Bobby Drake
Bobby Drake is the Dutch-market edition of Iceman, the X-Man who can generate and manipulate ice and cold. A founding member of the X-Men alongside Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, and Angel, he joined Professor Xavier's team as one of its youngest original recruits.
A Silver Age arrival making his Dutch-market debut in HIP Comics #1979 back in 1968, this Bobby Drake has kept remarkably distinguished company over nearly three decades of publication — sharing pages with the likes of Iceman, Jean Grey, Hank McCoy, Warren Worthington III, and Scott Summers, names that will set any X-fan's pulse racing. Published under the Juniorpress banner and appearing most prominently across De X-Mannen, HIP Comics, and Cable, this version of the character represents the fascinating world of international comics publishing, where beloved stories found new audiences in new languages. With 27 years of publication history, he's a quiet testament to just how far and wide the Marvel universe's reach extended during the Silver Age and beyond — a collector's curiosity well worth tracking down.
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