Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas introduced Conan the Barbarian to American comic books in 1970, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E. Howard’s character and became one of the most popular comic books of the decade. Before and after Conan, he had lengthy writing stints on Marvel’s Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, and Sub-Mariner, and DC Comics’ All-Star Squadron, among other titles. He co-created dozens of characters for Marvel, including Carol Danvers (the once and future Captain Marvel), Luke Cage, Baron Zemo, Iron Fist, Ultron, and Wolverine. In 1972, Stan Lee appointed Thomas to succeed him as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics.

He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011. Currently, he is the editor of the comics-history magazine Alter Ego, as well as the author of 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen and The Stan Lee Story, both from Taschen. From 2000 to 2019 he ghost-wrote the Spider-Man newspaper comic strip for/with Stan Lee. He still writes the occasional comic book for Marvel.