COMIC ARTIST

Roy Thomas

1940 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Thomas has received more than 1,189,022 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roy Thomas is the 120th most popular comic artist (down from 100th in 2019), the 7,096th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,623rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Roy Thomas ranks 120 out of 226. Before him are Hal Foster, John Romita Sr., Keiko Takemiya, Masakazu Katsura, Tite Kubo, and Richard Corben. After him are Larry Lieber, Rudolph Dirks, Ken Akamatsu, François Bourgeon, Iginio Straffi, and Ken Sugimori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Roy Thomas ranks 392. Before him are Richard Corben, Whitney Smith, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Robert Budzynski, Eladio Silvestre, and Werner Krämer. After him are Arlette Laguiller, Reinhard Furrer, Ken Fletcher, Pauline Collins, John Finnis, and Mary Beth Peil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 7,096 out of 20,380. Before him are Frankie Knuckles (1955), Terry Bradshaw (1948), Charles Roven (1949), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), and Curly Howard (1903). After him are Doris Humphrey (1895), Krysten Ritter (1981), Regis Philbin (1931), John C. Slater (1900), Larry O'Brien (1917), and Larry Lieber (1931).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 25. Before him are Richard F. Outcault (1863), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Sr. (1930), and Richard Corben (1940). After him are Larry Lieber (1931), Joe Simon (1913), Alex Raymond (1909), Les Clark (1907), John Buscema (1927), and Rose O'Neill (1874).

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