Fire And Ice Go All ‘Freaky Friday’ In ‘Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over’ From DC Comics
by Olly MacNamee
DC has announced a new six-issue miniseries starring the newly reappointed Fire and Ice as part of its All In publishing programme. Written by Joanne Starer with art by Stephen Byrne, Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over, sees these two best friends accidentally swap bodies and the ubiquitous hilarious consequences occur. And that’s even after Absolute Power saw them lose their powers…
“But when the crisis was overcome, the smoke had cleared, and all the superpowers were restored, Ice found herself shooting off uncontrollable spurts of fire, and Fire had ice crystals forming at her fingertips. Oops!
With their powers switched and no solution in sight, Fire and Ice tuck tail and regroup in Smallville, where they realize their predicament makes them something worse than has-been heroes: menaces to the local community they’ve come to love. But Fire’s always got a plan, no matter how shortsighted! And when she goes digging around in Zatanna’s bag of tricks for a quick fix in the middle of karaoke night…what could possibly go wrong? Aside from, y’know, everything. Again.“
Here’s more – a lot more – from Starer on :
“Fire and Ice’s last series, Welcome to Smallville, really focused on the ladies figuring out how their friendship worked when they weren’t saving the world. and of course there was a lot of conflict that came with that. With this new series, I wanted to showcase how well Bea and Tora understand each other and how strong they are when they work together.
The girls accidentally swap bodies in an attempt to correct the power mix-up that happened during Absolute Power. This Freaky Friday situation might be confusing if not for the brilliant art of Stephen Byrne. He’s created incredibly fun and distinct new character designs that make it VERY clear when Ice is in Fire’s body and vice-versa. The body-swap chaos is going to be a ton of fun for readers, but not for Bea and Tora.”
“As it turns out, the only way to get their original bodies back is to hunt down a mystical artifact in Hell. So, naturally, I’m having them literally fight their way through Hell, side by side. While no prior knowledge is required to pick up the series, our old-school Justice League International fans will remember that Fire and Ice have been to Hell before—so a return trip is extra risky. But these two are willing to gamble it all for each other.”
Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #1 will be out on April 9th with a main cover by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson and variant covers by David Nakayama, Jeff Dékal and Kevin Wada (1:25).
