Ajys

Real Name: Unrevealed (see comments)

Identity/Class: Goddess

Occupation: Protector of the homeland

Group Membership: The Freedom Collective (Mig-4; Krimson Kommisar; Homeland; Mastodon)

Affiliations: Mother Russia; Kruschev; Siberian Six

Enemies: The Chief, Gamma Tsar, Rasputin

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Ice Goddess

Base of Operations: Moscow

First Appearance: The Freedom Collective #1 (Rough Cut Comics, 2004)

Powers/Abilities: Ajys can lower the ambient temperature to project cold and ice.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: White

Summary: Ajys is a member of the Soviet Union's premier superhero team, the Freedom Collective, protecting her homeland from the evil Capitalists.

History:

Comments: Created by Colin Barr and Dominic Regan.

   Ajys (presumably deliberately) sounds like Ice, which makes sense on one level given her powers, but it isn't the Russian word for ice, snow or anything similar. Instead it appears to be the Russian word for "backgrounds." Since The Freedom Collective was being done as a parody of 1960s Marvel titles I doubt the creators put too much thought into the name beyond wanting it to sound like a "foreign" pronunciation of Ice. Similarly, though identified as a goddess, as she was the Freedom Collective's counterpart to the Avengers' Thor, the comic doesn't specify which mythological being she is meant to be (again, they weren't trying to make the comic deep, just funny), but looking at the mythological options, she'd likely be Marena, the Slavic goddess of cold, frost, winter, death and agriculture.

Appearance checklist (not including reprints): The Freedom Collective; The Compulsory Freedom Collective

CLARIFICATIONS:
Ajys should not be confused with:

First Posted: Circa 25/09/2004
Last updated: 18/05/2023

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