Cary Bates
Cary Bates (* 1948 in Pennsylvania ) is an American comic book and screenwriter.
Life and work
Bates began submitting front cover ideas to DC Comics at the age of thirteen . After the first title page he had devised in 1964 was used as the cover for a comic book published by DC ( Superman # 164), Bates began to intensify his collaboration with DC, so that he was employed as a full-time writer from 1967 at the age of only seventeen.
In the 1960s to 1980s he wrote countless stories about the most popular character in DC's publishing program, the superhero Superman for series such as Superman , Action Comics , World's Finest and Lois Lane . There was also work on the series Legion of Super-Heroes , Justice League of America and The Flash in the 1970s and work on the series Captain Atom in the 1980s .
In addition, Bates wrote the newspaper comic strips The Lone Ranger (1980 to 1983) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981 to 1983), worked on with his friend Mario Puzo , whom he had met while preparing the Superman film from 1978 various screenplays (such as for the film Christopher Columbus - The Explorer from 1992) and wrote the animated series Gargoyles - On the Wings of Justice, produced by Disney .
Web links
- Cary Bates in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bates, Cary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pennsylvania |