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Roy William Thomas, Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics (and Stan's successor/ghostwriter on The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip). 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.

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-'''Roy William Thomas, Jr.''' 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 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.
+'''Roy William Thomas, Jr.''' is an American comic book writer and editor, who was [[Stan Lee]]'s first successor as editor-in-chief of [[Marvel Comics]] (and Stan's successor/ghostwriter on [[The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip)|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' comic strip]]). 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.
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