Ray Palmer’s been tinkering on his suit for The Atom for a while on Arrow now, but the time has come for him to actually show the costume of the DC superhero.
The CW and Warner Bros. have just unveiled the first photo of Ray (Brandon Routh) in the Atom costume, which will make its debut in episode 315 of Arrow, titled “Nanda Parbat,” which airs February 25.
A new addition to Arrow in season three, Ray Palmer is a billionaire tech genius who harbors aspirations of heroism after his fiancée was killed when Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) attempted to take over Starling City at the end of last season.
According to Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim, “Ray’s the first technology-based hero that we’ve done. Our heroes, on Arrow at least, tend to be very sort of fisticuff-oriented. Ray is trying something brand new, also brand new for us too. He’s creating what we call the Super Suit, the ATOM suit that is really at the cutting edge of technology, both in the real world and on the show. He’s also going to have to discover that a super suit does not a hero make. Part of the thing that we’re always trying to be true to is putting on a costume is the easy part. It’s being the hero that’s the really difficult part and one does not mean you’ve accomplished the other.
Routh will also cross over to Arrow spinoff series The Flash this season. It was reported, Routh and Arrow costar Emily Bett Rickards will visit Central City in episode 18 of The Flash’s freshman season, in an installment called “All Star Team-Up.”
“When you reach what’s going on in ‘The Flash’ at that point in the season, Barry is really at a crossroads. Having Felicity come by exactly when he needs her really plays into the whole storyline,” previewed Arrow and Flash exec producer Andrew Kreisberg. “It’s fine because as Marc said, Ray Palmer is all about technology and STAR Labs is all about technology. We get to see Ray so happy to be in STAR Labs… With Cisco [Carlos Valdes] and Ray, they’re new best friends. The STAR Labs team is going to help Ray further his ATOM project.”
For now, Ray’s costume is a suit of armor that, as far as we know, doesn’t allow him to change sizes, like in the comics. Will that change?
