The episode opens in a foreboding fashion with a shot of a ballerina dancing in place. Prior to seeing this, I’m not sure if I had ever really empathized with a superhero villain on such a level and it really created a unique viewing experience for me as a child. Regardless, this episode is my personal favorite from the show and one that stuck with me when I first saw it back in 1992. Freeze isn’t the only instance of the show influencing the comics, and it’s probably debatable which contribution from this show is most important: Freeze or Harley Quinn. He was resurrected in the comics and his backstory was retconned to closely mirror the events of this episode.
Freeze was suddenly a star villain in Batman’s rogues gallery and is now probably among his top adversaries in terms of notoriety. He was a nothing character and a throw-away villain for Batman to dispatch when a little variety was needed. Dead in the comics, viewers most knew him from the campy 60’s TV series where he was just some old guy with an affinity for the cold. Prior to this episode’s airing, its star villain Mr.
Freeze for the show, but the start of a whole new life for the character.
“Heart of Ice” isn’t just the debut of Mr.
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