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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 1,116,627 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roy Thomas is the 101st most popular comic artist (up from 107th in 2019), the 5,635th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,721st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 48.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Roy Thomas ranks 101 out of 174Before him are Quentin Blake, Willy Vandersteen, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Hal Foster, Jacques Martin, and Greg. After him are John Romita Sr., Hajime Isayama, Tsukasa Hojo, Claire Bretécher, Jean Tabary, and Nobuhiro Watsuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Roy Thomas ranks 309Before him are Arthur Laffer, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Richard Lynch, Levon Helm, Władysław Komar, and Giacomo Bulgarelli. After him are Norman Spinrad, Larry Brown, Issake Dabore, Berit Mørdre, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Gene Pitney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 5,635 out of 18,182Before him are Walter Tewksbury (1876), Amber Valletta (1974), Dexter Holland (1965), William Eggleston (1939), Gordon Tullock (1922), and Janet Reno (1938). After him are Richard S. Ewell (1817), Lana Parrilla (1977), Wayne Rogers (1933), Charley Chase (1893), Louie Anderson (1953), and Harold Perrineau (1963).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 23Before him are Richard F. Outcault (1863), Robert Crumb (1943), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), Joe Simon (1913), and Jim Davis (1945). After him are John Romita Sr. (1930), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Richard Corben (1940), Alex Raymond (1909), Larry Lieber (1931), and John Buscema (1927).