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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.
Alex Grand and Jim Thompson join former Marvel writer and second Editor-In-Chief of the Marvel Age after Stan Lee about his origins circa 1965-1974. Roy discusses how he left his job as a history teacher to move to New York working at DC Comics with Mort Weisinger, leaving DC for Marvel's Stan Lee, applying his English degree to the Marvel Method, meeting Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko, bringing the pulps like Conan to
comics, his political leanings from early 1970s Tom Wolfe to Rolling Stone Magazine, the Rutland Parade and the first cosplay parties at Tom Fagan's house, and his nude scenes in both National Lampoon magazine and Crazy in the context of the post-sexual revolution.
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Roy Thomas Marvel Age Interview 2020 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
📜 Video chapters
00:00 Welcoming Roy Thomas
00:28 Left DC’s Mort Weisinger for Marvel's Stan Lee?
06:26 Applying English literature to the Marvel Avengers
10:23 Got any resistance for doing this?
12:22 Importation of the pulps and comics to readers?
16:37 Why Conan The Barbarian was popular?
17:34 Influence of pop culture on Hulk 142, 147
22:48 Robin Green, Tom Wolfe, Rolling Stone
25:11 First cosplay parties at Tom Fagan's house
27:58 Late 60s, a fertile period for you
29:31 Giant-Size Invaders, Human Torch
34:13 Avengers, All-Star Squadron
36:13 Jim's favorite Marvel characters
37:45 Expand Marvel Universe with Sci-fi | Julius Schwartz
40:08 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made the Marvel Universe
42:21 Meeting Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko
47:08 Wrapping up
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