Roy Thomas joined the Marvel Bullpen as a writer and editor under
Stan Lee, scripting key runs of nearly every title of the time-
Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Daredevil, Doctor Strange,
Sub-Mariner, Thor, X-Men and more. He wrote the first 10 years of
Marvel's Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan; and
launched such series as Defenders, Iron Fist, Invaders and Warlock.
At DC, he developed All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc. and related
titles, proving instrumental in reviving the Golden Age Justice
Society of America. Thomas later became editor of Alter Ego, a
magazine devoted to comic-book history, and co-scripted the
sword-and-sorcery films Fire and Ice and Conan the Destroyer.
Dann Thomas has written or co-written stories in multiple Avengers
titles. At DC, she collaborated with husband Roy to create Infinity
Inc., Jonni Thunder, Young All-Stars, and other Golden Age
character tie-ins.
From a start at short-lived Atlas/Seaboard, Danny Fingeroth moved
to Marvel to edit multiple Spider-Man titles; and write for
Avengers, Dazzler and What If? During the 1990s, he scripted all
fifty issues of Darkhawk, as well as Spider-Man's Deadly Foes and
Lethal Foes miniseries. Leaving Marvel in 1995, he became Virtual
Comics' editor in chief, and then Visionary Media's senior vice
president for creative production; he has also taught comic-book
writing courses at select universities. In the prose field, he has
written several nonfiction books about the comic-book field, as
well as children's books on noted actors.
Beginning as Stan Lee's production assistant, Herb Trimpe
(1939-2015) went on to pencil a seven-year run on Marvel mainstay
Incredible Hulk - during which he debuted the future X-Man,
Wolverine - as well as 1970s classics Marvel Team-Up, Shogun
Warriors and Godzilla. He was equally prolific during the 1980s on
Nick Fury, The 'Nam and G.I. Joe; the 1990s saw him illustrate
Marvel's First Family on Fantastic Four Unlimited. Trimpe's
war-story credits also include the introduction of the Phantom
Eagle, the WWI aviator hero whose adventures were later chronicled
by Garth Ennis.
The unique, shadowy style of Gene Colan (1926-2011) most memorably
appeared in long stints on Captain America and Daredevil, and all
70 issues of Tomb of Dracula - among the dozens of other Marvel
titles he has drawn. His DC work on Detective Comics and Night
Force is equally well remembered. During the Golden Age, he drew
multiple war stories for Marvel and DC alike. Colan has earned
several Eagle Awards and had professional art showings in New York
City. His work on Ed Brubaker's Captain America at the age of 82
drew well-deserved raves.
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