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Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007)〔(MAX HODGE (1916-2007), Social Security Death Index )〕 was an American television writer who worked on shows including ''The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''CHiPS'' and ''Mission: Impossible'', and is perhaps best known for creating Mr. Freeze for ''Batman''. Hodge grew up in East Moline, Illinois and Michigan, later graduating from the University of Michigan then enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He then attended Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and began his television career in the 1950s as a producer working on industrial shows for Oldsmobile.〔 His writing career spanned the 1960s through the early 1980s, with Hodge writing for ''Dr. Kildare'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''Ironside'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan'' in addition to the aforementioned ''ChiPS'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.'' and ''Batman''.〔 He also served as an associate producer on ''The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.''〔 Hodge is credited for creating Mr. Freeze for the ''Batman'' show, having taken the existing Batman comic character Mr. Zero which was created by Bob Kane and modifying elements to him. Mr. Zero first appeared in ''Batman'' #121 in February 1959, but Hodge took the character and introduced the trademark ice suit which he needed to survive, added the name Victor Fries, allowing for the new name Mr. Freeze, first appearing in the ''Deep Freeze'' episode.〔 Due to the popularity of the series these traits transitioned back into the comic series.〔 Hodge died August 17, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California. He was 91 years old.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Hodge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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