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"Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics, Smash Comics started out as an anthology featuring a fairly typical if well-executed mix of pulp-inspired adventure heroes and humor.  But by issue #14, the superhero character The Ray was introduced in stories beautifully drawn by legendary artist Lou Fine.  The character began to get periodic cover-features in the title by[...]

"Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics, Smash Comics started out as an anthology featuring a fairly typical if well-executed mix of pulp-inspired adventure heroes and humor.  But by issue #14, the superhero character The Ray was introduced in stories beautifully drawn by legendary artist Lou Fine.  The character began to get periodic cover-features in the title by[...]

In the tradition of Vixen and The Ray, CW President Mark Pedowitz announced revealed that the project would debut through the CW Seed service. The announcement comes at a time when the deadly assassin will be making his live-action appearance in streaming service DC Universe's Titans season 2, set to be portrayed by Ozark's Esai Morales[...]

In the tradition of Vixen and The Ray, CW President Mark Pedowitz announced revealed that the project would debut through the CW Seed service. The announcement comes at a time when the deadly assassin will be making his live-action appearance in streaming service DC Universe's Titans season 2, set to be portrayed by Ozark's Esai Morales[...]

This is, of course, the home of Arrowverse animated series run like Vixen, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, and Constantine: City of Demons It will be where the second season of Freedom Fighters: The Ray will air in July. The video not only reminds folks that you can see those series on their right now, but that[...]

Plus, we get to see the Ray, Batman, and the Atom with beards, so that's really cool Hi-Fi brings a bright and popping color palette which keeps the eye attached to the page throughout the book. Justice League of America #29 is an upbeat and action-packed finale to one of the more unique JLA teams to[...]

Through a clever ploy from the Atom and the Ray, the JLA snatches Ahl from Chronos and retreat to another position However, Chronos has an eternity in which to plan, and he has an army of the most vicious warriors in history Can the Justice League protect Ahl from Chronos? Justice League of America #28 cover[...]

We learn where Frost, the Ray, and Vixen's headspaces are, and we see whether Aztek is planning on sticking with the group. The one thing that goes unexplained—and I may have missed the issue where this is made clear—is how Ahl is responsible for the existence of superheroes It's odd that all these origin stories somehow[...]

The Justice League members Batman and Black Canary are the only thing between Lord Havok and the death of Angor. Can Dreamslayer tip the scales? Is Justice League of America #26 a good read?

The two Justice League teams face more turmoil, as the town of Estes Park West falls into chaos. They are then transported back to the Watchtower by the Fans, and the satellite is falling out of orbit. Is it a good read?

The Justice League of America is recovering from the fight with the Queen of Fables. Batman has another mission though; he and Dreamslayer are going to restore Angor. Black Canary follows along. Is it a good read?

The Justice League continues to reel from the Fan's attack, and Cyborg must face a congressional inquiry. Meanwhile Batman and the JLA calls in the Justice League to answer a disaster in Este Park, Arkansas. Is it a good read?

The Doom Patrol return to Earth to find the JLA and all of Happy Harbor brainwashed and changed by Retconn. Can the Doom Patrol save the day? Is it a good read?

We get a retelling of the Queen's origins and the fate of her sister. Meanwhile, the Ray and Aztec are chasing down criminals in the City of Vanity Aztec and Ray's own mother are both convinced that he will return to the Justice League of America soon, but the Ray is more reluctant, even if he[...]

The Ray, the second animated character featured, was switched up a bit after the series was created, introducing the character in the Crossover event before releasing first six-episodes season on the CW Seed Their next animated series is even more complicated as they take John Constantine who debuted on NBC and then was brought into[...]

Frost makes a decision that will impact the future of the Justice League of America. A mysterious force has made her more afraid of her powers than ever before, and this same force has used her to enter our world. Is it a good read?

One of the big questions for me coming out of the Crisis on Earth-X event is what all of it means for the upcoming CW Seed animated series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray Some of the things we knew going into the season would be the inclusion of actor Melissa Benoist to voice Overgirl[...]

We find out that Dark Arrow is the Fuhrer and that The Ray is also from Earth-1 This brings up the question again if the upcoming Freedom Fighters: The Ray series takes place before or after these events, and which Earth will he be on when this is over? But at least now we know[...]

Part of the excitement for the Crisis on Earth-X crossover event that kicks off tonight is the introduction of the DC comic character The Ray The light powered hero was created by Jack C Harris and Joe Quesada in 1992 and was the son of the Golden Age Ray He was raised in a windowless[...]

The Ray, who will be getting his own animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray on the CW Seed, will be making his debute The Ray, real name Raymond Terrill, and played by Doctor Who and Quantico alum Russell Tovey And it's likely that Joe Quesada will be watching the show. Arrow — "Crisis on Earth-X, Part[...]

He pushes on the soft spots of each member, ending with the Ray leaving Happy Harbor in a rage. There is something else going on with this director, and things start going wrong about the Sanctuary — with a number of civilians still inside. Justice League of America #18 cover by Carlos D'Anda The promise of Prometheus is[...]

The CW has released a new piece of promo art for their upcoming animated CW Seed series Freedom Fighters: The Ray This is the second animated series to be done on the CW's on-line presence The first being two season of Vixen which later lead to a live action appearance for star Megalyn Echikunwoke on[...]

I just said in my last article posted 5 minutes ago that we can expect to hear of the live-action casting of The Ray soon The animated series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray will be debuting on CW Seed soon and we knew they'd be giving us both an Earth-X and Earth-1 version… but the art[...]

The rest of the team were the Human Bomb (an actual walking bomb), Doll Man and Doll Lady (think of Ant-Man and the Wasp), Phantom Lady (intangible and opens portal), Black Condor (think the Falcon), the Ray (living light being), Miss America (star-spangled Supergirl), Red Bee (kind of like Iron Man), and Firebrand (Human Torch[...]

Move over, white supremacist march-alonging Supergirl cosplayer! The upcoming CW Seed animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray will feature Supergirl star Melissa Benoist voicing a Nazi Supergirl from Earth X! Freedom Fighters: The Ray takes place in an alternate Earth — Earth X — where the Nazis won World War 2 The show will also feature[...]

During the interview, he said something about Freedom Fighters: The Ray that I don't believe was general knowledge until now. Yes, the trailer we've seen takes place on Earth X and shows a team of new heroes like The Ray and Phantom Girl joining with a different version of Red Tornado to take on that planets[...]

He has located the signal of mentor and previous Atom, Ray Palmer, in the Microverse — the subatomic universe that exists within ours. Not wanting to devote the entire team to this, Batman has dedicated only Ryan, Lobo, Frost, and himself to the job, leaving Black Canary, Vixen, and the Ray in the regular universe. Ray warned[...]

With Vixen's animated run all wrapped up and now available on Blu-ray, the CW Seed has turned their attention to the long awaited Freedom Fighters: The Ray series Based on Earth X where the Nazi's won World War II, the Freedom Fighters are The Ray, Black Condor, Phantom Lady, Red Tornado and one member I[...]

JLA is fun, enjoyable superhero comics fare, it just happens to have a message of hope, connectedness and power for the people — not over the people — that is deeply relevant right now. Justice League of America #10 cover by Ivan Reis and Marcelo Maiolo It's a consistent theme throughout the series so far: the super-team[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] [Spoiler Warning – There will be some mild spoilers in this review] Cover by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado & Marcelo Maiolo The JLA Rebirth: The Ray one shot had a lot riding on it for me It's the return of a classic character I've always been a bit of a fan of, it's a gay male[...]