- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- November 22, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Jackson, Missouri, USA
Roy Thomas
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 (…
Filmography
tvVisionQuest
2026 · Characters
Stan Lee: The Final Chapter
movieStan Lee: The Final Chapter
2026 · Self
tvWonder Man
2026 · Thanks
tvEyes of Wakanda
2025 · Thanks
movieRed Sonja
2025 · Adaptation
movieThunderbolts*
2025 · Thanks
tvDaredevil: Born Again
2025 · Thanks
movieCaptain America: Brave New World
2025 · Thanks
tvAgatha All Along
2024 · Thanks
movieDeadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Characters
movieJustice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
2024 · Characters
tvX-Men '97
2024 · Thanks
movieJustice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
2024 · Characters
movieStan Lee
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · Thanks
movieAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · Thanks
movieWerewolf by Night
2022 · Characters
movieThor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Thanks
tvMs. Marvel
2022 · Thanks
movieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Thanks
movieMorbius
2022 · Thanks
tvMoon Knight
2022 · Thanks
tvSlugfest
2021 · Self
tvHawkeye
2021 · Thanks
tvWhat If...?
2021 · Thanks
movieBlack Widow
2021 · Thanks
tvLoki
2021 · Thanks
tvThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 · Thanks
movieMarvel's Behind the Mask
2021 · Self
tvWandaVision
2021 · Characters, Thanks
tvHelstrom
2020 · Characters
tvDC's Stargirl
2020 · Thanks
movieCelebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019 · Self
movieA Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
2019 · Self
movieGeek, and You Shall Find
2019 · Self
movieCaptain Marvel
2019 · Thanks
movieTeam Darryl
2018 · Characters
movieBlack Panther
2018 · Thanks
tvRobert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017 · Self
tvMarvel's The Defenders
2017 · Comic Book
movieBatman & Bill
2017 · Self
tvMarvel's Iron Fist
2017 · Comic Book
movieLogan
2017 · Thanks
movieRed Sonja: Queen of Plagues
2016 · Characters
tvDC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016 · Thanks
movieMarvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years
2016 · Self
tvThe Flash
2014 · Thanks
movieDiagram for Delinquents
2014 · Himself
movieGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 · Characters
tvYoung Justice
2010 · Characters
movieThe Legends Behind the Comic Books
2007 · Self
movieSin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider
2007 · Himself
movieConan
1997 · Co-Producer
tvConan the Adventurer
1997 · Characters
tvG.I. Joe Extreme
1995 · Writer
tvXena: Warrior Princess
1995 · Story
tvConan the Adventurer
1992 · Writer
tvSuper Force
1990 · Writer
movieRed Sonja
1985 · Characters
movieConan the Destroyer
1984 · Story
movieFire and Ice
1983 · Screenplay
movieTall Story
1960 · Spectator (uncredited)