Mr. Freeze creator has died
 

http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/08/21...r-freeze-dies/

Max Hodge, the writer who transformed Bob Kane’s Mr. Zero into the “ice suit”-wearing Mr. Freeze for the 1960s Batman TV series, died Aug. 17. He was 91.

Hodge wrote for several TV shows in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, including Mission: Impossible, Ironside, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, The Waltons and CHiPs. He also was an associate producer and writer for The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

But comic-book fans know him best as the writer of four episodes of William Dozier’s Batman series, including “Deep Freeze,” which introduced the supervillain Mr. Freeze. Previously, a freeze gun-toting character named Mr. Zero had made his debut in Batman #121 (February 1959). For the TV show, Hodge renamed him Mr. Freeze and placed him in the now-trademark “ice suit” that keeps his body temperature below freezing and allows him to survive. Mr. Freeze was played by George Sanders, Otto Preminger and Eli Wallach.

The retooled Mr. Freeze then made the jump back into comics, where he joined Batman’s regular rogues gallery.

I'm sorry to hear about his passing. Interesting history lesson, though -- I thought Mr. Freeze had been a part of the comics way before the television show. And if I recall correctly, I once saw a Batman episode featuring Mr. Freeze, though sans his trademark ice suit. I just chalked it up to a low budget, assuming his costume from the comics would be too difficult or expensive to produce.

i never heard of him until this thread. I'm glad i read it.