a deity, he's also immortal, and wears a cosmic armor that give him super strength and endurance. When he has finished delivering his message of death, the Black Racer returns to the comatose life of Sgt. Willie Walker until he is summoned anew. Other versions Rock of Ages The Black Racer is shown in an alternate future in the JLA story arc "Rock of Ages", although little seems changed about him in this alternate timeline. Darkseid/Galactus: The Hunger During the Marvel/DC intercompany crossover Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger, when Orion is badly injured in a fight with the Silver Surfer – during a period when the Surfer still served as Galactus's Herald – the Black Racer briefly comes to claim Orion, but the Surfer, his original memories briefly restored by Desaad as part of a plan to stop Galactus, confronts the Racer in recognition of Orion's nobility, giving Orion's Mother Box enough time to heal the rest of his injuries. Earth-22 (Kingdom Come) On Mark Waid's and Alex Ross' Elseworlds comic Kingdom Come, the Black Racer takes no significant part on the story save a minuscule panel during the Battle of the Gulag on issue #4 just behind Blue Beetle; the panel comes seconds before Captain Marvel prematurely detonates a nuclear device sent by the United Nations to end the metahuman conflict. The Black Racer's presence signifies the impending massive deaths caused by the explosion, though the action of the Green Lanterns and Fate save a lucky few. DCeased Black Racer features in the first issue of the mini-series DCeased, written by Tom Taylor. When Darkseid calls Black Racer to take a part of him (death) to create the coveted Anti-Life equation, he accidentally corrupts the equation. Later, under the influence of the new equation, he kills the Black Racer. In other media Television Black Racer makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Apokolips... Now! Part II". Miscellaneous The name "Black Racer" is used as an alternative alias for Smallville Season 11s incarnation of the Black Flash. Black Racer appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic as one of Darkseid's prisoners. References Content in this article was copied from Black Racer (Prime Earth) at the DC Database wiki, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA 3.0) license. External links World of Black Heroes: Black Racer Biography DCU Guide: