Defrosting Ice Queen/Comic Books

Examples of Defrosting Ice Queens in Comic Books include:

• Princess Kinuko in Usagi Yojimbo seems to be a Rich Bitch to Usagi. After being attacked by ninjas and going on the lam, they eventually see that they're Not So Different, as she is nervous about going into an Arranged Marriage while Usagi is upset that his beloved Mariko has married his rival. They briefly contemplate running away together, but after they're rescued Kinuko decides to err on the side of duty and honor and the two part forever in a Bittersweet Ending.
  • It's a double Bittersweet Ending: the whole story is a flashback sparked by Usagi hearing Kinuko's name as her entourage approaches. As it passes, Usagi wonders if she remembers him, and stares straight at Kinuko's palanquin while the rest of the townspeople have their heads down. When nothing happens, he accepts that she probably doesn't remember him anyway and walks away... just as Kinuko drops a chrysanthemum flower (her favorite flower) out of her palanquin door.
• Veronica Lodge from Archie Comics is a Rich Bitch, but has gotten enough Pet the Dog moments in her time that she qualifies for being defrosted.
• The female Dr. Light, during DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths. It's particularly interesting—and personally amusing—to note that, of the 562 characters featured in this all-encompassing Crisis Crossover, which include the renowned Superman and Batman, she is the only one who received any Character Development.
  • Her obnoxious behavior was later Retconned into being the result of chemicals in the soda she was drinking. This itself was ignored by later writers, of course.
  • It's even lampshaded in the Justice League of America title, where Zatanna recognizes that Kimiyo has been taken down and replaced by an impostor after seeing how politely she is acting.
• Snow White in Willingham's Fables.
• XXXenophile uses the trope rather literally in the "Orgasm Lass" story, describing the heroine's encounter with the Ice Queen.
• The protagonist, Carrie Stetko, in the Oni Press comic Whiteout — particularly the sequel, Whiteout: Melt. (And yes, it's set at the South Pole -- explicitly so. It's still a good read.)
• Starfire's evil sister from Teen Titans started to turn into this during the definitive Wolfman run. She proved herself to be a capable leader of her people and even started to put aside the needless, if somewhat understandable, grudge she bore against her sister. It didn't last.
• Emma Frost is in no danger of defrosting completely anytime soon. Since she was already defrosting in the Generation X, but then Morrison reverted her to even more of an ice queen than when she was a villain), any defrosting now still seems like a regression.
  • In Dark X-Men: The Confession #1, she's not only defrosting, she seems to be melting, or at least leaking a clear liquid from her eyes that cannot be tears since nobody could cry through that much plastic surgery.
• Glittering Goldie, especially in The Prisoner of White Agony Creek.