Roy Thomas

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

13

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-11-22 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Jackson, Missouri, USA

Roy Thomas

Biography

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.

Known For

  • A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian

    A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian

  • Slugfest

    Slugfest

  • Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years

    Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years

  • Marvel's Behind the Mask

    Marvel's Behind the Mask

  • Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

    Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

  • Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider

    Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider

  • The Legends Behind the Comic Books

    The Legends Behind the Comic Books

  • Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

    Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

  • Stan Lee

    Stan Lee

  • Batman & Bill

    Batman & Bill

  • Diagram for Delinquents

    Diagram for Delinquents

  • Stan Lee: The Final Chapter

    Stan Lee: The Final Chapter

  • Geek, and You Shall Find

    Geek, and You Shall Find