Mr. Freeze’s Creator Dies At 91
Author: Stephen Gerding
August 26th, 2007
Max Hodge, a television writer who marked Batman television show as one of the many bullet points on his resume, has passed away at the ripe old age of 91. Forget Harley Quinn - Hodge’s Mr. Freeze made the jump from television to comic book canon decades ago.
Hodge wrote for TV programs of 1960s, ’70s, and early ’80s including Dr. Kildare,” “Batman,” “Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Wild Wild West,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Ironside,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Waltons” and “Chips.”
He may be most remembered for the creation of the character “Mr. Freeze”, played by Otto Preminger in three “Batman” episodes in 1966.
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One Response to “Mr. Freeze’s Creator Dies At 91”
August 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am
It would be more accurate to call him the “co-creator”- Mr. Freeze is a re-vamp of a pre-existing character called “Mr. Zero”.(Sort of like how Dr, Phosphorus was turned into Blight for the BATMAN BEYOND cartoon).