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Roy Thomas

Angoulême International Comics Festival (1974 award for best foreign writer) Inkpot Award (1974) Comic Fan Art Award (1974 and 1975 x2 for best writer and editor) Eagle Award (1977) Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2011) Harvey Awards Hall of Fame (2022) Roy William Thomas Jr. (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics.

Also recorded as Roy William Thomas Jr.

Roy Thomas

Comic book creator Roy Thomas at the November 2008 Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. This photo was created by Luigi Novi. It is not in the public domain, and use of this file outside of the licensing terms is a copyright violation. If you would like to use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, you may do so, only if I am properly credited, either by linking the photograph to this page

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Birth Name
Roy William Thomas Jr.
Born
22 November 1940
Birthplace
Jackson, Missouri, U.S.
Awards
Alley Award (1969) Shazam Award (1971 and 1974) Goethe Awards (1971 and 1973 x2 for best writer and editor)
Nationality
United States
Occupation
comics artist · screenwriter · journalist · fanzine editor · film director · television writer

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Angoulême International Comics Festival (1974 award for best foreign writer) Inkpot Award (1974) Comic Fan Art Award (1974 and 1975 x2 for best writer and editor) Eagle Award (1977) Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2011) Harvey Awards Hall of Fame (2022) Roy William Thomas Jr. (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics.

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Roy Thomas (born 1940) is a comics artist, fanzine editor and film director, among other activities, of American nationality.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Visual art and other activities
  4. 04Archives and collections
  5. 05Honours and memberships
  6. 06Notes, references and evidence

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