BLACK RACER (Willie Walker)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Jack Kirby

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Willie Walker
Occupation: Messenger of Death
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Verna Johnson (sister), Ray Johnson (brother-in-law)
Group Affiliation(s): New Gods
Gender: Male
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 211 lbs.
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
First Appearance: New Gods Vol. 1 #3 (June-July 1971): "Death is the Black Racer"
Creators: Jack Kirby

HISTORY

For the New Gods of Apokolips and New Genesis, the Black Racer is the personification of death. He comes for you on his airborn skis (?!) and is inescapable - if your time has come then you cannot escape him. For all the fear and menace attached to him, he is actually an Earth man, Willie Walker, who when not called upon to operate as the Racer is paralyzed from the neck down.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Black Racer in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3 (May 1985)

Who's Who in the DC Universe #3 (October 1990)