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Isabrot (Earth-616)

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History

Origins[]

The being that would become known as Jack Frost was born Isabrot, son of Buri and an unnamed Ice Giant. He was raised his whole life to battle Ymir's Iceworms who were sent to attack Gods and Humans. For years he fought the ruthless Iceworms, until Ymir himself appeared before him and struck Isabrot down, sending him plummeting into Midgard. He landed in the Arctic where he was slowly healed, but had completely forgotten his past.[1] When he encountered Thor in the modern era, Thor told Jack Frost a tale about a Frost Giant who was dwarf in size by giant standards that fled Asgard to live on Earth, suggesting that Jack Frost may be this long lost Frost Giant. While Thor's story does not match the details of Isabrot's life, it could be that the true story was confused in retelling by the time Thor heard it.[4]

Solo Adventures[]

Jack Frost was revived in August of 1941 when he witnessed the struggles of the mortally wounded Dr. Forbes. Forbes had discovered gold in Alaska and was fatally shot by mobster Mike Zelby who sought to claim the mine for himself. With his dying breath, Forbes asked Jack Frost to go to New York City and save his daughter Alice who Zelby was going to target next to learn the mine's location. Jack Frost honored Dr. Forbes' wish and left him in a frozen tomb before going to New York. Arriving in the city, he sought the aid of the local police however, they considered him a crank refusing to aid him. Furious, Jack Frost attacked the authorities and fled to deal with Zelby himself. Tracing the killer to the apartment of Alice Forbes, Jack Frost clashed with the mobster, who was killed when the apartment was set ablaze. While Alice considered Jack Frost a hero, the police attempted to arrest him for the murder of Zelby. Furious, Frost vowed to become the enemy of mankind and fled the scene.[2]

Jack Frost's chilly hatred of humanity ended up being warmed later that year when he decided to ruin a sunny day at the beach. Initially terrorizing the swimmers, he came across a more deadly threat: A band of modern-day pirates that operated out of a mechanized submersible crafted after an octopus. Captured by the pirates, Jack Frost learned that they were attempting to scare people away from the beach in order to search for hidden treasure. Jack Frost would not stand such tyranny and destroyed the pirate's vessel, leaving the pirates themselves frozen in ice for the authorities to find.[5]

Although still hunted by the authorities, Jack Frost continued to come to the aid of those in needs. In early 1942, he came to the aid of Hillcrest hospital after it was set ablaze by ambulance racketeer Mike Dolan after the administrator refused to buy ambulances from him. Jack Frost chased after Mike Dolan, leading the crook into a fatal car crash.[6] Later that year Frost witnessed the attempted freezing death of inventor Bob Davis. Frost helped Davis reveal that the attempt on his life was caused by his colleague Jimmy Crain who was jealous of Bob's proposal to their mutual love interest Betty. Initially framed for the supposed murder of Bob Davis, Jack Frost cleared his name and apparently redeemed himself in the eyes of the law.[7]

Liberty Legion[]

Later in 1942, Captain America's sidekick Bucky sent out a radio message for superheroes to help liberate the Invaders who were then brainwashed into being loyal to the Red Skull. Jack Frost was among the heroes to respond, who formed a new team known as the Liberty Legion. Frost battled the Sub-Mariner and Human Torch until the Invaders were freed from the Red Skull's control.[8][9]

Afterward, the Liberty Legion (without Bucky) remained together as a USA-based team (in contrast to the Invaders, who fought the Axis powers on the front lines). Jack Frost and the other members of the Liberty Legion assisted the time traveling Thing in recovering a canister of Vibranium that was accidentally cast back in time and stolen by Nazi forces, leading to clashes with Nazi agents Master Man, U-Man, Sky-Shark, Brain-Drain, and Slicer. In the end, the heroes prevailed, destroying the Nazi's massive battleship shaped like a swastika.[10][11]

Frost assisted the team in preventing Iron Cross from capturing scientist Professor Schultz.[12] The group was captured and taken aboard a Nazi U-Boat and was rescued by the Invaders.[13] The two teams defeated Iron Cross and rescued Schultz.[14]

In 1943, Jack Frost was among a number of heroes who were slain by the Cosmic Cube-wielding Red Skull and impaled on a massive wall.[15] However, the Cube was recovered by Private Paul Anselm who resurrected all the slain heroes, who then aided the combined efforts of the Invaders and the time-displaced New Avengers and Mighty Avengers. When the Skull was defeated the time-traveling heroes used the Cube to wipe out Jack Frost's memories of the event to preserve history.[16]

In April 1945, Jack Frost had his last adventure with the Liberty Legion, where they saved San Francisco from the Lava Men. After the battle, the Liberty Legion disbanded.[17] By 1946, Jack Frost returned to the Arctic to try and learn more about his past. There he was attacked and consumed by an Iceworm. Unable to escape, Jack Frost put himself into suspended animation.[4]

In 1959, Jack Frost was considered by Jimmy Woo as a possible member for the Agents of Atlas. (Apparently, despite not appearing in public since 1946, the FBI had reasons to believe Jack Frost was still active.)[18]

Modern Age[]

Jack Frost was defrosted in the modern age and reunited with Captain America where he stated that he was frozen alongside the Iceworm. To keep the Iceworm from going on a rampage, Jack Frost froze himself and the Iceworm again.[4]

This didn't work for long, as the Iceworms reemerged and began attacking the town of Old Crow in Yukon, Canada. They carried the imprisoned Jack Frost with them as they used his powers to strengthen themselves. Soon the Scarlet Witch and her new apprentice Amaranth arrived to the residents' rescue, and noticing Jack Frost trapped in thick ice they proceeded to free him. Seeing that his memories were hidden deep within his psyche, the Scarlet Witch casted a spell to resurface those memories. Jack Frost remembered his past as Isabrot, a champion of the Ten Realms, and with that he was fully restored. He aided the two sorceresses in banishing the Iceworms and unfreezing the residents of Old Crow. With the threat of the Iceworms dealt with, Jack Frost departed to continue protecting the Ten Realms.[1]

Attributes

Powers

  • Cold and Ice Generation: Jack Frost has the ability to generate sub-freezing temperatures. Combined with ambient water vapor, he can create snow, sleet, and ice for various effects such as propelling snow flurries at hurricane wind-speeds[2] or fashioning ice into various simple constructs such as spheres, bridges, or walls. He also has superhuman stamina and durability.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Jack possesses superhuman levels of stamina.[20]
  • Superhuman Durability: Jack's body is more resistant to damage than that of a mortal and is immune to low temperatures.[20]

Abilities

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Transportation

  • Travels by creating ice bridges; his own version of teleportation through ice

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