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Roy Thomas


Born
in Missouri, The United States
November 22, 1940

Genre
Comics & Graphic Novels

Influences
Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel, Joe Schuster, Bill Everett, Steve ...more


Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. 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 ...more

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“Somehow, we always manage to hold on to things. While men sink, doomed, around us.”
― Roy Thomas, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998) #102
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