Ice Fortress Hideout

The Film: Superman (1978)

The Cold Moment: The Big Blue Boy Scout is no fool, and when things heat up, the Man of Steel cools down by heading to his Fortress of Solitude.

In a stroke of absolute genius that makes Batman look like an imbecile, Supes has gone and put his secret hideaway in the Arctic – underground caves are for heat wave loving losers.

Superman ended up destroying the fortress after Lex Luther and a bunch of other folks learned of it's location, making it less of the solitude, more of the everyone-itude. Thankfully he turns back time, the cheeky bugger, and gets his Ice Lair back.

Made completely out of a Kryptonian crystal, the Fortress lies hidden amongst the vast Arctic expanse, and contains all Kal-El’s important things; links to his Kryptonian heritage, souvenirs from defeated foes, beer.

We like to think Superman uses it like his version of a mini-fridge, where after a long day at the office, he retires to crack open a cold one, and watch the tennis in a far more reasonable climate.

How To Recreate It: Use one of the stationary cupboards as a storage room for those snap ice-packs you get in first aid kits, and retire there for ice-based relief whenever necessary - tell no one!

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