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CARY BATES

Active: 1967–2017

335

AS WRITER

0

AS ARTIST

16

KEY ISSUES

34

SERIES

Cary Bates is an American comic book, animation, television and film writer. He is best known for his work on The Flash, Superman, Superboy, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Captain Atom. Bates is the longest-serving Superman writer, at twenty years.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Superboy #195 cover

Superboy

#195

Earliest catalogued appearance of Wildfire.

Captain Atom #1 cover

Captain Atom

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of General Eiling, Doctor Heinrich Megala, Jeffrey Goslin, and 4 more.

Captain Atom Annual #1 cover

Captain Atom Annual

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Major Force.

Superboy #216 cover

Superboy

#216

Earliest catalogued appearance of Tyroc.

Superboy #201 cover

Superboy

#201

Earliest catalogued appearances of Infectious Lass and Porcupine Pete.

The Flash #285 cover

The Flash

#285

Earliest catalogued appearance of Fiona Webb.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Curt Swan 76 issues togetherCarmine Infantino 59 issues togetherFrank Chiaramonte 44 issues togetherBob Smith 39 issues togetherFrank McLaughlin 38 issues togetherBob Rozakis 37 issues togetherDave Hunt 34 issues togetherKurt Schaffenberger 30 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanFlash (Barry Allen)Lana LangLois LaneCaptain AtomJimmy OlsenJonathan KentMartha KentPerry WhiteGeneral Eiling

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