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CW Seed announces Freedom Fighters: The Ray, featuring TV’s first gay superhero lead

August 15, 2016 by Gary Collinson

CW Seed had announced that it is extending its DC animated output beyond Vixen with Freedom Fighters: The Ray, a new series based upon the Grant Morrison version of the character, who will have the honour of becoming the first gay superhero lead on the small screen.

Raymond “Ray” Terrill was a reporter who discovered a group of government scientists working on a secret project to turn light into a weapon of mass destruction. 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. With these abilities, Ray realized he could go beyond reporting on injustice – he could take action to help stop it. Calling himself The Ray, he was recruited by Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters to fight violence and oppression wherever it exists.

Freedom Fighters: The Ray is being produced by Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, whose live-action shows include The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

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Originally published August 15, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: DC, Freedom Fighters: The Ray

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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