Roy Raymond
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Roy Raymond is a fictional character in DC Comics.
He was introduced in Impossible... But True!, a back-up strip in Detective Comics, beginning in #153 (Nov. 1949). He was the host of a television show, also called Impossible... But True!, which bore a strong resemblance to Ripley's Believe It Or Not. The stories would involve Raymond and his assistant, Karen, investigating claims and exposing hoaxes, ensuring all the stories on the show were true. The strip was later retitled Roy Raymond: TV Detective.
In the Silver Age, Aquaman took over the back-up slot in Detective. Raymond subsequently appeared in the Superman titles, where it was revealed he had been kidnapped by a supervillain and brainwashed into committing crimes. After being rescued by Superman, he resumed his television career at Metropolis' Galaxy Broadcasting, which at the time was also the employer of Clark Kent.
Robin #38 (Mar 1997) introduced Roy Raymond, Jr., the grandson of the original, who presents a tabloid television series in Gotham City called Roy Raymond: Manstalker. Raymond Jr. is portrayed as arrogant, inept, and a huge embarrassment to his grandfather.
The latest mention of Roy is in Detective Comics #818 (Jun 2006), where Batman describes that Roy "chooses to waste his talents on daytime television" and so is apparently still hosting his TV show.
