Roy Thomas
Cartoonist, Fictional Character Creator
1940 –
Who is Roy Thomas?
Roy William Thomas, Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor and 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 Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.
Thomas was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1940
Missouri - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Lived in
- Missouri
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on July 23, 2013
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