List of DC Comics characters: R

First appearance	Justice League of America's Vibe #1 (April 2013)
Created by	Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns and Pete Woods

First appearance	Justice League of America #233 (December 1984)
Created by	Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton
Aliases	Reverb, Rupture, Hardline
	Further reading Armando Ramon at Comic Vine ; Armando Ramon at League of Comic Geeks ;

Ra's al Ghul

Alya Raatko

Nyssa Raatko

Rag Doll

Rag Doll is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first, Peter Merkel, is a villain of the original Flash, the second is an enemy of Starman, and the third is Merkel's son and a member of the Secret Six. The Peter Merkel incarnation of Rag Doll was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Lou Ferstadt, and first appeared in Flash Comics #36 (December 1942).

Peter Merkel

Peter Merkel, a native of the Midwestern United States, was born with highly flexible joints. The son of a side-show barker, Merkel found work in a carnival as a contortionist and performer. In the early 1940s, the carnival fell on hard times and eventually closed, leaving Merkel without a job. He eventually became a criminal, using his abilities as a contortionist to his advantage.

As he ages, Rag Doll's ligaments collapse and over-extend, causing him great pain. He eventually makes a deal with Neron to restore his youth and abilities in exchange for his soul.^[1] Soon afterward, Rag Doll dies while on a mission with the reformed Injustice Society.^[2]

In September 2011, The New 52 reboots DC's continuity. Merkel is resurrected and appears as an inmate of Arkham Asylum.^[3]^[4]

Colby Zag

Jack Knight has also squared off against a mentally unbalanced impostor named Colby Zag. During the time when the original Rag Doll was believed dead, Zag met band player Mr. Tyrell through the internet. Tyrell had bribed his former bandmates to keep quiet about his involvement in a drug related death. Eventually, his bandmates began extorting more money from him, so Tyrell planned to kill them. He helped Zag adopt the personality and mannerisms of Rag Doll and sent him to kill the extortionists. Zag succeeded in killing four of the five men, but was stopped thanks to the intervention of Jack Knight.^[5]

Peter Merkel Jr.

Rag Doll in other media

The Peter Merkel incarnation of Rag Doll appears in The Batman, voiced by Jeff Bennett.^[6]
The Peter Merkel incarnation of Rag Doll appears in The Flash, portrayed by Troy James and voiced by Phil LaMarr.^[7]^[6] This version is a member of the Young Rogues who comes from a wealthy yet neglectful family and gained his abilities after being crushed by shrapnel from the Thinker's Enlightenment satellite.
The Peter Merkel Jr. incarnation of Rag Doll makes a non-speaking appearance in the Harley Quinn episode "Icons Only" as an entertainer at Las Vegas.
The Peter Merkel incarnation of Rag Doll appears in Batman: Caped Crusader.^[8]

Ragman

Raijin

Raijin is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by Joshua Williamson and Neil Googe, first appeared in The Flash (vol. 5) #35 (January 2018). He is an enforcer of Black Hole. Raijin conspired with Gorilla Grodd, Negative Flash and Multiplex in order to utilize a Speed Force storm to hold Central City hostage, only to be defeated by The Flash.^[9]^[10]

Jenna Raleigh

Richard Raleigh

Rama Kushna

Rama Kushna is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Carmine Infantino, she first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967).

Rama Kushna is a goddess of karma and guardian of Nanda Parbat who empowered the ghost of Boston Brand to become Deadman and seek vengeance for his murder.

Rama Kushna in other media

Rama Kushna appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Dead Reckoning", voiced by an uncredited Juliet Landau.
Rama Kushna appears in issue #37 of the Justice League Unlimited tie-in comic.^[11]
Rama Kushna makes a non-speaking appearance in Justice League Dark.
Rama Kushna appears in Injustice, voiced by Laura Bailey.^[12]^[13]

Hector Ramirez

Karen Ramis

Armando Ramon

Armando Ramon is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton, he first appeared in Justice League of America #233 (December 1984), as Reverb in Justice League Quarterly #1 (January 1991), and as Rupture in Justice League of America's Vibe #6 (September 2013).

He is the older brother of Cisco Ramon / Vibe and Dante Ramon. Ramon was the leader of a street gang, Los Lobos, in Detroit, Michigan.^[14] Reverb joins a corporate-sponsored superhero team, the Conglomerate.^[15]^[16] The New 52 features the character as Rupture, an interdimensional bounty hunter.^[17]

Ramon has the metahuman ability to manipulate sound waves as Reverb in a manner similar to Vibe and later channels his abilities through a scythe as Rupture.

Armando Ramon in other media

Armando Ramon appears in Justice League Unlimited #15.^[18]
An alternate universe version of Reverb appears in The Flash (2014), as the Earth-2 counterpart of Francisco "Cisco" Ramon (portrayed by Carlos Valdes).^[19]

Cisco Ramon

Dante Ramon

Dante Ramon is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns, and Pete Woods, he first appeared in Justice League of America's Vibe #1 (April 2013). He is the older brother of Cisco Ramon / Vibe and the younger brother of Armando Ramon.^[20]^[21]

Dante Ramon in other media

Characters based on Dante Ramon, amalgamated with Armando Ramon, appear in The Flash, portrayed by Nicholas Gonzalez.^[22]^[23]

The Earth-1 version takes Armando's place as Cisco Ramon's older brother, with whom he has a rocky relationship. The pair later reconcile, but Dante is killed in a car accident off-screen due to Barry Allen creating and undoing the "Flashpoint" timeline.
The Earth-2 version is Rupture, a metahuman enforcer for Zoom who appears in a self-titled episode. He attacks Cisco, having been misled into believing the latter killed his brother Reverb, but is defeated by Allen and killed by Zoom for his failure.

Rampotatek

Clay Ramsay

Rana Dorada

Rana Dorada is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora, and made his first appearance in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #21 (November 2023).

Ranx the Sentient City

Ranx the Sentient City is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It is a sentient planetoid and member of the Sinestro Corps.

Ranx the Sentient City in other media

Ranx the Sentient City makes a background appearance in DC Universe Online.
Ranx the Sentient City appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[24]

Ayla Ranzz

Garth Ranzz

Mekt Ranzz

Raptor

Raptor is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Brotherhood of Quetzalcoatl member

The Raptor name was first used by an unnamed woman who is a member of the Brotherhood of Quetzalcoatl.^[25]

Jace Lorens

Jace Lorens is a pharmaceutical technician who operated as Raptor.^[26]

Cunningham

A man named Cunningham is the second person to become Raptor after the death of Jace Lorens.^[27]

Richard

"DC Rebirth" introduced Richard, a freelance assassin and ally of the Court of Owls.^[28]

The Cosmic Raptor

"New Justice" introduced The Cosmic Raptor, a giant cosmic bird sent to seal Perpetua in the Source Wall.^[29]

Ratcatcher

Dufus Ratchett

Hartley Rathaway

Ravager

Ravan

Raven

John Ravenhair

Eddie Ray

John Raymond

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