Codename: Iceman
Real name: Robert Drake
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145 lbs
Place of Birth: Fort Washington, Long Island, New York
Relatives: William (father), Madeline (mother)
Past: Iceman has the ability to lower the temperature in his surrounding area while gathering moisture to form ice into any shape that he wishes. He used to encase his body in ice and snow, but now he actually transforms into a man of ice. This allows him to manipulate his body on a molecular level. He can also perceive the world in terms of temperatures. Bobby was a founding member of the X-Men, and while due to his youth (he was the youngest of the original class) he often acted immature, he learned to master his powers just as well as the others. During that time, Bobby became involved with Lorna Dane, who eventually manfested powers herself and became Polaris. She also became involved with Havok, which caused Bobby to storm off on his own for a short time. After Krakoa, when the original X-Men left the team, Bobby helped his friend Warren form the Champions in Los Angeles, and then later joined the Defenders. During his tenure with X-Factor, Bobby's powers were increased by Loki to the point where he was freezing everything he touched, so he was given a belt which helped him control his power. Shortly after he rejoined the X-Men, Iceman confronted Mikhail Rasputin, who forced Bobby into his full-ice state with his reality-warping powers. After being shown his true potential, Bobby began to experiment a little, using ice to bulk himself up, or lift himself high into the air, without the use of his usual ice slide. Most creatively, he once flattened himself into an ice slick under a civilian rioter, and then had giant fingers grab the man. The hand then extended until Iceman completely emerged from the patch of ice. Months later, Bobby was checking on Emma Frost in the Mansion's infirmary when a power surge caught the two of them and Emma's mind was transferred to Iceman's body. Emma really pushed his powers to the limit, using them in incredible ways, until she was coaxed back into her own body by Professor X. Bobby, however, kept seeing visions of Emma around him, but when he demanded that she show him how to do what she did with his powers, she refused, and told him to figure it out himself. Frustrated, Bobby left, but after the battle with Post left him with a hole in his chest, Iceman returned to Frost and tried to use some of the new tricks he'd learned, like freezing the blood in her brain, to get her to help him. Frost again refused, and telepathically wore Bobby down until he finally turned back to human form by himself, without any damage. After Onslaught, Iceman infiltrated Graydon Creed's campaign as Drake Roberts. Then, when his father was beaten by Creed's men after standing up for mutant rights, Bobby left the X-Men to help his family as his father healed. When he heard about the start of Operation: Zero Tolerance, however, Bobby left his parents and sought out Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a mutant listed in Xavier's files, and saved her from some Prime Sentinels. Running for their lives, they (with a little help from Marrow and Sabra) managed to hold out long enough for S.H.I.E.L.D. to come and arrest Bastion and shut down OZT. They then returned to the Mansion, and although Cecilia and Marrow stayed, Bobby left again. He reunited with the other members of the original class for a while, and was later captured by the Four Horsemen because he was part of The Twelve. Following the defeat of Apocalypse, Iceman appeared briefly in Genosha with Wolverine, where he tried to convince Polaris to leave, and then got caught up in a N'Garai invasion. Months later, Bobby was one of five people selected by Prosh to go on a number of time-traveling adventures, supposedly to discover information vital to saving humanity. During these jaunts, Prosh pushed Iceman's powers to their ultimate potential, allowing him to quickly travel great distances through water and to reform himself after being vaporized, among other things. Bobby was then instrumental in defeating the Stranger, who had corrupted Prosh's programming and was trying to accelerate humanity's evolution so he could control eternity.
Present: Now with nearly complete control of his powers, Bobby has rejoined the X-Men as a full-time member.