Nora. A submarine disturbs all of this, however, breaking Mrs. Fries open from her cryogenic tube, leading her husband to return to Gotham to get help to save her life. For this, she’ll need new blood and organs, however, and it turns out that one Barbara Gordon — also known as Batgirl — is the perfect match. With the Commissioner’s daughtered kidnapped and soon to be harvested, Barbara attempts to escape while the GCPD, Batman, and her boyfriend, Robin, hurry to find her.

It’s a solid story, one that doesn’t focus as much on Batman and allows other characters more time. This is really about Mr. Freeze being unable to let Nora die