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Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr. (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E. Howard's character and helped launch a sword and sorcery trend in comics. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes – particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America – and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and The Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles. Among the comics characters he co-created are Wolverine, Vision, Doc Samson, Carol Danvers, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Ultron, Yellowjacket, Defenders, Man-Thing, Red Sonja, Morbius, Ghost Rider, Squadron Supreme, Invaders, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Nighthawk, Havok, Banshee, Sunfire, Thundra, Arkon, Killraven, Wendell Vaughn, Red Wolf, Red Guardian, Daimon Hellstrom, Brother Voodoo and Valkyrie. Thomas was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 22, 1940 In Jackson, Missouri, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie The Coming Out Party 1965-12-22
Latest Project:
Movie Stan Lee 2023-06-10
Known For
Poster of Stan Lee
Poster of Slugfest
Poster of Marvel's Behind the Mask
Poster of Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider
Filmography
Movie Stan Lee Self (archive footage) 2023-06-10
Movie Marvel's Behind the Mask Self 2021-02-12
Series Slugfest Self 2021-12-24
Movie Geek, and You Shall Find Self 2019-07-23
Movie Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee Self 2019-12-20
Movie A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian Self 2019-08-31
Movie Batman & Bill Self 2017-05-06
Series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics Self 2017-11-12
Movie Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years Self 2016-01-19
Movie Diagram for Delinquents Himself 2014-06-15
Movie The Color Wheel Motel Clerk 2011-04-01
Movie The Legends Behind the Comic Books Himself 2008-04-05
Movie Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider Himself 2007-06-12
Movie The Coming Out Party Boy 1965-12-22