Ray Thompson (DCAU: Legends)

Ray Thompson
DCAU‎: Legends
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Real Name	Ray Thompson
Main Alias	Ray Thompson
Affiliation	Justice Guild
Base Of Operations	Seaboard City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin
Universe	DCAU: Legends
Creators	Andrew Kreisberg
First Appearance	"Legends, Part I" (April 21, 2002)
Last Appearance	"Legends, Part II" (April 28, 2002)

In a parallel Earth, a nuclear apocalypse gave Ray Thompson the power to reenvision the Justice Guild.

History

Ray Thompson idolized his heroes, the Justice Guild, in Seaboard City in a universe parallel to that of the Justice League until a nuclear war in 1962 destroyed much of the city and killed the team members. Mutated by the radioactive fallout and given great mental powers, Ray was also driven insane, but was able to recreate Seaboard City and the Justice Guild along with their enemies, the Injustice Guild, as virtual reality constructs. However, he also kept the surviving citizens under his thrall for 40 years, never aging but forced to live in his virtual reality recreation. When Justice League members crossed over into the Justice Guild universe, they discovered the truth and exposed Ray Thompson, masquerading as his unmutated self, as being the controller of this recreation. Thompson then used his powers in an attempt to destroy the Justice League, but his recreated Justice Guild turned against him and overpowered him, causing the virtual reality version of Seaboard City to vanish and releasing the surviving citizens from his control, thereby sending Thompson into a coma.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Unique Physiology
  • Reality Alteration
  • Energy Construct Creation
  • Energy Projection: He was also able to project powerful mental repulsion blasts.
  • Force Field
  • Illusion Casting: Ray Thompson possessed great mental abilities that enabled him to create virtual reality constructs of people and objects, and could also manipulate the same objects. However, this power was imperfect: the created reality is not complete, with libraries with books with blank pages, and undisguised JGA gravestones; Further, the JGA members illusion-duplicates were seemingly sentients and rebelled against Ray (It, or the own Ray's low self-esteem can have influenced in subconscious wishes of being defeated).
  • Telekinesis
  • Telepathy

Abilities

• Driving: Ray seemingly could drive motorcycles (It's unknown if it was another illusion).

Weaknesses

• Monstrous Appearance

Notes

• Ray Thompson was most likely named for Roy Thomas, a DC Comics writer who is a fan of Golden Age superhero characters.
• His character was voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.

Related

• 2 Appearances of Ray Thompson (DCAU: Legends)
• 2 Images featuring Ray Thompson (DCAU: Legends)
• Quotations by or about Ray Thompson (DCAU: Legends)
• Character Gallery: Ray Thompson (DCAU: Legends)

External Links

• Ray Thompson at the DC Animated Universe Wiki

Footnotes

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