prior to "The New 52". Roy Raymond's history remains intact where he served as the inspiration for Batman's detective skills. Roy Raymond Jr. Robin #38 (March 1997) introduced Roy Raymond Jr., the grandson of the original, who presented a tabloid television series in Gotham City called Roy Raymond: Manstalker. There is mention of Raymond in Detective Comics #818 where Batman describes Raymond as one of the few detectives he admires, but who "chooses to waste his talents on daytime television" and so is apparently still hosting his TV show. In Superman #669, a flashback shows that Raymond did indeed have a show under WGBS years ago, during Superman's early years. It was advertised on a billboard Superman was passing. Raymond Jr., appeared in The Flash, working for a news station in Keystone City that was launching a smear campaign against the Flash (based on an ill-thought remark by West, Raymond gives the hero the "Most Awful Human in the Universe" award). Unknown to him, his boss was the malformed supervillain Spin, who uses media manipulation to control reality. Following the death of Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth approached Raymond in Outsiders Special #1 (Feb. 2009) to join the Outsiders. He accepted the offer and became Owlman, with equipment left for that purpose by Batman. As seen in the first issue of Blackest Night, Raymond has written a book on the murder of Sue Dibny. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth" which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Roy Raymond III is the grandson of Roy Raymond and is the current host of Impossible... But True! Powers and abilities Roy Raymond is an expert investigator. He formerly possessed psychokinesis and telepathy. Roy Raymond Jr. is an expert at hand-to-hand combat. Equipment As Owlman, Roy Raymond Jr. uses owl-based equipment where his Owlman suit contains night vision lenses, retractable talons, and enables him some form of flight thanks to a combination of his rocket boots and his cape that can assume a glider form. Other versions Tangent Comics Roy Raymond appeared in the 1997 Tangent Comics one shot Green Lantern alongside the Tangent version of King Faraday in a story revolving around King Faraday's final mystery and the death of Ralph Digby. Raymond is the current owner of "The House Of Mystery" as he purchased the company's