I just had a thought...
A few years ago, DC was going to kill off Aquaman, but had to bring him back, when the producers of the animated "Justice League" said they wanted to use him on the show.
Now we have a story that, by all rights, was set up to make Ray look like the killer...but at the end wasn't. And the ending that says who the "real" killer is seems illogical and forced.
You don't suppose that Ray WAS the killer and then DC found out about the Atom being on the "JLU" show and had to scramble to change the ending?
I admit it is a little far fetched. However it is not without precedent and certainly no more far fetched than the explanation for Sue's murder that we got in IC 7
