Carbon black was probably one of the first pigments to be used for tattooing, and Ötzi the Iceman was found to have carbon tattoos that survived during his life and for 5200 years after his death.

Ötzi the Iceman, who was found in the Ötztal Alps in 1991 and whose remains were dated to about 3300 BC, was found with a Mondsee copper axe.

Jones ' former animation unit was laid off after completing the final cartoon in their pipeline, The Iceman Ducketh, and the rest of the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio was closed in early 1963.

A mainstay in most X-Men titles, Iceman has been a main character in both Uncanny X-Men and the second volume of X-Men and was also featured in the Champions and New Defenders as a member.

Iceman journeys back in time and meets his parents before he was born, and battles Oblivion and Mirage.

Iceman helps watch over many of the younger superheroes, something he once was.

The X-Men were separated into two groups, Iceman was placed in the gold team, led by Storm, along with fellow original X-Men Jean Grey ( now sans codename ) and Archangel.

During the Legion Quest, Iceman was one of the X-Men who goes back in time to stop Legion from killing Magneto.

Having absorbed some secret haunting memories, she needs to get away from the X-Men and Iceman volunteers to join her on a road trip, though at the same time he was starting to see visions of Emma Frost.

When the entity known as Onslaught first appeared, Iceman was chosen as one of his test subjects, along with Storm, Cyclops and Wolverine.

By confronting Opal and his father in her simulation, Iceman realized that Emma was right and managed to transform back to his human body with his chest fully intact.

Iceman was captured in the woods near his home by Deathbird, who had become the Horseman War.

Iceman was recruited by the living ship Prosh, along with other mutants, like Jean Grey, Mystique, Toad and Juggernaut, to preserve evolution and save it.

Nobody seemed to realize it at the time, but evidently this was an early sign of Iceman undergoing a secondary mutation of his own.

His secondary mutation kicking in, though, Iceman was in danger of losing this status.

This was a front, however, as Mystique was using Iceman and the X-Men as a Marauder spy for Mister Sinister.

Iceman, after recovering from his injuries, volunteered to go look for them and was given telepathic directions by Emma Frost.

Iceman was successful in finding the New X-Men, most of them injured.

Iceman arrives in San Francisco, where he was set to meet Hepzibah, Warpath, and Angel.

On one occasion, Iceman suffered a severe chest injury while in his ice form and was able to heal himself by converting back into his normal human form.

Magneto and Polaris created opposite magnetic polarities, Iceman, Storm, and Sunfire provided elemental extremes, Cyclops, Phoenix, and Cable gave the sheer power of family, Xavier represented the power of mind and Bishop and Mikhail stood for time and space, while the Monolith linked all their energies together.

After their breakup, the Widow moves to Los Angeles and becomes leader of the newly created and short-lived super team known as The Champions, consisting of her, Ghost Rider ( Johnny Blaze ), Hercules ( with whom she has a brief romance ), and former X-Men Angel and Iceman.

He also created the " X-Sentinels ", android doubles of Beast, Iceman, Angel, Marvel Girl, Havok, Lorna Dane, and Professor X who possessed the appearances of, and could simulate the mannerisms and powers of, the original X-Men.

Writer Tony Isabella developed the concept of a new team of superheroes and originally wanted the roster to consist of former X-Men Angel and Iceman, and the newly created Black Goliath.

* IC – Iceman a radical shape endorsed and used by Paul Stanley, Various pickup combinations.

Iceman is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Iceman has been featured in two self-titled limited comic book miniseries, one in the 1980s by J. M. DeMatteis and another in the 2000s by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett, art by Karl Kerschl.

Iceman is among the original X-Men captured by Krakoa, leading to a new incarnation of X-Men of which he is not a member.

Iceman is then abducted by Master Mold, and alongside Angel, he encounters the Hulk.

Iceman is rescued by Thor.

Iceman even went as far as offending Nightcrawler by claiming that only the original five, and no one else, has the right to call themselves an X-Man.

According to writer Mike Carey, " the events leading up to Messiah Complex, Iceman got blindsided by Mystique " are " still preying on to a large extent " and " some of those events be revisited.

As mentioned by writer Mike Carey, Iceman is " an Omega level mutant ... has powers that can influence the ecosystem of the entire world.

Iceman has also been able to move rapidly to another distant location while in his organic ice form, being able to deposit his bodily mass into a river and reconstitute his entire mass a great distance away in a matter of minutes ( by temporarily merging his molecules with those of the river ).

Iceman's powers were pushed to their limit while possessed by Emma Frost, who used Iceman to discover the fate of her Hellions.

When Iceman was injected with Sinister's neuro-inhibiter by Mystique, he was able to save himself by drawing in all of the ambient moisture around him, rapidly replacing his poisoned cells with healthy material before the injection could kill him.

Originally, the Iceman / Beast friendship was one of the cornerstones of the X-Universe, but has recently been ignored by writers.

On several more recent occasions, Iceman has also undergone another transformation due to his defeat in battle, or by extreme circumstances involving heat.

In an attempt gone wrong by his teammate Mystique to prevent Aurora from killing the others, Iceman was able to stop Aurora by putting her into a cryo sleep while still in his gaseous state.

* writer Mike Carey's interview dealing with Iceman

Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the series launched in 1963, introducing in its first issue the original five X-Men ( Angel, the Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl ) and their teacher, Professor X, as well as their arch nemesis, the supervillain Magneto.