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The Scarlet Skier (real name Dren Keeg) is a DC Comics supervillain/superhero. Created by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis during their comedy Justice League period, he first appeared in Justice League of America #36 (1990).

The Scarlet Skier is the herald for a cosmic being known as Mr. Nebula. He is a parody of the classic Marvel Comics character the Silver Surfer who is a herald for a cosmic being known as Galactus. The Skier doesn't wish to be a herald. His attempts to escape are sometimes thrwarted by Mr. Nebula, who is simply too naive to understand the Skier.

The Scarlet Skier is the archenemy of G'nort, a comically incompetent Green Lantern. Later the Scarlet Skier becomes stranded on Earth and becomes a friend of G'nort. The Skier reforms his evil ways and joins the Justice League Antarctica.

The Skier is imprisoned in a L.E.G.I.O.N. prison in the planet Cairn, but is granted conditional freedom from Vril Dox, who 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 tracked G'nort, who at that moment was in the Justice League of America quarters in New York, but the Skier crashed when he landed and his skis were broken, leaving him stuck on Earth.

G'nort finds the place where the Scarlet Skier has crashed, and the Skier attacks him. They fight for a while until G'nort sends the Skier to the subway with a blow of his power ring. The Skier wanders in the subway, 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.