Roy Thomas
Biography
Roy Thomas is a comic book writer and editor from the United States who followed Stan Lee as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Born in Jackson, Missouri, he was a devoted comics fan and took over the fanzine Alter Ego before moving to New York City in 1965. After a short stint assisting Mort Weisinger at DC Comics, he joined Marvel, where he wrote lengthy runs on X-Men, The Avengers, and Doctor Strange; his Avengers work included the Kree-Skrull War. He brought Conan the Barbarian into American comics with artist Barry Smith and co-created characters such as the Vision, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Ultron, and Red Sonja. Later signing with DC, he wrote All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc., and Wonder Woman, and he co-wrote the screenplays for Fire and Ice and Conan the Destroyer with Gerry Conway. In 2011 he was named to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, and in 2022 to the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
85years old
Turns 86 on November 22in 12 days
- Born Jackson
- Star sign: SagittariusFirst day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Also credited as Roy William Thomas Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 12 years2011 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023Stan LeeIMDb rating 6.9
- 2021Marvel's Behind the MaskIMDb rating 6.4
- 2017Batman & BillIMDb rating 7.9
- 2011The Color WheelIMDb rating 6.6
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A first
Roy Thomas and artist Ross Andru started the Spider-Man spin-off Marvel Team-Up in March 1972. Thomas also became the first writer besides Stan Lee to get a writer's credit on The Amazing Spider-Man.
Big break
Thomas took a Marvel writing test made from four Jack Kirby pages of Fantastic Four Annual #2 with the dialogue removed, and was hired the day after taking it.
First role
Roy Thomas broke into Marvel with a romance story called "Whom Can I Turn To?" in Modeling with Millie #44. A production glitch caused the credits and logo to be omitted, so most credit lists leave the story out.
A change of course
Thomas was a high school English teacher when he took over as editor of Jerry Bails's fanzine Alter Ego in 1964.
Behind the camera
Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway wrote two screenplays together: Fire and Ice, a 1983 animated feature, and Conan the Destroyer from 1984. The two also did work for Nelvana on a live-action X-Men movie that was never produced.
Behind the camera
Thomas served as Stan Lee's ghost writer on the Amazing Spider-Man newspaper comic strip starting in 2000, and the strip's last installment ran on March 23, 2019.
Roy Thomas movies on Netflix
Worked with
Roy Thomas shares two films with Stan Lee, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Stan Lee's page
Kevin Smith's page
Adam West's page
Kate Lyn Sheil's page
Keith Poulson's page
Anna Margaret Hollyman's page
All films by David Gelb
Don ArgottDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Don Argott
Sheena M. JoyceDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Sheena M. Joyce
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1969 to 2011.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2011 | Will Eisner Hall of Fame | Won | |
| 1974 | Inkpot Award | Won | |
| 1969 | Alley Award for Best Writer | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.