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Roy Thomas

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84 Years Old

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.

Born

Jackson, Missouri, USA on 22nd November 1940

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Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics Image
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
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Slugfest
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee Image
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
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Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years Image
Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years
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Stan Lee
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Marvel's Behind the Mask Image
Marvel's Behind the Mask
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Batman & Bill Image
Batman & Bill
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A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian Image
A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
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Geek, and You Shall Find Image
Geek, and You Shall Find
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Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider Image
Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider
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The Legends Behind the Comic Books
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Stan Lee: The Final Chapter
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Diagram for Delinquents
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