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Warning : contains a preview forBatman : Urban Legends # 17 !
The longtime devotee disputation over whetherBatman ’s Mr. Freeze orFlash ’s Captain Cold is the ranking frost - themed villain is about to be settled . A prevue forBatman : Urban Legends # 17shows the Dark Knight tangling with Captain Cold , offering up what may be a definitive point of comparing between the iconic tough bozo .
They may appear to be radically different , but the Flash and Batman have quite a number of similarities . Both heroes have tragic stemma that leave in the loss of their parent and spurred them on to become skilled detectives . In fact , Batman and the Flashoften consult with one another clear cases , and Bruce has take to admiring the Scarlet Speedster in the past . Another matter the two heroes have in common are enemy with a penchant for the frozen . Batman has the tragic Mr. Freeze , while Flash has the leader of the Rogues , Captain Cold .
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Like any two similar characters , the question must be asked : which inhuman - theme villain is better ? Readers may finally discover the answer inBatman : Urban Legends # 17 in the short story " Cold Shoulders " by Ryan Cady and Gleb Melnikov . The opening Page seeCaptain Cold , aka Leonard Snart , kick the bucket nous - to - top dog with Batman . Fans have find out the Dark Knight clash with Mr. Freeze endless time before , often triumph thanks to his cleverness and advanced technical school . If Batman cease up need Flash ’s help to take down Captain Cold , it will go a long manner to prove he ’s the superior villain . Check out a preview of the story from DC Comics :
What ’s interesting is that while Mr. Freeze and Captain Cold might seem like they use similar weaponry , there ’s in reality a big divergence in how the villains function . Freeze ’s cryotechnology allows him to freeze thing almost instantaneously , but Captain Cold ’s frigid gun can prevent motion altogether , arrest corpuscle in their space . Snart ’s locomote so far as to call himself the " Man Who get over Absolute Zero , " which may spell difficulty for Batman , whose usualdefenses against Freeze ’s internal-combustion engine are improbable to workagainst Captain Cold ’s physical science - based tech .
In his history protect Gotham , Batman has operate up against Mr. Freeze so much it ’s practically everyday . Bruce may know how to wield his specific foe , but Flash ’s rogues galleryaren’t like Batman ’s pack of supervillains . Every member of the Rogues ' specializes in a technology designed to take down the Fastest Man Alive , and no one knows their weapons system at bottom and out like Snart . If Captain Cold can hold out againstBatman- or even defeat him outright - thenFlash ’s villain will have leaven he ’s Mr. Freeze ’s better and DC ’s water ice - based villain supreme .
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Batman : Urban Legends # 17is available from DC Comics now .
