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Roy Thomas' claim over the creatorship of Wolverine saw two stories top yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive[...]

Former Marvel EIC Roy Thomas was editor of The Incredible Hulk at the time that Wolverine was created And it seems that, encouraged by his manager John Cimino, has been claiming co-creator credit of Wolverine, alongside Len Wein, and John Romita Sr for some time, against standard industry practice But now it has gone official[...]

Roy Thomas vs the late Len Wein over the creatorship of Wolverine topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to[...]

Former Marvel Comics joint EIC, DC Comics Senior Editor and current Webtoon editor Bobbie Chase has posted to Facebook that; "Recently my friend and Len Wein's widow, Christine Valada, got a call from Marvel executive David Bogart, informing her that in the upcoming Wolverine & Deadpool movie (coming out this July), Roy Thomas will now be[...]

At the end of the year, Abrams ComicArts is publishing Mighty Marvel Calendar Book: A Visual History: 1975-1981, a 272 page hardcover by Chris Ryall, with an introduction by Roy Thomas, collecting and commenting on the Bronze Age calendars that Marvel published in those years Alex Ross says "These calendars showcase some of the greatest[...]

Why should you be interested? It was made by and starring two teenagers named Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich Thomas would become Marvel's second editor-in-chief after Stan Lee stepped down, and Friedrich became one of the major writers at Marvel Thomas would edit and write nearly every major Marvel title in the mid-1960s and the[...]

Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), , Skrulls in Fantastic Four #2 (January 1962), SHIELD in Strange Tales #135 (1965) Kenny Martinez – co-creator of Agent Ross in Ka-Zar #17 (1998) David Michelinie – co-creator of James Rhodes in Iron Man #118 (1979) Christopher Priest – co-creator of Agent Ross in Ka-Zar #17 (1998) Gerardo Sandoval – co-creator of[...]

Including comic book stories by Gail Simone, Frank Thorne, Roy Thomas, Mike Carey, Amy Chu, Mark Russell, Walter Geovani, Michael Avon Oeming, Frank Cho, Luke Lieberman, Mel Rubi, Esteban Marot and more, with a cover by Jenny Frison from the Simone run Here is the current planned listing and the San Diego Comic-Con accompanying panel. "Red[...]

Roy Thomas is a longstanding comic book writer and editor, and was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics He introduced Conan the Barbarian to Marvel and helped launch a sword and sorcery trend in comics He's also known for reviving the Justice Society of America and the All-Star Squadron at DC and[...]

Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), , Skrulls in Fantastic Four #2 (January 1962), SHIELD in Strange Tales #135 (1965) David Michelinie – co-creator of James Rhodes in Iron Man #118 (1979) Jerry Ordway – co-creator of Cadre X in Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (2000) Gerardo Sandoval – co-creator of Varra of the Knights of the Infinite,[...]

Any further suggestions in the comments are most welcome… With Special Thanks To: Brian Michael Bendis, John Byrne, Alan Coswill, Jim Craig, Peter David, Ben Dunn, Rich Elson, David Finch, Gary Frank, Kevin Gunstone, Niko Henrichon,  Jack Kirby, Andy Lanning, Bob Layton, Stan Lee, Kenny Martinez, David Michelinie, Christopher Priest, Roy Thomas, Robbie Thompson, Leinil Francis[...]

Almost a year ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Dynamite Comics was to create a Fire And Ice comic book based on the 1983 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi and a collaboration between Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, based on characters co-created by Bakshi and Frazetta, from a screenplay written by Conan comics writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas[...]

He's just one of the many creators listed in the credits during their special thanks, before the post-credits scene… and the post-credits note. The ain character comic book creator credits from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 run as follows: Drax & Gamora created by JIM STARLIN Groot created by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER and JACK KIRBY Mantis created[...]

Jason Aaron, Bob Almond, Ken Bald, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Stefano Caselli, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Olivier Coipel, Gene Colan, Will Conrad, Mike Deodato, Scot Eaton, Steve Epting, Bill Everett, Matt Fraction, Billy Graham, Jonathan Hickman, Reginald Hudlin, Ken Lashley, Jonathan Maberry, Kenny Martinez, Don McGregor, Jimmy Palmiotti, Christopher Priest, Joe Quesada,[...]

Bob has told aspects of this story before, but this week he decided to connect names to his claims, Marvel and DC comic book editors and writers Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman.  Thomas has responded in detail, stating that he had no connection to the transaction described. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

First, here are all the credits as listed for Special Thanks: Episode 1:  Paul Levitz, Joe Orlando, Jack Oleck, Nestor Redondo, Jack Sparling. Episode 2: Gardner F Fox, Bob Haney, Paul Levitz, Joe Orlando, Jack Oleck, Nestor Redondo, Jack Sparling, Alex Toth, Mike Sekowsky, Mark Hanerfeld, Bill Draut Episode 3:  Stephen Bissette, Mike Carey, Steve Dillon, Gardner F[...]

Directed by Ralph Bakshi it is billed as a collaboration between Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, based on characters co-created by the pair, from a screenplay written by Conan comics writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. The press release stated of Baksi and Frazetta, "he two developed the concept together and the film's art style was based on Frazetta's work,[...]

and a pleasure digging deeper into the-lore and expanding it with the likes of Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matthew Wilson, Travis Lanham, Esad Ribic, Roy Thomas, Jim Zub, Gerry Duggan, Meredith Finch, Saladin Ahmed, Tini Howard, Kevin Eastman, Chris Claremont, Larry Hama, Christopher Priest, Frank Tieri, Steven S DeKnight, Kurt Busiek, Dan Slott, Ron Garney,[...]

Written by legendary comic book writer Roy Thomas and illustrated by Pablo Marcos, with lettering by Oscar Gonzalez, the strips were originally published as webcomics in the format of a Sunday newspaper strip behind a paywall on the Edgar Rice Burroughs website The new collection, Tarzan of the Apes Volume 1, is set to hit[...]

Roy Thomas is the first legendary writer to return to his classic X-Men run in the newly relaunched X-Men Legends #1, hitting stores this May Thomas will be joined by artist Dave Wachter to produce a new story set after his original run but before Giant-Size X-Men #1 Even better, Thomas's story will star Wolverine,[...]

Wolverine co-creator Roy Thomas tells us about his latest creation or should that be re-creation? Since he wasn't actually involved in the penwork previously? Because he did write the words on the cover of the original Incredible Hulk #181 back in 1974 and this week he did it again on his own re-creation cover He[...]

That includes the revamp of Venom getting chains, the return of Angela to Thor, and also the return of the traditional look for Mister Bones, credited as being created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Todd McFarlane for Infinity Inc #16 Via his manager John Cimino, Roy Thomas gets in touch, wanting to set the[...]

The book, written by Roy Thomas, was never published as John Buscema was diagnosed with stomach cancer after finishing the first issue and died shortly afterward, aged 74 The original artwork from that final – and first – unpublished issue has been made available for auction, as part of this weekend's Heritage Auction's listings for[...]

This pivotal Adam Warlock tale was written by Roy Thomas and penciled by Gil Kane with inks by Dan Adkins The story transforms "Him" into Adam Warlock and contains the first appearance of one of the Infinity Stones — the Soul Gem There's a copy of Marvel Premiere #1 CGC 8.5 up for auction in[...]

Granted, Roy Thomas was game, but man, what a place to put another writer On auction right now is a nice raw copy of the book, and it's only $29 right now with only a day left to bid as of this writing Check it out below. Amazing Spiderman 100 Credit Heritage Auctions Name Me A Better[...]

There's a copy of the Doctor Doom's first solo outing and the first appearance of Valeria in Marvel Super-Heroes #20 CGC 8.0 Off-white to white pages up for auction in today's session of the 2021 March 21-22 Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation & Art Weekly Online Auction #122113 from Heritage Auctions.  Despite the UN's Treaty[...]

Selected and introduced by former Marvel EIC Roy Thomas, with the slipcase and binding designed by Michael Cho, this volume is available exclusively from The Folio Society Bleeding Cool will be taking a hands-on look at both books tomorrow, but here's a first look at what the volume will be bringing. © Marvel 2021 As with their[...]

Originally the credits ran: With special thanks to Brian Michael Bendis, John Buscema, John Cassaday, Olivier Coipel, Steven Englehart, David Finch, Richard Howell, Tom King, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Rick Leonardi, Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Joss Whedon. From this we could identify for WandaVision, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who created Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, Baron[...]

And for November, that means two books, the first and second volumes of The Partisans by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Roy Thomas and Mario Guevara. NOVEMBER 2020 RELEASE:  THE PARTISANS #2 7×10 squarebound trade paperback, 64 pages b&w ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-016-2 US$12.95. Story by Jean-Marc Lofficier; Art & cover by Mario Guevara. 1942 North Africa Under the direction of Erwin Rommel, the[...]

He was everywhere, including this awesome book by Roy Thomas and John Buscema Up for auction and taking bids until the end of the day, this CGC copy of Sub-Mariner #1 is part of ComicConnect's Event Auction #43, which ends today This book currently sits at $257, not too bad for a good displayable graded[...]