| For the cryogenic chamber designed by Chronicoms, see Cryo-Freeze Chamber |
- "I've got him in a Cryostasis Chamber in the back of the van for... fifty-eight more minutes before the juice runs out."
- âPhil Coulson to Glenn Talbot[src]
The Cryostasis Chamber is a machine designed to place a subject into suspended animation by lowering their entire body temperature to absolute zero (-273.15 ËC, or 0 Kelvin).
History[]
Winter Soldier[]
- "You are to be the new fist of HYDRA. Put him on ice."
- âArnim Zola[src]
Bucky Barnes is cryogenically frozen
After successfully brainwashing super soldier Bucky Barnes to be their assassin, HYDRA had him cryogenically frozen in a cryostasis chamber to preserve his longevity and prevent him from aging. For nearly seventy years, HYDRA would awaken Barnes from his cryosleep to perform assassinations before returning him to the chamber to sleep.[1]
Winter Soldiers[]
Josef is killed inside his Cryostasis Chamber
In 1991, Howard Stark managed to recreate the Super Soldier Serum, prompting HYDRA to send Winter Soldier to assassinate Stark and his wife Maria, and retrieve the serum. In an effort to expand on the Winter Soldier Program, HYDRA injected their most elite death squad with the serum, converting them into Winter Soldiers. However, Stark's serum had side effects, which included mental instability, causing the Winter Soldiers to attack indiscriminately. As a result, HYDRA had the Winter Soldiers placed in several cryostasis chambers. The Winter Soldiers remained asleep in the chambers for nearly twenty-five years, before they were killed in their sleep by Helmut Zemo in 2016.[2]
Abomination[]
- "What you're doing is against protocol, so if you endanger an operation or if anyone gets hurt, I'll reassign you to Barrow, Alaska, and you'll spend the rest of your years pulling the night shift guarding Blonsky's cryo-cell."
- âPhil Coulson to Grant Ward[src]
Following the Duel of Harlem, Emil Blonsky was imprisoned in a cryostasis chamber in Alaska. Phil Coulson threatened Grant Ward to post him to guard Blonsky in his cryo-cell on the night shift if his sexual relationship with Melinda May had adverse effects on Coulson's Team.[3]
Carl Creel[]
Carl Creel was placed in a cryostasis chamber after Phil Coulson incapacitated him with a modified version of the Overkill Device. Coulson delivered Creel in the chamber to Glenn Talbot inside a van. He warned Talbot that the chamber's power had less than an hour before it deactivated because it needed a more stable power source.[4]
Hibernation in Wakanda[]
Bucky Barnes being frozen once more
- "You sure about this?"
"I can't trust my own mind. So, until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head... I think going back under is the best thing. For everybody." - âSteve Rogers and Bucky Barnes[src]
After being granted sanctuary in Wakanda, Bucky Barnes was placed in a cryostasis chamber at the Wakanda Medical Center until they could find a way to remove the HYDRA brainwashing and programming within his mind.[2]
