A BIRTHDAY SALUTE: One of comics’ greatest creators turns 82!
Putting together a birthday salute to Roy Thomas — who was born 82 years ago on Nov. 22, 1940 — is harder than you’d think. Typically, we focus on a specific title but Thomas wrote so many stories, so many characters, so many series for both Marvel and DC, it’s hard to choose.
So this year, we’re going with Thor — which Thomas wrote in the late ’70s/early ’80s — because we’ve never highlighted Rascally Roy’s Thunder God before.
And now — RAGNAROK!
John Buscema pencils, Tom Palmer inks
Buscema pencils, Bob McLeod inks
Keith Pollard pencils, Bob Layton inks
Dave Cockrum pencils, McLeod inks
Buscema, with alterations by Marie Severin
Pollard and Layton
Buscema pencils, Joe Sinnott inks
Pollard pencils, Chic Stone inks
Pollard and Layton
Pollard and Layton
Buscema
Pollard
Buscema (who possibly inked this as well)
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MORE
— The TOP 13 Roy Thomas AVENGERS Stories – RANKED. Click here.
— 13 COVERS: A YOUNG ALL-STARS Birthday Salute to ROY THOMAS. Click here.
November 22, 2022
Back when Thor was rocking it!
November 22, 2022
SURELY!
November 22, 2022
There were two characters that as a kid I couldn’t get into – Hulk and Thor. However Marvel Movies have made these accessible and fun, enough that I want to read through the old Thor issues. Amazing how much of this run was used in the movies. Bravo Roy!
November 22, 2022
Wishing Mr. Thomas an incredibly happy birthday.
November 22, 2022
I may not exactly find this Thor run the smoothest of reads, but due props to Roy “The Boy”; he was bold enough to use Asgard’s favorite son of the Marvel Universe to retell Wagner’s “The Ring” cycle for kids! Happy Birthday, Roy!
November 22, 2022
Wow!! Happy Birthday Roy! His “All Star Squadron” was a favorite of mine when my life wasn’t going so well!