Rain Maker (character)

The Rain Maker is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by Cascade Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Brandon Baker and artist/co-plotter Ray Delgado, and debuted in the 29th issue of the comic book The Justice Fighters of Cascadia in April 1995. In the Cascade Comics Universe continuity, Rain Maker is the alias of Anthony Grimes, a former weatherman who resides in Capitol Hill, Seattle with his wife Cassandra and daughter Violet. Rain Maker's origin story features him being struck with lightning while inside of a weather chopper, granting him the power to generate lightning from his fingers and the ability to cause rain storms. In some continuities, Grimes uses these powers as a supervillain opposing the Justice Fighters while other stories portray him as a hero or anti-hero. The character was originally known as Rain Man before he was rebranded as the Rain Maker. Grimes is accompanied with supporting characters, including his wife and partner Eagle Claw and foes such as The Colonel, Storm Gale and Wilatuk.

Rain Maker has appeared in other forms of media including a series of live-action films set in the Cascade Comics Cinematic Universe and four video games published by CoreTech for the V-Family of home consoles. In film, Rain Maker has been portrayed by Will Smith while in video games he is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Comic books

 * REIGN (1995—1996) - precursor to modern Rain Maker titles. Stars original antagonistic version Rain Man. Set in Earth-C92, later retconned to Eath-C95.
 * The Ruthless Rain Man (1997—2004) - reboot of REIGN. Stars Rain Man as an anti-hero rather than a villain. Set in Earth-C92.
 * The Ruthless Rain Maker (2005—2015) - reboot of The Ruthless Rain Man. Rebrands Rain Man as Rain Maker and is set in the Earth-R05 universe.
 * The Rain Maker (2022—upcoming) - reboot of The Ruthless Rain Man. Sequel to the Rain Maker graphic novel trilogy. Set in Earth-R05.

Graphic novels

 * Resurrection of the Rain Maker (2020) - reboot of The Ruthless Rain Man. Part one of a trilogy.
 * Return of the Rain Maker (2021) - prequel to The Rain Maker on-going series. Part two of a trilogy.
 * Rise of the Rain Maker (2021) - prequel to The Rain Maker on-going series. Part three of a trilogy.

In other media
Rain Maker has appeared in comics, live-action films and video games since his debut in 1995. In film he starred in the Raydon Studios films The Rain Maker (2007), Eagle Claw: Storm (2011), Rain Maker II (2012), The Justice Fighters Unite (2013), Rain Maker/Eagle Claw: Jailbreak (2017) and Justice Fighters: Internal Affairs (2018) where he was portrayed by Will Smith.

A series of video games based on the Cascade Comics Cinematic Universe were first released by CoreTech in 2008 and featured Rain Maker in four titles. Kevin Michael Richardson voiced the character in The Rain Maker (2008), Eagle Claw: A Dark and Stormy Night (2011) The Justice Fighters of Cascadia (2013) and Justice Fighters of Cascadia: Internal Affairs (2019). The first three games were released on the CoreTech V-HD with The Rain Maker also launching on the CoreTech V-Slim, while Justice Fighters of Cascadia: Internal Affairs was released on the CoreTech Valkyrie.