His was a pointless and ugly life without the X-Men to give him purpose. He ended up a member of the Hellfire Club and the lover of Emma Frost. Iceman’s life took a decidedly different turn as a result. Without Magneto, Xavier formed the X-Men but without Magneto as a counterpoint, they never honed their skills and instead became media celebrities in a world that adored them. In the alternate reality depicted in What If? (2nd series) #77, Legion succeeded in his attempt to murder Magneto and pave the way for his father's dream of peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans. Kurt trapped Bobby in a foundry, deprived of moisture, and killed his former friend for his betrayal. The Nightcrawler of Iceman's X-Men joined the X-Force of that dimension to hunt him down as a traitor. Drake fled with the Dark Beast and what remained of Clan Akkaba. He only faltered when the Sunfire of his home dimension arrived and began incinerating his ice avatars. The sinister Iceman's cyromorphing powers made him virtually invincible against the purely physical powers of X-Force. He fled to the 616-reality, and joined forces with the local Clan Akkaba to escape the hellhole his reality had become. When the last surviving X-Men and a team from the 616-reality called X-Force confronted the threat at its citadel, Iceman abandoned his friends in the middle of battle. The mutants once again assumed control of America, under the leadership of a new Apocalypse. Drake eventually resurfaced but the world began to collapse around him. Iceman's ability to reform himself wasn't perfect and his teammates believed him dead for a time, even erecting a tombstone in his honor. However, as he seemed to become less human and more and more unstable, his teammates somewhat retreated from Bobby. On top of that, he was able to take people along by a process referred to as moisture molecular inversion, but it was rather unpleasant for the passenger. When Bobby’s ice-form was damaged or shattered, he could easily pull himself back together. Iceman could alter his shape while in his frozen form, and merge with any body of water, moisture or ice, and re-emerge from it at some other points even miles away, within the matter of seconds.
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Magneto pushed the boy much harder than Xavier would have, making the youngster drop his humorous attitude and tap into his full potential. In the Age of Apocalypse, it was not Xavier but Magneto who founded and trained the X-Men, Bobby being among the first mutants he located. However, Wolverine later busted him and several others out and despite the incredible odds against them, they continued to fight for the mutant cause as the new X-Men. Iceman was one of the many remaining mutants who were rounded up and put in concentration camps. Magneto and his forces were killed in the nuclear blast and the world’s remaining mutants were easy prey for the Sentinels. However, the president’s last act was to activate the Sentinels, one of which carried a nuclear warhead that detonated as soon as Magneto used his magnetic powers on the robot.
His forces grew and finally, his army attacked the White House. In these dark times, Magneto proved a rallying point for mutants. This resulted in a mutant civil war with major repercussions for mutants worldwide as humanity grew increasingly hostile. Iceman joined a team of X-Men led by Wolverine that sought revenge. In the reality depicted in What if (2nd series) #46-47, Cable assassinated Xavier, Jean Grey and Cyclops, taking out the X-Men’s heart and soul.
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