Biography
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 sup...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Thunderbolts*
2025
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After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront th...

Captain America: Brave New World
2025
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After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reas...

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
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A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
2024
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Now fully revealed as the ultimate threat to existence, the Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for surviva...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
2024
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Death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe! Against this ultimate destructio...

Stan Lee
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrate the legacy of Stan Lee as the co-creator of such legendary characters as Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the X-Men, The Avengers, and hundreds mor...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
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Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mi...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
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Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find t...

Werewolf by Night
2022
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On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the dea...

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
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After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of ...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
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Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to c...

Morbius
2022
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Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. Wh...

Black Widow
2021
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Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursue...

Marvel's Behind the Mask
2021
as Self
A documentary special that explores the power of identity behind the iconic superheroes we know and love today. These legendary Marvel creations and s...

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
as Self
Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed jour...

A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
2019
as Self
The story of Conan the Cimmerian, from Robert E. Howard's pulp fiction anti-hero to pop culture icon.

Geek, and You Shall Find
2019
as Self
After attending a local comic book convention, three filmmakers are so moved by the stories shared with them by cosplayers that they decide to investi...

Captain Marvel
2019
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The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between...

Team Darryl
2018
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Fresh off being unseated as the ruler of Sakaar, the Grandmaster makes his way to Earth to start a new life. It's been over a year since Thor left Aus...

Black Panther
2018
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King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

Batman & Bill
2017
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Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that Bill Finger, a str...

Logan
2017
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In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and ...

Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues
2016
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Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, intends to pay back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect, even if it means leading a doo...

Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years
2016
as Self
A full-length documentary that follows the history of Captain America from 1941 to present, and explores how "Cap" has been a reflection of the changi...

Diagram for Delinquents
2014
as Himself
In 1950, America was in a state of panic. Juvenile delinquency was destroying the very fabric of society. Ninety percent of all children were reading ...

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
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When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spe...
The Legends Behind the Comic Books
2008
as Himself
This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflecto...

Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider
2007
as Himself
A look at the comic book history of the title character, one section a piece dedicated to 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000's by way of some interesting intervie...

Red Sonja
1985
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The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great pow...

Conan the Destroyer
1984
Story
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic...

Fire and Ice
1983
Screenplay
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only sur...
Stan Lee: The Final Chapter
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as Self
An insider look at Stan Lee's tumultuous final years, revealing how mistreatment and conflict threatened his life and legacy.