1940 - Today
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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Among comic artists, Roy Thomas ranks 101 out of 174. Before 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.
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 95
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 96
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 97
1892 - 1982
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 98
1921 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 99
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 100
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 101
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 102
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 103
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 104
1940 - 2020
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 105
1930 - 2011
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 106
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1940, Roy Thomas ranks 309. Before 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.
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 303
1940 - 1968
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 304
1940 - 2012
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 305
1940 - 2012
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 306
1940 - 1998
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 307
1940 - 2009
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 308
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 309
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 310
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 311
1940 - 2021
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 312
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 313
1940 - 1964
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 314
1940 - 2006
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 315
Among people born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 5,635 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1876 - 1968
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 5,629
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5,630
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5,631
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5,632
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,633
1938 - 2016
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,634
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,635
1817 - 1872
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,636
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,637
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 5,638
1893 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 5,639
1953 - 2022
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 5,640
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 5,641
Among comic artists born in United States, Roy Thomas ranks 23. Before 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).
1863 - 1928
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 18
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 19
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 20
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 23
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 24
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 25
1940 - 2020
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 26
1909 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 27
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 28
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 29