Originally posted by Blair Wind
Secondary mutation? ALL that did for him was make him unable to go back to human form. Every power he had that I use in debates have been established before that took place. He has not gained anything from that, and even with it gone now that HoM happened, he still is at the same power level as before 😬
Prior to Age of Apocalypse in the 90's, there was no "back to human form" he was always in human form. He covered himself in ice as armor and disguise, rather than becoming some sort of elemental. AoA was so popular that they made 616 iceman that way too.
He did receive a powerup in the original X-Factor run, but that was just increasing the strength of his existing ice-powers.