Thanks to the powers of the Flash breaking through the multiversal barrier, many speedsters are capable of moving through realities and becoming prominent players in the overall multiverse. This includes Red Racer, who actually ended up joining Justice Incarnate to protect all of creation in The Multiversity. The speedster stood out for being a prominent member of the team while also being an openly gay man in a healthy relationship with a fellow hero, a genuine rarity at the time.
Here's an introduction to Red Racer, the LGBTQ Flash from Earth-36 -- and what happened to him.
Who Is Red Racer?
Red Racer hails from Earth-36. He's a comic-book fan named Ray who eventually ends up becoming a hero himself. The speedster is a member of Justice 9, a superhero team that defends their world from major threats.
Red Racer has both found happiness on the team (falling in love with Flashlight, the Green Lantern of his reality) and dealing with loss (he and his teammates end up losing their friend and teammate Optiman to Superdoomsday). Red Racer and Flashlight are among the heroes called to the House of Heroes -- a multiversal base for major heroes from across all of creation -- by Thunderer after the Gentry destroys his world and captures the Super-Judge, Nix Uotan.
Red Racer quickly finds himself among the team making their way to Earth-7 to confront the Gentry. It's here Red Racer proves vital to the defeat of the corrupted Nix Uotan. His comic knowledge helps inspire him and he is able to save Captain Carrot, with Mr. Bibbo by reuniting his head with his body.
Fully aware of the dangers of being an analog for Flash during a crisis event, Red Racer risks his life to spread a warning across the multiverse about the Gentry. This leads to Red Racer rallying together speedsters, bringing them with him in a sneak attack against Nix Uotan to knock him out before he can break space and time. After the battle, Red Racer becomes one of the founding members of Justice Incarnate, the new multiversal Justice League.
What Happened to Him?
When the mysterious Prophecy began targeting Supermen from across the multiverse to steal their powers, the core version of the character and his Red Son counterpart are saved by Justice Incarnate and brought to the House of Heroes. The Prime-Earth Superman is able to use the Ultima Thule to find and confront Prophecy, but costs the team their ship. When the ship calls out with a beacon, Justice Incarnate is forced to construct a new one.
The problem is, the complex and unique ship will take at least one thousand years to construct. To get it done as fast as possible, Red Racer will have to compress time around himself -- allowing him to build the ship in relative moments, but at the cost of his own life. His last words are to his teammate Calvin Ellis, asking him to tell Flashlight that he loves him before pushing his powers to the absolute limit. The ship is fully constructed in seconds, but all that remains of Red Racer is a withered and aged corpse.
Red Racer was a heroic and fun new version of the Flash and gave the multiverse a major LGBTQ hero. Unfortunately, he also fell to one of the most persistent and problematic elements in modern fiction: The "bury your gays" trope, which sees gay and queer characters introduced only to be killed off rather than given more prominence.
Red Racer becoming a member of Justice Incarnate casually made one of the most vital heroes in the entire DC Multiverse a gay man in a committed relationship, which was a nice step forward for representation on that level. However, after only one major appearance, Red Racer was forced to sacrifice himself. While there have since been other LGBTQ speedsters (such as XS in the Arrowverse Flash TV series), Red Racer deserved more of a spotlight than he got.
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