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Quote1 Consider 'em ice-o-lated, Battlestone! Quote2
Coldsnap[src]

History

Origin[]

Alexander Barros was the son of the wealthy Bernand Barros. They left for a research trip with his brother Marc, but their submarine was shot down by the evil Warlok. They were rescued by Roy Roman, who, through the magic of his people, was able to unlock the powers of Alexander and Marc. Alexander gained cryokinetic abilities, plus the ability to breathe underwater.

Brigade[]

Alexander was recruited into the second iteration of Brigade by Battlestone alongside his brother. They funded their operations, and worked with Atlas, Kayo, Stasis and Thermal, plus Martin Grant doing assists. In 1992, they freed a group of hostages from terrorists.[1]

A week later, an alien named Genocide arrived with a spaceship in Los Angeles challenging Brigade. The team was able to knock him out, but they were all teleported to Genocide's home planet, D'Vor.[2] Brigade appeared in an arena, where the D'Voran Imperial High Council Magistrate declared Brigade had challenged Genocide first and for that crime they had to be executed. With no room for discussion, Brigade escaped the arena they were in, but when they were swarmed by an army of D'Voran fighters, Thermal blasted a hole through the ground, leading them into The Tunnels, a sewage system. There, Coldsnap defeated a gruesome monster by freezing it so that Battlestone could break the ice into pieces. Afterwards, Brigade were intercepted by a D'Voran task force called The Factor, composed by Knockdown, Reign and Trek, who overpowered Brigade until they were stopped by the arrival of a group of freedom fighters who called themselves the Birds of Prey.[3] Not wanting to fight the Birds of Prey in their territory, The Factor fled.[4]

A few days later, both teams were found by Imperial High Guard. Fighting through the imperial forces, they were led back towards the citadel, where Genocide was waiting for them. Genocide challenged Battlestone to a one-on-one match. If Battlestone won, the Magistrate would teleport Brigade back to Earth, but if he lost, they would all become Genocide's personal slaves. Genocide exacted the combat by opening the floor and dropping himself and Stone into a pit. Brigade and the Birds of Prey rushed to join them by bursting through the wall to join in. Battlestone insisted on fighting Genocide alone, and left the teams to take care of the guards. Sadly, Genocide murdered Atlas. Afterwards, the surviving members of Brigade boarded a ship and barely managed to escape the citadel, heading for open space, and Earth.[5]

After three months in space, Brigade returned to Earth and landed their spacecraft in their Malibu headquarters. Blaming him for Atlas’s death, Stasis quit the team. As she left, she was shot in the head and killed by Battlestone’s brother, Cabbot Stone. He had come with his team Bloodstrike to capture or kill Brigade under orders of Washington. In the course of the ensuing battle, Bloodstrike member Shogun blasted Coldsnap, damaging the apparatus that regulated his powers, which then raged out of control. When Martin Grant crashed Brigade's alien ship into the building, he granted Battlestone a distraction and allowed him to escape with Thermal, Coldsnap's unconscious body, and Stasis’s corpse.[6]

They flew to the Los Angeles branch of G.A.T.E. International, where Battlestone called in a favor with a scientist there, Dr. Sandler, who treated Coldsnap.[6] When Coldsnap's powers settled, his body mutated into that of an enormous ice monster. Desiring revenge, he left his quarters to find Brigade battling Bloodstrike again with the addition of a new ally named Boone.[7] Coldsnap took on Bloodstrike, giving Battlestone, Boone, and Thermal time to regroup. The two teams battled until Shogun blasted Coldsnap through a wall, revealing Stasis’s body in a resurrection chamber in the next room. Cabbot was enraged and vowed to stop Stasis's resurrection. Just then, an old ally of Brigade named Lethal and Seahawk teleported in.[8]

Amidst the fighting, Shogun shot at Stasis’s rejuvenation chamber under Cabbot's orders, preventing her resurrection. Infuriated, Battlestone lashed out at Cabbot while Coldsnap fought Shogun and took revenge by freezing him in place. Battlestone and Cabbot argued and beat the crap out of each other until Battlestone told Cabbot to leave Brigade alone or else he would expose Project: Born Again to the public. Finally, Cabbot told Battlestone to kill him, but Battlestone refused, saying letting him live was even worse, and left with Brigade. Brigade flew away in their jet, and Battlestone warned the team that Bloodstrike would come after them again, but letting them go sent a message to the puppet masters controlling their strings.[9]

Later events[]

After his transformation, Alex was traumatized and relied on his girlfriend Rebecca for emotional support, but they were attacked by the powerful Crypt.[10] Some time later, Alex witnessed Rebecca be killed by his former mentor, Battlestone, along with members of Youngblood.

Attributes

Powers

  • Cryokinesis: The main power of Alex is to project frost blasts capable of generating large quantities of ice.
  • Transformation: Alex has the power to transform into a large creature made of ice, although at the beginning he was not able to control his transformations over the years he learned to assume his human form with an act of will.
    • Superhuman Strength: In his ice form Coldsnap possesses a great physical strength and has shown itself able to overpower strong fighters like his brother and Combat.
    • Superhuman Durability: In his ice form Coldsnapp becomes vastly resistant to damage done by kinetic impacts and bullets.
    • Metamorphosis: Coldsnap has the ability to melt his body in a liquid state and control its shape.
      • Regeneration: In his liquid state, Coldsnap is able to reattach any parts of his body that are cut in combat. With this ability Coldsnapp can easily survive mortal wounds such as beheading.
    • Enhanced Senses: In his ice form Coldsnap can sense the heat generated by other people.
  • Amphibious: After being rescued by Roman and exposed to the magic of his people, Coldsnap acquired the ability to breathe underwater.

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