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Encyclopedia > Cary Bates

Cary Bates is a comic book and animation writer. He was born in Pennsylvania in the United States. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 12 frames per second is the typical rate for an animated cartoon. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq. ...


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 mid 1980s. DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Captain Atom is a fictional character, a comic book superhero. ... Barry Allen as the Flash. ... The Legion of Super-Heroes is a DC Comics superhero team. ... Superman is the foremost superhero character that DC Comics publishes. ...


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Recycling Bin 19 - Cap'n Strong (May 2000) (1850 words)
However the vision came to him, however, Bates' take included both the nobility of character that formed the core of Popeye's soul and a darker view of the perpetual violence one expects when sailor with anchors tattooed on their arms appear onscreen.
Bates therefore posited an extragalactic intoxicant he called 'sauncha,' a magical herb that grew on the ocean floor.
To Bates' credit, he neither intended nor delivered some vile slander on the original; perhaps we should view Cap'n Strong's relationship to Popeye not unlike the relationship of the Watchmen to the Charlton superheroes.
Cary Bates and Elliot Maggin: The Men Behind the Super-Typewriter (3327 words)
Cary Bates, 25, is a shy native of Pennsylvania and Ohio, who sports long brown hair and a matching goatee.
Bates was born a decade later and Maggin in 1950, children of the age of atomic power and television, satellites and cold war, moonwalks and civil revolution.
BATES: I was impressed because the first time I saw it was on the stands; I had no knowledge that it was going to be used.
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