- Cary Bates
Infobox Comics creator
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awards =Cary Bates is a
comic book ,animation television and filmwriter .Biography
He was born in
Pennsylvania in theUnited States . Bates began submitting ideas for comic book covers toDC Comics 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. [ [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2005/06/03/comic-book-urban-legend-revealed-1/ Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #1] ,Comic Book Resources , June 3, 2005]Bates is best known for his work for
DC Comics on such titles as "Action Comics ", "Captain Atom ", "The Flash", "Legion of Super-Heroes " and "Superman ". He began working for the publisher in 1963 and continued to do so up until the early 1990s. His other work includes thecomic strip s "The Lone Ranger " (1980-1983), "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1981-1983), and Disney's "Gargoyles" during the 1990s. Most recently he has written "True Believers" a limited series forMarvel Comics , about a team trying to get to the bottom of secrets and rumours in the Marvel Universe. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17324 KEEP 'EM HONEST: Bates on "True Believers"] ,Comic Book Resources , July 21, 2008]Bates appeared in his own comics several times alongside superheroes like the Silver Age version of
The Flash and the Justice League of America.He also was head scriptwriter on the 1980s live action Superboy television series, and co-wrote (with Mario (The Godfather) Puzo and John (Ghandi) Briley) the film "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992) produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind ("Superman: The Movie).
Bibliography
*"True Believers" (with
Paul Gulacy , 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2008)Notes
References
*Strickler, Dave. "Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index." Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.
External links
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