Cary Bates
American comic book and television writer best known for long runs on DC Comics’ The Flash and Superman, and for co-writing the 1987 revival of Captain Atom; he has also written for animation and live-action television.
Books
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1. Captain Atom #1
A wrongly accused Air Force officer in 1968 submits to a secret experiment that bonds alien metal to his body during a nuclear blast, catapulting him nearly two decades into the future with volatile quantum powers. Seized by a ruthless military handler and a cadre of scientists, he’s given a fabricated identity and coerced into serving as a government-made superhero while the truth about his past and family is weaponized to control him. The issue recounts his ordeal, tests the limits and risks of his abilities, and sets up a carefully staged public debut that conceals the manipulation behind his mission.