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Roy William Thomas Jr. (born November 22, 1940) 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 The Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles. Among the comics characters he co-created are Wolverine, Vision, Doc Samson, Carol Danvers, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Ultron, Yellowjacket, Defenders, Man-Thing, Red Sonja, Morbius, Ghost Rider, Squadron Supreme, Invaders, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Nighthawk, Havok, Banshee, Sunfire, Thundra, Arkon, Killraven, Wendell Vaughn, Red Wolf, Red Guardian, Daimon Hellstrom, Brother Voodoo and Valkyrie. Thomas was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Avengers Secret Wars (my take) Welcome to Battleworld where some fight for Doom's cause and others rebel for the freedom of the multiverse. Doctor Doom uses Battleworld as a leash on the multiversal incursions. Some people would help him contain the multiversal threat while others would find his methods 'sinister' and they would try to either Destory or take control of Battleworld. Secret Wars picks up from where Avengers Doomsday left off, where we saw a small group of remaining hero's formed from sacred timeline Earth 616 and fox universe Earth 10005. In Doomsday many characters who opposed Doom were killed with only a few X-men, Avengers and fantastic four remaining who appear in Secret Wars. Survivors include: Sam Wilson (cap), Cyclops (Marsden) Wolverine, Kate Bishop, Thor, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Thing, Spider-man (616), Star-lord, Monica Rambeau, Deadpool, White Vision, Scarlet Witch, She Hulk, Daredevil, Clea, Cassie Lang (stature), Ant-man, Shang Chi, Ms Marvel, Hulk, Ironheart, Falcon, Sentry, Yelena and The Punisher. These characters will all be spread across Battleworld to begin with and they must regroup once again. They may also encounter other 'familiar faces' along the way...
