Fictional Character Biography
The Skier is imprisoned in a L.E.G.I.O.N. prison in the planet Cairn, but is granted conditional freedom. Vril Dox thinks that the Scarlet Skier was only used, and bears little responsibility for his crimes. His days as cosmic locater are ended, but now he must seek revenge on the person who imprisoned him, G'nort. The Scarlet Skier tracks G'nort, who at that moment was in the Justice League of America quarters in New York. The Skier crashlands instead, ruining his mode of transport.
G'nort finds the Skier and a fight breaks out. The Skier is smashed through the ground into subway. The Skier wanders the tunnels, wreaking havoc. He considers the idea of committing suicide to save his honor, and goes to the top of one of the Twin Towers in order to jump off. When he jumps, he is saved by G'nort. The Scarlet Skier, completely depressed, says that his life is a sort of "cosmic disaster" and that he is a pathetic supervillain. G'Nort seems to be the only one who understands him. They try to repair the skis, but instead they make the gear blow up.
The Skier is also on hand when Mr. Nebula decides to reform Earth. This is prevented when the Martian Manhunter shows Nebula Las Vegas. Nebula loves the town and is fooled into thinking Earth is rebuilding itself for him. He leaves voluntarily.
The Skier would later encounter the Will Payton Starman in issue #35 of his series. This was created by Keith Giffen, Peter David, Jason Pearson and Bruce Patterson. For transgressions against Mr. Nebula, Skier ends the adventure with a new costume he finds even more unpleasant than before.
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