
After six months, during which time the city was renamed "Star City" in his honor, Ray managed to contact Felicity but was captured by Damien Darhk and H.I.V.E. While testing out a new function of his exosuit, Ray accidentally caused an explosion which shrunk him to a miniature size stuck in this state and unable to call for help, he was presumed dead. Having designed a powerful exosuit, Ray began acting as a vigilante in Starling City, calling himself The Atom. Ray was also the fiancé of Anna Loring until her death at the hands of a Mirakuru soldier. Ray is the husband of Nora Darhk, the ex-fiancé of Kendra Saunders, and the ex-boyfriend/friend of Felicity Smoak.

He is the son of David and Sandy Palmer and younger brother of Sydney Palmer, who in at least one version of the future is considered to be the father of the robotics industry.

Raymond Carson "Ray" Palmer (born 1981 ), is a businessman and the former CEO of Palmer Technologies, previously known as Queen Consolidated. I can science my way out of anything." -Ray Palmer ĭr.
