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Cary Bates is a comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
, animation
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 television and film writer
Writer

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.

as born in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Bates began submitting ideas for comic book covers to DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 at the age of 13, and a number of them were bought and published, the first as the cover to Superman #167 (February 1964). Bates began to sell stories to DC when he was 17.

Bates is best known for his work for DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 on such titles as Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics is an USA comic book series which first appearance Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined....
, Captain Atom
Captain Atom

Captain Atom is a fictional comic book superhero. Created by writer Joe Gill and artist/co-writer Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Space Adventures #33 ....
, The Flash
Flash (comics)

The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics DC Comics Universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 ....
, Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes

The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....
 and Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
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Cary Bates is a comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
, animation
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 television and film writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

Biography

He was born in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Bates began submitting ideas for comic book covers to DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 at the age of 13, and a number of them were bought and published, the first as the cover to Superman #167 (February 1964). Bates began to sell stories to DC when he was 17.

Bates is best known for his work for DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 on such titles as Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics is an USA comic book series which first appearance Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined....
, Captain Atom
Captain Atom

Captain Atom is a fictional comic book superhero. Created by writer Joe Gill and artist/co-writer Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Space Adventures #33 ....
, The Flash
Flash (comics)

The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics DC Comics Universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 ....
, Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes

The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....
 and Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
. He began working for the publisher in 1963 and continued to do so up until the early 1990s. His other work includes the comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
s The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is an United States, long-running, old-time radio and early television show created by George W. Trendle , and developed by writer Fran Striker....
 (1980-1983), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers

Anthony "Buck" Rogers is a fictional character who first appeared in 1928 as Anthony Rogers, the hero of two novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine Amazing Stories....
 (1981-1983), and Disney's Gargoyles
Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles is an United States animated television series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997....
 during the 1990s. Most recently he has written True Believers
True Believers (comics)

True Believers is an American comic book limited series from Marvel Comics, written by Cary Bates, with art by Paul Gulacy. ...
 a limited series for Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
, about a team trying to get to the bottom of secrets and rumours in the Marvel Universe.

Bates appeared in his own comics several times alongside superheroes like the Silver Age version of The Flash and the Justice League of America
Justice League

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.

He also was head scriptwriter on the 1980s-1990s live action Superboy television series
Superboy (TV series)

Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El 's early years as Superboy....
, and co-wrote (with Mario (The Godfather) Puzo and John (Ghandi) Briley) the film "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, a 1992 in film film directed by James Bond alumnus John Glen, was the last project developed by the father-and-son production team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind....
" (1992) produced by Alexander
Alexander Salkind

Alexander Salkind was the second of three generations of successful international film producers....
 and Ilya Salkind
Ilya Salkind

Ilya Juan Salkind Dominguez, July 27, 1947 in Mexico City), usually known as Ilya Silkind, is a film and television producer, well known for his contributions to the live-action Superman films of the 1970s and 80s alongside his father, Alexander Salkind....
 ("Superman: The Movie").

Bibliography

  • True Believers
    True Believers (comics)

    True Believers is an American comic book limited series from Marvel Comics, written by Cary Bates, with art by Paul Gulacy. ...
     (with Paul Gulacy
    Paul Gulacy

    Paul Gulacy is an United States comic book illustrator.Among the many other titles Gulacy has drawn, in his characteristic neo-Steranko style, are Batman, Green Lantern, Batman: Outlaws, Eternal Warrior, Star Wars, and Catwoman as well as two later series with Moench, Slash Maraud and Six from Sirius, and one of...
    , 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2008)


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