FRIZONE

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human technology user

Occupation: Troublemaker

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: Hostess Fruit Pies ad "The Human Torch Saves the Valley!" from Ghost Rider II#49 (October 1980) and other publications in that month.

Powers/Abilities: Frizone was an experienced airplane pilot who flew a cropduster biplane, from which he sprayed chemicals. The chemicals could lower the air temperature and cause a quick-freeze of the environment.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Black

History:
(Hostess Fruit Pies ad "The Human Torch Saves the Valley!") - Frizone (who preferred cold weather) used his plane to spray a chemical in the valley that lowered the temperature and caused the environment to freeze. When the snow threatened the orchard trees, the Human Torch flew into action. First, the Torch threw some packages of Hostess Fruit Pies at the frigid felon, letting him taste the flaky crust and real fruit filling of the delicious snack then the Torch pointed out to Frizone that if he froze over the orchards, there would be no more fruit and thus no more Hostess FRUIT Pies. Seeing the error of his ways, the nippy knave had a change of heart and decided to abandon his plans, thus allowing the the Torch to defrost the orchards.

Comments: Created by an uncredited writer and artist.

    This is purely speculative on my part but maybe Frizone is the Icemaster -- their faces look similar, they both have similar moustaches (Frizone may have grown the beard later as Icemaster) and they both have similar modus operandi. Perhaps Frizone was a victim of a chemical-spill accident involving his own freezing chemicals (ala DC Comics' Mr. Freeze) which transformed him into Icemaster?

    Frizone was mentioned in the Appendix to the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia.

    You can get the whole story, and some clever commentary from Seanbaby's The Hostess Page. It might not meet with the Comics Code Authority's approval, so kids, ask your parents before checking that out!

    Frizone's height & weight were impossible to approximate due to him never being seen standing outside of his biplane. Additionally, the artwork in the strip only shows Frizone's eyes are two tiny black dots rather than showing an actual eye color so his eye color was equally impossible to determine. While we don't see the hair on his head due to him always wearing his pilot's cap, his mustache is jet black.  --Proto-Man

    Back Issue#130 by TwoMorrows Publishing reveals that the writer of most of the comic book Hostess ads was ad agency copywriter Tony Macchia, although it speculated that Len Wein and Marv Wolfman may have written some of the earlier ones. As for the artists, the ads varied but many were "penciled by Sal Buscema or Ross Andru, with John Romita, Sr., George Tuska, Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Dave Cockrum and Marie Severin among the Marvel Marvelites drawing some of the others. Even then-newcomer Frank Miller drew two of them!". --Proto-Man

Profile by John Kaminski.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Frizone should be distinguished from:

• FREEZEMASTER - freeze gun of Chill--Hydrators I#1
• other "Frizone" characters, groups, items, races or events
  

Appearances:
Hostesss Fruit Pies ad "The Human Torch Saves the Valley!" (October, 1980) - uncredited creative team

First posted: 01/12/2006
Last updated: 09/11/2025

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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