New Gods Vol 1 3

From DC Database

Appearing in "Death is the Black Racer!"

Featured Characters:

• New Gods

• Black Racer (First appearance)
• Lightray
• Metron
• Orion

Supporting Characters:

• Claudia Shane
• Dave Lincoln
• Harvey Lockman
• Victor Lanza

Villains:

• Intergang

Other Characters:

• Badger (First and only known appearance to date)
• Ray Johnson (First and only known appearance to date)
• Sugar-Man (First and only known appearance to date)
• Verna Johnson (First and only known appearance to date)

Locations:

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Items:

• Cosmic Skis
• Mobius Chair

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Death is the Black Racer!"

The Black Racer, a sky-skiing harbinger of Death to the people of New Genesis, is Boom Tubed by Metron to Earth. There he stops an Inter-Gang thug from killing Willie Walker, a paraplegic black Viet Nam vet. The Racer merges with Walker's body, giving him mobility, and tracks down and destroys an Apokolips device that would have shorted out all communications devices for thousands of miles. Afterwards, the Black Racer separates from Willie Walker's body and leaves him in his bed, to remerge with him when he is needed.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in New Gods (Volume 2) #2, Jack Kirby's New Gods and Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 1.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss New Gods Vol 1 3 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the New Gods series

Recommended Reading

• New Gods (Volume 1)
• New Gods (Volume 2)
• New Gods (Volume 3)
• New Gods (Volume 4)

Links and References

• New Gods (Volume 1) series index at Comicbookdb.com
• New Gods (Volume 1) series index at the Grand Comics Database