Iceman Vol 1 1

	Published
	December, 1984
"The Fuse!"
	Writer J.M. DeMatteis; Penciler Alan Kupperberg; Inker Mike Gustovich; Colorist Bob Sharen; Letterer Janice Chiang; Editor Bob Budiansky;

...My dad's Irish-Catholic, my mom's Jewish. I was the only kid in Hebrew school who got off for St. Patrick's Day!

-- Bobby

Appearing in "The Fuse!"

Featured Characters:

Iceman (Bobby Drake)

Supporting Characters:

Marge Smith (First appearance)
Walter Smith (First appearance)
Marge Smith's family (First appearance)
William Drake
Madeline Drake
Anne Drake (Only appearance)^[1]
Joel Drake (First appearance)
Mary Drake (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Oblivion
Idiot (First appearance)
White Light (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Ralph Ratchit (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Oblivion's Realm
Long Island
- Port Jefferson

Bobby

Anyway... the Catholic kids used to ride me for being Jewish... the Jewish kids used to ride me for being Catholic... and that wasn't even my big problem!

Marge

There's more?

Bobby

If I told you, you wouldn't believe me.

Synopsis for "The Fuse!"

Bobby

All my life my folks have been trying to make me normal! You know the routine -- get a good job, marry a nice girl, have 2.6 children, ten grand in the bank, life insurance, car insurance, insurance insurance...! But there was one tiny problem standing between me and the norm --

Mary, Bobby's cousin

You're a mutant!

Iceman

Heck -- you figured that out when we were still kids! The very fact of what I am has always prevented me from being what Mom'n'Dad want me to be! I've seen the other side, Mary! Part of me really gets off on adventuring... Playing "Iceman -- Defender of Freedom!"

Mary

But?

Iceman

Part of me doesn't! I'm torn between hiding under the covers and leaping into the abyss.

Iceman Vol 1 1

Appearing in "The Fuse!"

Synopsis for "The Fuse!"

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