Ray Palmer

Dr. **Raymond "Ray" Palmer** is a businessman. Ray is the ex-fiancé of Jean Loring until her death at the hands of the General Zod attack.

After his ex fiance's death, Ray decided to have a fresh start and move to Metropolis to which he would start a tech company. He later went to the Daily Planet to arrange an interview. When Bizarro attacked Superman, he saved Ray to which the latter found out Clark was the Man Of Steel.

## Biography

#### Adulthood

Sometime prior to the spring of 2014, Ray became engaged to Jean Loring. While in Ivy Town, both were caught in the crossfire of Dru-Zod's terraformation of Earth. Ray attempted to save her but failed, resulting in Jean's death. Heartbroken by this loss, Ray promised himself that he would never again lose someone he loved.

#### Metropolis

After his ex fiance's death, Ray decided to have a fresh start and move to Metropolis to which he would start a tech company. He later went to the Daily Planet to arrange an interview. When Bizarro attacked Superman, he saved Ray to which the latter found out Clark was the man of steel.

Clark later offered for Ray to join the Superfriends however, Ray put the offer on hold. About a week later, Ray decided to accept the invitation.

#### The Reign Of Darkseid

During the Reign of Darkseid, Ray as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation.

#### Finding his purpose

In February 2023 after having a talk with Conner Kent, Ray decided to travel the world to try and find Dwarf Star Particles. During late April of the same year, Ray found the particles and helped his teammates exit the Fortress of solitude prior to it's destruction.

#### Death of Superman

After Superman's death, Ray decided to stay in Metropolis.

## Personality

As an adult, Ray is an ambitious, intelligent and charismatic businessman. He is highly motivated to achieve more success and is willing to work both honorably and extremely hard to get what he wants.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Size alteration:** With a gauntlet, Ray is able to change an objects size.

#### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen/Leader:** Ray is very intelligent, having an IQ of 140 and three PhDs. His intellect made him a self-made man. Ray is also a skilled businessman. He can recognize skilled people despite wearing masks/cowls.
	+ **Master engineer:** Ray has proven to be highly skilled in engineering, as he was able to design and build the gauntlet using Dwarf Star Particles as a power source.
	+ **Master scientist/Physicist:** Ray is an adept biochemist, as he was able to reverse engineer an alternate version of kryptonite.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Wristband:** Ryan wore a piece of technology from the suit on his wrist at all times to be able to fire size changing beams from it

## Appearances

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 4

* Friend or Foe
* Bizarro
* Childish Things
* Cadmus
* Dancing with the Luthors (mentioned)
* Justice War Part l
* Metropolis Strong
* Project K
* Blood Bonds
* All for Nothing (mentioned)
* Crossed Wires
* Null and Annoyed (mentioned)
* Dawn of Injustice (flashbacks)
* Night at The Fortress
* Think Fast
* Finish Line

#### Season 5

* A world without S
* Rise of Superman
* Steel
* Not-Happy Thanksgiving
* Fight between Supers
* Super Luthor
* Dawn of Rebirth
* Fighting Live with Wire
* Instant Duality
* Access to Earth Two

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC comics, the Atom is a superhero mostly known for his ability to shrink in size, turning into a miniature version of himself, hence the name. The original was Al Pratt during the Golden Age, a diminutive man with superhuman strength; he was a founding member of the Justice Society. Ray Palmer took the name during the Silver Age, a physics professor at Ivy University who developed equipment to shrink himself down to subatomic levels while maintaining regular mass. However, like on the show, he was able to reverse the process and expand his size on a few occasions, too. Palmer has been a member of the Justice League, Titans, Suicide Squad and Indigo Tribe. Adam Cray also briefly took the mantle using stolen equipment, and it was later used by scientist Ryan Choi until his death.
* Brandon Routh went on to reprise his role as the Atom in *LEGO DC Super-Villains*.