Was Marvel's Deathurge and DC's Black Racer separated at birth?

[drwho]

http://www.marvel.com/universe3zx/images/2/29/Deathurge.jpg http://www.geocities.com/marvel_villain/deathurge/deathurge2.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Blackracer.png/396px-Blackracer.png


What is with Marvel's and Dc's fascination of characters that use skis and take lives? Is there any story behind this?

[PamGrierOverdrive]

Just got off the phone with Peter Cetera, and he said that he saw a black figure on skis standing nearby when Sonny Bono was killed, but it may just have been Richard Roundtree on vacation.

[davros42]

What is with Marvel's and Dc's fascination of characters that use skis and take lives? Is there any story behind this?

I blame Jack Kirby.

[Expletive Deleted]

I'd imagine that Deathurge was a Black Racer homage. It's a very Gruenwaldian thing to do.

[Will.S]

The skis on both characters never looked cool.

The only character who can pull that off is Silver Surfer but the surf board is 100x better of a design choice.