Back in 2023, fan-favorite gal pals Beatriz De Costa and Tora Olafsdotter better known as the superhero duo Fire and Ice headlined their own DC Comics miniseries, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, from writer Joanne Starer. Two years after that miniseries, the publisher announced that Starer is back penning a new six-issue miniseries featuring DC’s hottest (and coldest) gal pals Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over. Joining Starer will be artist Stephen Byrne. joined by Stephen Byrne on art duties. Launching in April, the miniseries will see the duo switch bodies, a much beloved and popular story trope, especially in comics, that readers can expect to result in some fun shenanigans.
Here’s how DC describes Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over and
Prior to Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over launching in April, as seen in the pages of DC’s Absolute Power, Fire and Ice had finally achieved what Fire always wanted: the dynamic duo made a glorious return to the ranks of the Justice League—and during a major world crisis, no less! But when the crisis was overcome, the smoke had cleared, and all the superpowers were restored, Ice found herself shooting off uncontrollable spurts of fire, and Fire had ice crystals forming at her fingertips. Oops!
With their powers switched and no solution in sight, Fire and Ice tuck tail and regroup in Smallville, where they realize their predicament makes them something worse than has-been heroes: menaces to the local community they’ve come to love. But Fire’s always got a plan, no matter how shortsighted! And when she goes digging around in Zatanna’s bag of tricks for a quick fix in the middle of karaoke night…what could possibly go wrong? Aside from, y’know, everything. Again.
In a statement announcing the new series and his DC return, Starer described returning to the characters:
“Fire and Ice’s last series, Welcome to Smallville, really focused on the ladies figuring out how their friendship worked when they weren’t saving the world,” said Starer, “and of course there was a lot of conflict that came with that. With this new series, I wanted to showcase how well Bea and Tora understand each other and how strong they are when they work together.”
The writer also praised artist Stephen Byrne:
“The girls accidentally swap bodies in an attempt to correct the power mix-up that happened during Absolute Power,” continued Starer. “This Freaky Friday situation might be confusing if not for the brilliant art of Stephen Byrne. He’s created incredibly fun and distinct new character designs that make it VERY clear when Ice is in Fire’s body and vice-versa. The body-swap chaos is going to be a ton of fun for readers, but not for Bea and Tora.”
Fire & Ice: Hell Freezes Over will be released on April 9. The first issue of the series will sport a main cover by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson and variant covers by David Nakayama, Jeff Dékal and Kevin Wada (1:25).