High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roy William Thomas, Jr. (born November 22, 1940,) is an American comic book writer and editor and 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 superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel`s X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics` All-Star Squadron, among other titles.