Ray Terrill
Ray Terrill is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origins
Raymond Terrill
As a result of his powers, his 'father' kept Ray in pitch darkness and claimed that the boy had suffered from extreme photosensitivity. Thus, no source of light was allowed to the boy who believed that it was harmful to him. Raised in his home, he came to be a celebrity to the media who referred to him as the Night Boy. Raymond's education was done so by private tutors as he could not attend a regular school and he had almost no friends with the exception of Jennifer Jurden. On his 8th birthday, the media wanted to interview the boy where they had a condition that no light was allowed in the home. During the birthday, a camera was used that emitted a flash light that caused Raymond's body to emit light itself. This scared the attendees who fled the scene with the event being reported in the newspapers and Jenny's mother forbid her from visiting the boy. Despite that being the case, Jenny always remembered Raymond and kept in contact with him over the years. (The Ray v1 #1)
At Coast City, the Ray was among the heroes who attended a memorial service for Green Lantern Hal Jordan. (Green Lantern v3 #81)
Later on, Vandal Savage came to decimated Montevideo, Uruguay with a nuclear-armed Rocket Red suit. This saw both the Ray and Firestorm being sent to contain the fallout. However, they came to be infected by the Hourman Virus, a creation of the Vandal Savage of the 853rd century that filled them with rage and ate away at their minds. Justice Legion A calmed them down, and recruited them to stop Savage. (DC One Million v1 #2)
The Ray was called in as a JLA reservist to battle Amazo. Amazo was programmed to acquire the powers of the JLA, so when Animal Man and a number of other heroes temporarily joined the JLA to battle him it just made Amazo more powerful. Amazo decimated the JLA reservists, and was only defeated when Superman officially disbanded the JLA, leaving Amazo powerless. (JLA v1 #27)
During the Imperiex War, the Ray was called in as a JSA reserve on a mission to disrupt Imperiex’s link to his ship’s power supply. The JSA found that Imperiex’s ship was leeching it’s power from the planet Daxam, which Imperiex had pulled out of its’ orbit. Ray was teamed with a group of reservists who dubbed themselves the Freedom Fighters, and they freed the Daxamites from Imperiex control, while the JSA not only cut off Imperiex from his power, but managed to blow up his ship as well. (JSA: Our Worlds at War v1 #1)
Ray observed Dr. Light shoplifting in a food market and apprehended him. (Teen Titans v3 #21)
The Ray and the Freedom Fighters who were now under the direction of Washington later came to prep for a mission. (JSA v1 #73)
Terrill was among a number of heroes that investigated Sue Dibny's murder scene. Two days later he attended Sue’s funeral. (Identity Crisis v1 #1)
Ray was called by Uncle Sam when the Freedom Fighters were fighting the forces of Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard and Father Time’s S.H.A.D.E.. He managed to arrive into Sam’s Heartland pocket dimension where he helped defeat the traitor Stan Silver who operated as the team’s version of the Ray though he was in reality a S.H.A.D.E. spy. (Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters v1 #8)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Ray Terrill
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a child, the media came to learn about him as a child who cause of his 'condition' had to remain in pitch darkness with newspaper referring to him as the Night Boy. (The Ray v1 #1)
Upon being exposed to sunlight he commented that it felt like tasting food for the first time after starving his entire life. (The Ray v1 #1)
After learning of his powers, he came to be convinced that he inherited them from his father with this being the only explanation on why he was sheltered for most of his life. (The Ray v1 #1)
One of his few childhood friends was Jenny Jurden who kept in contact with him over the years till Junior Prom. Raymond actually had a crush on her but never confessed his feelings after she said that she saw them as close friends. (The Ray v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Ray’s energy abilities meant that he was a human power generator. (Final Crisis v1 #4) He shared a unique wave length with his father which was said to be the means they could communicate without speaking to one another. (The Ray v1 #2)
By powering up, he could converted his body almost entirely of energy allowing him to survive powerful physical blows. In one case, a punch that would have smash his skull through simply was reformed when he was in this form. (The Ray v2 #8) In one case, he could use this technique to help repair any damage done to him in his physical state. By converting himself to pure energy, he was able to atomize any foreign objects that struck him in his normal body and restore himself back to normal. (The Ray v2 #16)
He could travel at the speed of sound but in this state he could not make a sound. Ray had to maintain this speed as going any faster could risk triggering a sonic boom. (The Ray v1 #2) Such was his speed that he stated he could ride light beams seven times around the world in a second. (Final Crisis v1 #4) Ray was capable of travelling at lightspeed through deep space though one of the issues he suffered was a sense of direction. (The Ray v2 #8)
Terrill was capable of creating an air bubble where he could transport them through space. However, a problem was an oxygen supply for air breathing people with the pocket gradually turning to carbon dioxide unless the bubble was re-supplied with fresh air. (The Ray v2 #8)
It was said that he was potentially one of the most powerful beings ever born on Earth. (The Ray v1 #2)
Notes
- Ray Terrill was created by Jack C. Harris and Joe Quesada where he made his first appearance in The Ray v1 #1 (February, 1992).
- On his blog, writer Keith Champagne commented on the Apollo/Ray comparison in his Countdown: Arena, "Because Majestic is more or less the Superman analogue from Wildstorm. Of all the Wildstorm characters, I wanted Apollo in the book and, with Superman spoken for, the best match we could come up with was The Ray due to the solar-powered connection. It doesn't necessarily mean Apollo is a Ray analogue, just that Monarch grouped him together with the other two."
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, the Raymond Terrill Ray appeared in the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe where he had non-speaking lines and was seen primarily in the background.
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the Raymond Terrill Ray appeared in the setting of the animate television series in the episode "Cry Freedom Fighters!" where he was voiced by actor Tom Kenny.
- In Freedom Fighters: The Ray, the Raymond Terrill Ray appeared in the setting of the CW Seed animated mini-series where he was voiced by actor Russell Tovey
Appearances
- The Ray v1: (1992)
- The Ray v2:
- Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters v1:
- Final Crisis 1:
- Justice League of America v4:
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