The Ray is a member of the Freedom Fighters who, as a reporter, discovered a team of government scientists who were working to turn light into a WMD. Straight from the channel’s panel at the Television Critics Association summer tour, a new animated series for CW Seed has been revealed: and it’ll star the little-known DC comics hero Ray Terrill, better known as The Ray.
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In fact, Ray is not the only new LGBTQ character joining the ranks of The CW’s so-called “Arrowvese”. Coming in 2017, the animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray will debut on the CW Seed network with the intention of later crossing the animated character over into a live-action role in the CW’s DCTV-verse. He was given light-based powers and joined other heroes to fight crime. Like its animated predecessor Vixen, The Ray will tie into the larger CW DC universe – including an eventual appearance for the title character on TV. But before he could report on his findings, the project head exposed Ray to a ‘genetic light bomb.’ The bomb failed to kill him and instead gifted Ray with light-based powers. According to The CW President Mark Pedowitz, the current plan is to have the actor who lends his voice to The Ray eventually play the character on the various CW series. With his light-based abilities, Terrill was “recruited by Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters to fight violence and oppression wherever it exists”.
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Freedom Fighters: The Ray is set in the so-called Arrowverse, a shared universe occupied by live-action versions of DC’s Green Arrow, the Flash, Supergirl, and the Legends of Tomorrow. The cartoon, executive produced by Arrowverse masterminds Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, will feature the first gay superhero lead.
