Iceman #3 [Direct]

(April 1985)

Quicksand! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iceman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

J. M. DeMatteis

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg

Inks

Mike Gustovich

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Janice Chiang

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Void. Blackness. Oblivion.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iceman; Mirage [Marge Smith]; Walter Smith (destroyed); Mr. Smith (destroyed); Mrs. Smith (destroyed); Oblivion (villain); Kali (villain); William Drake; Madeline Drake; X-Men [Cyclops (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Angel [Warren Worthington III](cameo); Beast (cameo); Professor X (cameo)]; Champions [Black Widow [Natasha Romanova] (cameo); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (cameo); Darkstar (cameo); Hercules (cameo)]; Defenders [Valkyrie [Brunnhilda] (cameo); Gargoyle (cameo); Moondragon (cameo)]; White Light (cameo flashback); the Idiot (cameo flashback); William Drake (1942, cameo); Madeline Bass (1942, cameo)

Synopsis

Iceman's father has died back in 1942, decades before his son was ever born. Bobby's life literally flashes before his eyes as he finds himself in the presence of the entity, Oblivion. Bobby has effectively ceased to exist with Oblivion his only link to a life. Oblivion sends Iceman to retrieve his daughter, Mirage, who is hiding in time from her father as the young woman, Marge Smith. Iceman finds Marge but she fights him as she doesn't want to return home. When Mirage cuts Iceman down, she curses her father and they both appear back in the presence of Oblivion.

Reprints

• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Editions Lug, 1984 series) #13 (1987)
• in X-Men: Iceman (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #7 ([May] 2013) [black and white]
• in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #8 - The New Defenders (2018)