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11 Facts About Cary Bates

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Cary Bates was born on 1948 and is an American comic book, animation, television and film writer.

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Cary Bates is best known for his work on The Flash, Superman, Superboy, the Legion of Superheroes and Captain Atom.

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Cary Bates is best known for his work for DC Comics on such titles as Action Comics, Captain Atom, The Flash, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Superman.

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Cary Bates began working for the publisher in 1963 and continued to do so until the early 1990s.

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Cary Bates appeared in his own comics as himself several times, alongside superheroes such as the Silver Age version of the Flash and the Justice League of America.

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Cary Bates became the editor as well as the writer of The Flash title during this time and oversaw it until its cancellation in 1985.

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Cary Bates was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986.

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Cary Bates wrote for Disney's Gargoyles during the 1990s and acted as story editor for the series.

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Cary Bates made a return to writing Superman, this time as an Elseworlds story titled Superman: The Last Family of Krypton, published in August 2010.

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Cary Bates worked on the DC Comics nostalgic event DC Retroactive writing stories for the one-shot specials DC Retroactive: Flash - The '70s, and DC Retroactive: JLA - The '70s, both released with September 2011 cover dates.

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In 2023, Cary Bates was interviewed about his career by writer Mark Millar for his YouTube series about comic book creators.