Roy William Thomas Jr. an haife shi a watan Nuwamba 22, a shekara ta 1940 ya kasance ba Amurike ne, marubucin barkwanci, kuma edita ne, wanda ya Stan Lee 's farko gaje kamar yadda editan-a-manyan mamaki Comics. Wataƙila sananne ne don gabatar da gwarzon mujallar pulp Conan the Barbarian zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka, tare da jerin abubuwan da suka kara kan halin Robert E. Howard kuma ya taimaka ƙaddamar da takobi da yanayin sihiri a cikin wasan barkwanci. Thomas ne ma san shi da championing na Golden Age comic-littafi heroes - musamman da 1940s superhero tawagar da Justice Society of America - da kuma ga ma'abũcin rubuce-rubuce stints a kan yi mamaki ta X-Maza da masu ramuwa, da kuma DC Comics' All-Star rundujar soja masu dawaki, tsakanin sauran lakabi. "Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol. 3, #50 (July 2005) p. 16 Comics Buyer's Guide #1636 (December 2007) p. 135