The protagonist, Tori Olafsdotter, is a meteorologist working at the Eno Meteorological Institute who will later become
Ice. The city of New Metro is faced with a
tornado controlled by a terrorist calling himself the Weatherman.
The Flash dissipates the tornado using his super speed while the other members of the JLA use their powers to save civilians. Tori stumbles upon a hidden device in the lab where she works. While investigating its use, she spills water on it, and it strikes her with strange blue electricity. She is unharmed and leaves the lab for home, freezing everything she touches. En route, she sees a man drowning; when she attempts to rescue him, the water freezes around her. The JLA, believing her to be the Weatherman, abducts and interrogates her. They release her, and Tori believes it was all simply a bad dream. The JLA suspects that Tori's timid colleague, Arliss Hopke, is The Weatherman. New Metro is attacked again, this time by golf ball-sized
hailstones, but
Fire melts them all. The JLA infiltrates a party at the Eno Meteorological Institute looking for evidence that Arliss Hopke is The Weatherman. Tori, however, discovers that it is her boss, Dr. Eno, who is The Weatherman. Tori takes this knowledge to the JLA, and they, in turn, take her to their secret command center, an alien spacecraft hidden underwater. The JLA's leader
J'onn J'onzz introduces himself to Tori, and the other members of the League reveal their secret identities. Tori discovers that
The Atom is a man with whom she has been flirting. The JLA attempts to train Tori to hone her freezing powers without much success. Martin Walters, a young man who has been pursuing B.B. DaCosta romantically, watches a news broadcast about the JLA and sees that Fire is wearing earrings that he gave B.B. as a gift. Martin tells B.B. that he knows her secret identity. B.B. secretly alerts the JLA, and J'onn takes the shape of Fire and appears before Martin and B.B. "Fire" claims that B.B. is a close friend who lent "her" the earrings. Martin is embarrassed by his "mistake", and B.B. gently terminates his romantic interest in her, although she assures him that he's a nice guy and that he will find true love someday. The Weatherman demands $20 million, or he will engulf New Metro in a
tidal wave. He attacks the Watchtower using a heat ray. The JLA escapes and devises a plan to stop the Weatherman, leaving Tori behind. They are unsuccessful, but Tori stops it by freezing the tidal wave solid. The other heroes apologize for leaving Tori behind, and offer her membership again, including a costume and the codename "Ice". Tori forgives them and agrees to their offer. Meanwhile, the Weatherman plans his escape from prison. == Cast ==