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  • Bibliography:
    210 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1979
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Multi-Author Series List

DC Comics: JSA: Justice Society of America

America Vs. The Justice Society (Aug-2015)
Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years (Aug-2015)

DC Comics: Superman

Superman's Metropolis (Jan-1997)
Superman: War of the Worlds (Nov-2000)
Superman Vs. Shazam! (Mar-2013)

Famous Characters: Superman

Superman's Metropolis (Jan-1997)
Superman: War of the Worlds (Nov-2000)
Superman Vs. Shazam! (Mar-2013)

Marvel's Captain America

Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire (Apr-2017)

Marvel's Captain Marvel

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 1 (Sep-2005)
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 2 (Sep-2007)
Captain Marvel: The Many Lives of Carol Danvers (Sep-2020)

Marvel's Daredevil

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 6 (Aug-2011)
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 7 (Oct-2013)
Daredevil Epic Collection: A Woman Called Widow (Nov-2019)

Marvel's Doctor Strange

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 3 (Mar-2007)
Essential Doctor Strange, Volume 2 (Dec-2007)
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 4 (Feb-2010)
Doctor Strange and the Secret Defenders (Sep-2016)
Doctor Strange Epic Collection: A Separate Reality (Nov-2016)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus Vol. 2 (Jul-2018)

Marvel's Fantastic Four

Essential Fantastic Four - Volume 8 (Jun-2010)
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 13 (Nov-2011)
Fantastic Four: Crusaders & Titans (Aug-2013)
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 15 (Sep-2013)
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 16 (Sep-2014)

Marvel's Ghost Rider

Essential Ghost Rider - Volume 1 (Dec-2006)

Marvel's Hulk

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 6 (Oct-2011)
Essential Hulk - Volume 4 (May-2012)
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: In The Hands Of Hydra (Oct-2019)

Marvel's Iron Man

Many Armors of Iron Man (Nov-1992)

Marvel's Spider-Man

Spider-Man: X Men Team-Ups (Apr-1996)
Legends of Marvel: Spider-Man (Jan-2020)

Marvel's The Avengers

Greatest Battles of the Avengers (Sep-1993)
Essential Avengers - Volume 3 (Jun-2001)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 7 (Oct-2007)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 9 (Jun-2009)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 10 (May-2010)
Essential Avengers - Volume 4 (Nov-2010)
Essential Avengers - Volume 5 (Dec-2010)
Avengers: Citizen Kang (Feb-2011)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 11 (Jul-2011)
Avengers: Kree/Skrull War (May-2012)
The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War (May-2012)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 5 (Jul-2013)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 5 (Jan-2015)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 8 (Mar-2015)
Avengers Epic Collection: Behold...the Vision (May-2015)
Avengers: Ultron Unbound (May-2015)
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 6 (Nov-2015)
Avengers: The Death of Mockingbird (Feb-2016)
Avengers Epic Collection: Masters of Evil (May-2017)
The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 3 (Apr-2018)
The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 4 (Apr-2019)
Avengers Epic Collection: This Beachhead Earth (Aug-2020)
Avengers West Coast: Darker than Scarlet (Jan-2021)

Marvel's Thor

Thor: Ragnarok (Feb-2011)
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor, Vol. 18 (Oct-2019)
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor, Vol. 19 (Feb-2020)

Marvel's X-Men

X-Men - Volume 2 Omnibus ()
Essential Classic X-Men - Volume 2 (May-2006)
Essential Classic X-Men - Volume 3 (Mar-2009)
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 3 (Dec-2014)
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 4 (Dec-2014)
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 6 (Dec-2014)
X-Men Epic Collection: Lonely Are The Hunted (Dec-2016)
X-Men By Roy Thomas & Neal Adams (Sep-2019)

Star Wars

Classic Star Wars (Sep-1996)
Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 1 (Jan-2015)
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 1 (Nov-2016)
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (Dec-2016)
Star Wars Artisan Edition (Feb-2020)

Book List in Order: 210 titles





  • It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody. He is Elric, Emperor of Melnibone, cursed with a keen and c...













  • Re-presenting material originally published by Marvel Comics' Epic line, this exciting full-color 72-page graphic novel adapts a classic Robert E. Howard tale. This saga chronicles the adventures of the warrior, Almuric, who, after being hurled throu...



  • This is the graphic novel adaptation of the (non Robert E Howard) story of a 60 something Conan, after he turns the throne of Aquilonia over to his son, and sails off on one last, glorious, adventure....







  • For fans of both Spider-Man and the X-Men, this isn't one you want to miss! From Spidey's first encounter with the original five X-Men to his later adventures with the other members of the team, this has it all, and then some. Written with a great se...




  • Forget Tim Burton's Batman, just think about Fritz Lang's Superman. That's right, writers Jean-Marc Lofficier and Roy Thomas and edgy expressionist artist Ted McKeever present an "Elseworlds" story in which Clark Kent and Superman inhabit the world o...



  • An Elseworlds classic! In 1938 Superman battles an armada of invading Martians! It’s H.G. Wells meets Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in ways you couldn’t imagine! Must reporter Clark Kent’s mysterious alter ego—Superman—sa...



  • The Avengers continues to be one of the hottest selling titles in the comics industry. In thanks, we`ve given readers the opportunity to catch up on more of the classic stories that made them legends in The Essential Avengers Volume 3, with over two ...






  • In the early 1970s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian exploded on to the comics scene. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with a young artist named Barry Smith, and together the two mapped out some of the most stirring and memorable Conan adventures to co...



  • In the early 1970s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian exploded on to the comics scene. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with a young artist named Barry Smith, and together the two mapped out some of the most stirring and memorable Conan adventures to co...



  • The final collection of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's seminal run on Conan the Barbarian. As with many collaborations between two extremely talented artists, Thomas and Windsor-Smith were producing the finest work of their careers just as thei...



    • Roy Thomas, internationally known as a major writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics, has assembled the most thorough look ever taken at All-Star Comics! Drawing on his lifelong passion for The Justice Society of America, he traces its or...



  • The return of Conan is at hand. By the mid 1970s, Robert E Howard's seminal Sword and Sorcery hero had cut a path through the comic-book world, restored to vivid life by prolific writer Roy Thomas and his host of talented artists.Of those artists, no...



  • In the years that have passed since prolific pulp writer Robert E. Howard created his seminal sword-and-sorcery adventurer Conan, many other scribes have tried to re-create the passion and energy Howard infused into his stories. Few have come as clos...



  • Because you demanded it: The first six awe-inspiring issues of the most awesomely offbeat series off all time - collected in one sense-staggering volume. Six titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel tradition! What If? (Vol. 1) #1 - ...



  • This is the third volume in a series collecting the early Conan comic-book stories by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. Originally created in the 1930s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian has survived to emerge as one of this century's most pow...



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    The Golden Age of Comics lives again! For the first time, the classic comic book series by Roy Thomas and Ron Harris is collected in a trade paperback edition. Join young Rob Lansley as he dons the mask of Alter Ego in order to take on the awesome th...



  • In film and television, thousands of fine scripts by established writers are never produced. The Black Coat Script Library is dedicated to presenting some of those scripts. Reginald Rivers -- RIVERS OF TIME -- take those who can afford it back to the...






  • Throughout his adventures across the mythic Hyperborean world, the barbarian called Conan crosses swords with many colorful and dangerous characters, somehow always finding himself on the wrong end of a wizard's wrath, or staring down the hungry jaws...



  • In a fantastic world filled with malevolent magicians and dangerous doppelgangers, one man pits his flesh, blood, and steel against an endless tide of enemies-natural and supernatural-that would seek to destroy him. That man is Conan! Whether he's go...



  • Branded a traitor by the vicious Colonel Yon-Rogg of the Kree for defending the people of Earth, Captain Mar-Vell assumes the human identity of Walter Lawson and becomes the planet's protector against an awesome array of interstellar baddies! Prepare...



  • From the turbulent seas to the deepest, darkest jungles, the barbarian Conan moves ever closer to his destiny as king and conqueror. Allied with the deadly she-pirate Belit, Conan journeys further into the most savage and untamed Hyborian lands, and ...



  • Treading the long and winding path toward his eventual monarchy, Conan becomes witness to the corruption and devastation of many a fantastic kingdom along the way. Not the least of which being the marvelous, and equally dangerous, lands of Harakht - ...



  • Enemies both infamous and obscure abound in another archive of the X-Men's early adventures! Mainstay malefactors like Magneto and the Juggernaut are joined by the thunderous threat of Factor Three! Plus: the first appearances of Banshee and Polaris!...



  • Spider-Man teams up with Marvel's most celebrated super heroes! The Fantastic Four, the greatest team of adventurers ever assembled! The X-Men, Children of the Atom! And the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Plus: Namor the Sub-Mariner! Ghost Rider...



  • Superior production values. And above all…STAN LEE SPEAKING.An amazing universe…an amazing book!  Stan Lee -- whose wildly creative imagination gave life to such superheroes as Spider-Man, The X-Men, and Daredevil -- presents his 50 f...



  • For more than 70 years, fantasy fans have followed the exploits of Conan through novels, comic books, and movies. This book, the first-ever illustrated guide to Robert E. Howard's most beloved character, is a genuine treasure chest of Conan lore, fol...



  • Jaded by heroes who come back from the dead? Meet the hero who started there and stayed there! His stare's the only thing that's empty about the adventures of Simon Garth through mad science and madder magic! Terrors criminal, corporate and just plai...







  • When orphaned stunt-show star Johnny Blaze discovers his adoptive father Crash Simpson is dying of a rare blood disease, he barters his immortal soul for a miracle cure. The trade-off ultimately leaves him bound to the demon Zarathos, and their meldi...



  • What's it like to be the son and the daughter of the Father of Lies? Find out as Daimon Hellstrom and his sister, Satana, face the worst of two worlds! Can they save their souls along with the world? Featuring Exorcists, Cyclists, Nihilists and Ice D...



  • From the savage swamps of Iskander to the burning wastes of Stygia, Conan battles mutated man-dragons and a corpse-devouring abomination in this most recent volume chronicling the legendary exploits of literature's greatest fantasy hero! Before the b...



  • With the Marvel Age of Comics running full tilt, 1968 brought with it a massive expansion of the Marvel line, and the good Doctor Strange finally landed his own practice. Headed up by no less than Roy Thomas, paired with the one of the Silver Age’s...



  • Conan and Belit, Queen of the Black Coast, reunite with their pirate crew aboard the Tigress only to be drawn into the vermin-infested swamps of Stygia. In the dark depths of this haunted land, they battle for their lives amidst stately pleasure gard...



    • In this new book, "Jazzy" John Romita ― the artist who made The Amazing Spider-Man Marvel's #1-selling comic book in the 1960s ― talks about his life, his art and his contemporaries! Authored by former Marvel Comics editor in chief and t...



  • More classic tales of Marvel's leading ladies! Featuring Kitty Pryde, Black Cat, Dagger, Spider-Woman, Tigra, Rogue, Storm and more! Collects Avengers #83, Uncanny X-Men #168, Strange Tales #10-11, Spider-Woman #10 and more...



  • BY ROY THOMAS, FRANK THORNE, & VARIOUS This contains the Red Sonja tales from Red Sonja #8-14, presented in glorious, fully re-mastered color. These tales are where it all begins, and help set the stage for the current Red Sonja series! This is a...



  • Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ARNOLD DRAKE, and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by GIL KANE, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, TOM SUTTON, and FRANK SPRINGER. Cover by GIL KANE. Published in August of 2007, Hardcover, 264 pages, full color...






  • An all-new Edition of the best-selling ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA VOLUME 1 COLLECTION featuring the classic Marvel Comics Adventures of the She-Devil with a Sword -- featuring newly remastered interior color art! Containing the Red Sonja tales from Marv...



  • Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble once again under the banner of the crème de la crème of comics collections-the Marvel Masterworks. Joined by the titanic talents of John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Barry Windsor-Smith, AVENGERS scribe, Roy Thomas, el...



    • Comics legend Roy Thomas presents still more amazing secrets behind the 1940-51 All-Star Comics and the 1941-44 Seven Soldiers of Victory -- an illustrated speculation about how other Golden Age super-teams might have been assembled! Also,...



  • A new era begins for Conan the Barbarian, as he sets out, once more alone, into the savage heart of Hyboria - his wit, his strength, and his blade, his only allies against a flood of foes both human and super-human! Presenting more of the celebrated ...



  • Now unto us is born...the magician! The Master of the Mystic Arts' earliest adventures continue as Strange stands as mankind's last, best hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious world - including Nig...



  • In the mid 1970s a comics magazine was published containing some of the most exciting epic fantasy tales the world has ever known-The Savage Sword of Conan. Based off of the work of renowned author Robert E. Howard, each issue offered multiple thrill...



    • In 1961, Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas launched Alter Ego, the first fanzine devoted to comic books and their colorful history. This volume, first published in low distribution in 1997, collects the original 11 issues (published from 1961-78) o...



  • Conan faces his most arduous adventure yet as he matches his wits and brawn against the very forces of nature itself - no small task, even for a man who's done battle with wizards, otherworldly beasts, and ancient gods. But will the strength of steel...



  • Leap into the adventures of the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest non-team! Bonded in a mutual mission are the mightiest misfits in the Marvel U.: the Incredible Hulk, the Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer. But these warriors three don't rest on by...



  • Melville's seafaring masterpiece is brought to stirring life in the pages of the Marvel Illustrated line. Young sailor Ishmael signs onto the whaling ship, Pequod. Soon, he comes to question his judgment as the vessel sets sail and he meets the stran...








  • The seafaring saga comes to a stunning conclusion! Young Jim Hawkins is now a prisoner of the vicious pirates lead by the treacherous Long John Silver. Silver demands Hawkins take his scurvy crew to the treasure buried on the island-or his life is fo...



  • First published over a century ago, this extraordinary tale of long-lost treasure and revenge remains one of the most memorable in classic literature. In this unabridged gift edition, two-time Cladecott Medal-winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon...



  • Gr 5-8–In this Marvel Comics six-part retelling of Stevenson’s tale, the mood is intense and the plot is fast moving. Young Jim Hawkins and his family, owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn, are immediately ill at ease when wretched pirate Bil...




  • This volume contains some of the most ambitious adaptations of Conan material to date, reprinting the epic battle that leads to Conan becoming the king of Aquilonia in Conan the Liberator, the sword-and-sorcery classic Sword of Skelos, and the exhila...





    • The epic series of All-Star Companions goes out with a bang, featuring: Colossal coverage of the Golden Age All-Star Comics! Sensational secrets of the Junior Justice Society! An index of the complete solo adventures of all 18 original JSAer...



  • In graphic novel format, retells the story of D'Artagnan, who wants to become a Musketeer in the King's personal guard, and is sent to England to prevent Cardinal Richelieu from discrediting the Queen....



  • With writers Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, and Bruce Jones contributing to The Savage Sword of Conan in the early 1980s, the action-filled comics magazine continued its long, successful run exploring the lush and dangerous world of Conan's Hyboria. T...



  • Written by ROY THOMAS Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN & MARIE SEVERIN Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA Imperious Rex! Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner has returned for another MARVEL MASTERWORKS adventure! Writer Roy Thomas and a trio of definitive Sub-Marine...




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    Written by ROY THOMAS (based on the epic by HOMER) Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI Cover by GREG TOCCHINI Odysseus...son of Laertes, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, warrior-king of Ithaca. For ten years he struggled against men, monsters, and go...



  • In 1970, Barry Windsor-Smith burst onto the comic-book scene with his dynamic portrayal of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, altering the course of the blue-eyed Cimmerian forever, and cementing himself as one of the greatest artists to touch p...




  • Dark Horse Comics presents the exciting second volume of The Chronicles of Kull, which completes the Kull the Conqueror run with #10 - written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Marie Severin - and launches Kull the Destroyer, featuring the creative talent...





  • With works by fan-favorites such as Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and George Perez, the Fantastic Four embark on some of their craziest adventures yet! Our heroes battle alternate versions of themselves across the dimensions, fight alongside the Invaders...



  • The Invaders return to New York just in time to aid the Liberty Legion against the deadly Iron Cross! Then, with the Kid Commandos, the Invaders face the deadly Super-Axis - Lady Lotus, U-Man, Baron Blood, Master Man, and Warrior Woman! Then, see the...



  • From September 4, 1978, until April 12, 1981, thousands of readers across the country thrilled to the daily adventures of everyone's favorite barbarian, Conan! Now Dark Horse Comics is proud to present the Conan newspaper strips collected for the fir...






  • Conan is king! Join Conan, King of Aquilonia, his queen Zenobia, and their son Conn in this comics adaptation of L. Sprague de Camp's, Lin Carter's, and Bjorn Nyberg's stories "The Witch of the Mists," "Black Sphinx of Nebthu," "Red Moon of Zembabwei...




  • The Chronicles of Kull Volume 3 collects the last nine exciting Kull the Destroyer comics, tying up all of the loose ends from the previous two volumes and culminating in the most important fight of the former Valusian king's life -- the battle for...




  • In the tradition of The Savage Sword of Conan and Saga of Solomon Kane collections, Dark Horse presents The Savage Sword of Kull, which is the first of a two-volume set that will collect all of the black-and-white Kull material printed by Marvel in t...



  • From the Sentinels and the Savage Land Mutates to Loki, Dormammu and Thanos, the Avengers prove the universe's worst is no match for their best! Magnetic mayhem and nuclear nostalgia! Featuring Golden Age guest-stars, mythic menaces and more! Plus: t...



  • In the unassuming town of Timely, Wisconsin, the Vision has disappeared, and it's up to the Fantastic Four and the Avengers to save him! But Timely is connected to Kang's city of Chronopolis, which spans the entire history of the Earth and is guarded...



  • The menace of Loki! The attack of the massive Midgard Serpent! The death of Balder! The sacrifice of Odin! Deadly battles with trolls and giants! The debut of a new redheaded Thor! All-out war with the forces of Hela! Does the fate of Asgard lie in t...



  • In the mid 1970s following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry's best with the equally popular Savage Sword of Conan ma...



  • There’s no mariner like the Sub-Mariner as you’re about to see! Yes, Prince Namor is back for another dip with the Marvel Masterworks. Featuring scripts Roy Thomas and art by Marie Severin -- with a little help from the brothers Buscema -- comics...



  • ALTER EGO: CENTENNIAL is a celebration of 100 issues, and 50 years, of ALTER EGO, Roy Thomas’ legendary super-hero fanzine. It’s a double-size triple-threat book, with twice as many pages as the regular magazine, plus special features just for th...



  • As a child, Daniel Rand embarked on a trek with his father and mother through the Himalayan Mountains to find the lost city of K'un-Lun, but their journey ended tragically with the death of Rand's parents! Now, ten years later, Daniel returns as the ...



  • Brutus is a boy that has giant parents. Sadly Brutus was born far too small to be a giant and so his parents leave him in the care of a family with children who are the same size as him. Soon all of those that know Brutus realise he is no ordinary ch...



  • Shunned by their parents and mentors in the Justice Society of America, Infinity, Inc. is a team made up of the best and brightest new heroes from the next generation of DC Comics. Collected at last from INFINITY INC. #1-4, ALL-STAR SQUADRON #25-26 a...



  • Avengers Assemble! Back in another beautifully restored Marvel Masterworks edition, Cap, Iron Man, Thor and the gang present another set of trend-setting adventures! Starting off with an intriguing Harlan Ellison adaptation, there’s no time wasted ...



  • Move over Invaders: it's the Liberty Legion, America's home-front super heroes of World War II! Miss America! The Whizzer! Thin Man! Red Raven! And more! But when things get tough, they may need some help from the future in the form of the Thing and ...




  • Bram Stroker's legendary novel of gothic horror to life in this stunning adaptation by comics legends Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano-newly colored by June Chung. Solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to distant Transylvania encounters the enigmatic and sin...



  • Oh yeah, MARVEL MASTERWORKS fans, it is time to Hulk out! Roy Thomas and the man who made ol' Purple Pants his mission for nearly 100 issues, Herb Trimpe, bring you a stack of INCREDIBLE HULK classics that'll leave you feeling green and liking it. It...



  • A short picture book for young children. Introducing an intrepid sailor named Percy. Percy has a cat named Chester and a dog named Pippin. Pippin joins Percy on his trips whilst Chester stays at home. Written in rhyme the story has vivid illustration...



  • The MARVEL MASTERWORKS march on with the next collection of incomparable FANTASTIC FOUR adventures! When the Human Torch skips out for the Inhumans' hidden city and his girl Crystal, he doesn't find the reception he planned for when Quicksilver greet...



  • The man who brought Conan to comics, legendary writer Roy Thomas, returns to scripting the Cimmerian''s exploits! The journey down the fabled Road of Kings is a treacherous one, filled with monsters, angry victims of Conan''s light fingers, and other...



  • Marvel's line of fantastic first appearances continues! Assembled in one volume are dozens of Marvel's finest offerings, with an extra emphasis on mutants and monsters! See for yourself how such '70s stalwarts as Brother Voodoo, Deathlok, Iron Fist, ...



  • A new super-team, the All-Star Squadron, has been founded on Earth II in the hopes of finding several lost heroes from the Justice Society of America. But the JSA's old foe Per Degaton is plotting to help with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Can the tea...



  • Caught in the crossfire, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of star-spanning proportions! For those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls, have gone to war, and our planet is situated on the ...




  • A conflict of star-spanning proportions - with Earth caught in the crossfire! For those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shapechanging Skrulls, have gone to war, and our planet is situated on the front lines! Can Earth's Migh...



  • Neither wholly plant nor animal, neither entirely self-aware nor totally non-sentient, the creature called the Man-Thing is unique, unchanging and alone - but none who encounter him can ever be the same again. Empathic by nature and drawn to fi ght e...



  • All right, ya goldbricks! Stand at attention and salute the good Sgt. Fury and his latest cache of World War II adventures brought to you by none other than the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Your mission includes action on the Greek front, covert operations in...



  • Conan finds himself wrapped up in a plot to unseat the king of Aquilonia as his journey down the Road of Kings concludes. But when everything goes wrong, the Cimmerian and his co-conspirators become lost in the catacombs beneath the city, surrounded ...



  • It's the Man of Steel vs. the World's Mightiest Mortal in this action-packed collection, featuring appearances by many of their allies in the battle for justice, as well as villains including Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam and more....



    • This sequel to Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine presents more fantastic features from the fabled magazine begun in 1961 by Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas ― covering undiscovered gems from all 11 original issues published bet...



  • Collects Amazing Adventures (1970) #5-10 and Avengers (1963) #95. Black Bolt, monarch of the Inhumans, wanders the streets of San Francisco — his memory stolen and his identity forgotten — while Maximus the Mad has usurped the throne! W...



  • Earth's Mightiest Heroes gain one of Earth's Mightiest artists - the one and only John Buscema! Big John joins Roy Thomas for the beginning of their classic Avengers collaboration, and here's what they have in store for you: Hercules goes mano-a-mano...



  • The return of a hero! A clash of titans! Team roster shakeups! The sensational seventies serve as the source of some of the FF's most scintillating sagas, as this colossal collection proves beyond a doubt! First, revisit one of Marvel's Atlas Era gla...



  • Marvel Masterworks! First comes a battle of the sexes as the FF find themselves in the midst of the fight between Femizons and Mahkizmo the Nuclear Man. Then, the Silver Surfer returns with a vengeance! The Machiavellian Dr. Doom has captured the Sur...



  • The Man Without Fear heads out to the Left Coast in a quest to earn back the love of Miss Karen Page - and L.A.'s never been stranger! A cast of bizarre and action-packed enemies stands between DD and the woman he loves, including Stunt-Master, Broth...



  • Prepare yourself for one of the most epic eras in the history of Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema have prepared for you a string of classics that have defined the Atlantean's life forevermore - and lucky you, the Marvel Maste...



  • Published in the 1970s, set in the 1940s, the Invaders was Marvel's best and brightest retro revival of the Golden Age heroes of World War II...and now, the series is collected across two massive volumes! Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-...



  • The Crusader! The Thing cured! Luke Cage joins the FF! Hulk vs. the Thing and both of them vs. the FF! Galactus vs. the High Evolutionary! Time traveling adventures with the Invaders! And the impossible return of an improbable guest-star! Writer Roy ...



  • Namor the Sub-Mariner, Avenging Son of Atlanti s. Jim Hammond, the original android Human Torch. Two icons whose rivalry goes all the way back to the dawn of Marvel Comics. Now, learn the full story of two legendary adversaries who would one day beco...



  • Collects X-Men (1963) #22-31. Witness the first appearance of X-Men mainstay Banshee and read the rare stories when a sixth mutant member, the Mimic, joined Professor X's squad. Also featured are the beginnings of the long-ranging Factor Three saga, ...



  • Collecting Uncanny X-Men (1963) #32-42. The Juggernaut has returned to plague the X-Men! That's not the only earth-shaking tale in store, though. There's the X-Men vs. Spider-Man; an underworld battle against the Mole Man and Tyrannus; and the culmin...



  • Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #54-66. The X-Men's greatest adventures. Thrill to the introduction of mutant mainstay Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron, the Mutates and Sunfire; and battles against the Living Pharaoh and the Sentinels....



  • Published in the 1970s, set in the 1940s, Invaders was Marvel’s best and brightest retro revival of the Golden Age heroes of World War II, and now, the series is collected across two massive volumes! Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mar...



  • Collects Avengers (1963) #41-50, Avengers Annual #1. Prince of Power, Hercules goes mano-a-mano with the Dragon Man; Captain America mixes it up with the Russian Red Guardian for the Red, White and Blue; the entire dag-blamed Avengers battle the Supe...



  • "As the phenomenon dawned in 1977, Marvel Comics published the very first STAR WARS comic-book series. Now, the House of ideas is re-presenting those original adventures in its wampa-sized Omnibus format! It''s the return of the Jedi to Marvel in an ...



  • As the 1970s dawned, Marvel Comics marched into a new era. An era whose heroes increasingly reflected the turmoil and social unrest of the time. And as Marvel’s heroic pantheon evolved, a newly christened hero debuted to herald that new era: Adam W...



  • Collects Avengers (1963) #69-79. You know it's trouble when Kang the Conqueror drops in from the 41st century, but this time he pits our heroes against Hyperion, Nighthawk, Dr. Spectrum and the Whizzer - the Squadron Sinister - in a cosmic chess matc...



  • Bear witness to the story of Elric, Lord of Melniboné; his dark cousin - the evil Yyrkoon; their dark magics; and their terrible struggle for rule of the fabled Emerald Isle! Collecting the first volume of the classic adaptation of Michael Moorc...




  • Collects Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1-2; Super-Villain Team-Up #1-14, #16-17; Avengers (1963) #154-156; Champions #16. The Lord of Latveria and Atlantisí Avenging Son forge the Marvel Universeís most volatile alliance! But when the Sub-Marin...



  • Earth's mightiest heroes face their deadliest foe once again! More powerful than ever before, the mechanical menace has declared himself the ultimate Ultron! And he's upgraded his elimination target from merely mankind to all life on Earth. But Ultro...



  • Marvel's 1970s cult-classic miniseries is collected in one super-sized one-shot! Linda Carter, Georgia Jenkins and Christine Palmer are all studying to become nurses. But what will happen when Linda must choose between love and career? Can Georgia st...



  • Prepare yourself for one of the most stellar creative periods in Avengers history! Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Sal Buscema raise Earth's Mightiest Heroes to unheard-of heights with the: debut of the Vision, an all-out battle with Ultron...




  • This epic story, originally published in the 1980s, takes place in the late 1940s. Following the end of the war, Superman discovers evidence compiled by Batman that accuses the Justice Society of America of collaborating with the Nazis during World W...



  • Comic book history was made in 1940 with the introduction of the Justice Society of America in ALL-STAR COMICS. Hour-Man, Doctor Fate, The Spectre, The Sandman, The Atom, The Flash, The Green Lantern and Hawkman all became acquainted with one another...



  • Following his self-exile from Melnibone, Elric is faced with his biggest challenge ever! As he lies dying on the shores of an unknown land, he is taken aboard a mysterious ship where time and logic hold no meaning. Several other incarnations of the...



  • Collects Avengers (1963) #51-58 and Annual #2, X-Men (1963) #45. Take a trip through one of the most stellar creative periods in Avengers’ history! The Black Panther joins the team, the Avengers fight the X-Men, a new Masters of Evil debuts, ...



  • Inheriting the captaincy of a Barachan pirate ship, Conan and his crew are captured and imprisoned in a Kushite dungeon, with no seeming avenue of escape. That is, until Conan makes a pact with a mysterious prisoner-Imhotep, the Ravager of Worlds,...




  • Collects Avengers West Coast #92-100, 102; Spider-Woman (1993) #1-4; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #143-144. Say a tearful farewell to Mockingbird ó and the whole West Coast Avengers team ó as Hawkeye loses everything! But first, heí...



  • Traveling the Road of Kings through Shadizar the Wicked, Conan saves the life of a beautiful noblewoman, who promises to help the barbarian free his soul from a bewitched mirror. Plus: Conan meets Solomon Kane, and the reimagining by Eisner Hall of F...



  • Escaping prison in Koth by crawling deep beneath its flaming mountains, Conan and his comrades enter a far deadlier realm. Here is an ancient kingdom of fire, ash, and the undead, commanded by Varnae, First Lord of Vampires!

    The Chronicles of...



  • Get the full story of Marvel's most superior superteam! They're the mightiest heroes of their dimension, but what happens when the Squadron Supreme encounter the Serpent Crown...and the Avengers? Then, in one of the most celebrated miniseries of all ...



  • In the steaming jungles of Darfar, Conan crosses paths with Valeria, a former pirate comrade as formidable as she is beautiful. When the mercenary band is fallen upon and captured by seemingly deathless Darfari warriors, there is only one way out for...



  • Discover how Barbara Morse became the Avenger known as Mockingbird! She's a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist who's trained for action and destined for greatness, and she's hunting down the Man-Thing in the Savage Land - with a little help from Ka-Zar! But what...



  • Plagued by nightmares of his homeland consumed by fire and death, Conan is compelled to set out for distant Cimmeria to see if his tribe still lives. But the barbarian warrior's path is unexpectedly fraught with legions of the undead under the unholy...



  • Collecting the third volume of the classic 1980's comic adaptation of the Elric of Melniboné novels by Michael Moorcock!

    Adapted from Moorcock's eponymous first story featuring Elric of Melnibone and originally published by Marvel Comics, th...



  • The Master of the Mystic Arts revives the original non-team - and this time they're more secret than ever! To save the world from the threats they'll never know existed, Doctor Strange uses magical tarot cards to select the perfect team for every mis...



  • A host of top-flight creators including Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Stan Lee and Barry Windsor-Smith begin our collection of Doctor Strange at his very best! They'll take you on a trip to the dark side of the Marvel Universe and bring you before The Undy...



  • May the Force be with you, in the mighty Marvel manner! The classic original Star Wars comic-book series begins with an action-packed adaptation of Episode IV A New Hope, then continues the story of Luke Skywalker and his rebel friends as they fight ...



  • Conan must scale the forbidden Mount of Crom to prevent the release of the ancient god-demon Shuma Gorath, imprisoned by Crom himself! But the witch queen Vammatar and her necromancer husband, Kulan Gath, also seek the summit--and the iron-bound Book...



  • Ten years after its initial successful publication, The Marvel Vault returns in fully updated form. Chock-full of historic and never-before-seen memorabilia, and featuring all of Marvel’s most beloved characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man and ...



  • The original†comic†adaptation of the†greatest space-fantasy film†of all is remastered for the modern age with all-new coloring by†Chris Sotomayor! Weeks before†George Lucas' first†Star Wars†film hit theatres,†Marvel gave fans their ...



  • Join the original X-Men - Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel and Iceman - in adventures from the days when Marvel's merry mutants were more the quirkiest quintet in comics than the worldwide wunderkinds they are today. This Epic Collection presents e...



  • Compiling the short stories The Dream of Earl Aubec, The Dreaming City, While the Gods Laugh and The Singing Citadel, The Weird of the White Wolf brings Elric back to Melnibonë for a series of epic adventures where his might and magic will face the ...



  • One step ahead of a vengeful Kothian army, Conan leads a fleeing mercenary band into the dread Dark Valley, a necropolis once throned by a demon slain by Conan himself. But while the demon may be dead, waiting silently in the darkness is an empty sui...



  • Captain America...criminal?! The Secret Empire was rarely more secretive or empirical than in this classic arc that sets Cap against a conspiracy out to frame and replace him in the American mind! And pay close attention to the man behind the curtain...



  • Earth's Mightiest Heroes are matched with two of comics' mightiest talents - Roy Thomas and John Buscema - for one of the greatest creative periods in Avengers history! It's cover-to-cover watershed moments: Captain America mixes it up with the Russi...



  • Collecting the fifth volume of the classic comic adaptation of Michael Moorcock's bestselling fantasy saga!


         With his reluctant companion Moonglum in tow, the albino emperor embarks upon a perilous quest in search of the dark sor...



  • For the first time ever, the classic Swordquest mini-comics created by comic book industry legends Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, George Perez, and Dick Giordano (and originally packaged with the Atari cartridges of their namesake) are gloriously remaster...



  • Après avoir reçu un super-sérum expérimental, Steve Rogers devient un super-soldat qui lutte pour la liberté. Combattant engagé dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale ou meneur des Vengeurs, le plus patriote des héros de c...



  • 1987�s classic origin story for the World�s Mightiest Mortal is back in SHAZAM: A NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION! He was one of the greatest heroes of comics� Golden Age�a square-jawed colossus with a child�s optimistic spi...



  • Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble under the titanic talents of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Gene Colan, and Barry Windsor-Smith. It's page after page of Avengers classics beginning with the wedding of the Wasp and Yellowjacket. Then, Hawkey...



  • Bruce Banner ne peut rien contrôler quand il se change en incroyable, sauvage ou ravageur Hulk, pour le plus grand malheur de tous ceux qui lui barrent la route, en particulier s''ils ont de mauvaises intentions. Cet album s''engage dans le sill...



  • Doctor Strange is thrust into the Infi nity War! The Doc allies with Galactus, puts together a group of mages to save the Earth and reunites the original Defenders...but when Strange defies the all-powerful Vishanti and is stripped of his mystical po...



  • JUNE 1944. The day before the Allied landing. A group of super-powered Nazis threatens the success of Operation Overlord: Stahlmann, Vampyr, Scarlet Lips and other, even more terrifying creatures can stop the progress of the Allied troops on the b...



  • Featuring a collection of issues from the original Marvel Comics series “The Savage Sword of Conan,” with each page painstakingly re-mastered for this volume! Plus, legendary Red Sonja writer and former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas provides ...



  • A stunning new original graphic novel from the legendary creative team of writer Roy Thomas, artist Esteban Moroto and the incredible talent of Santi Casas - presented here as an oversized hardcover and featuring a spectacular us...



  • Collecting What If? (1977) #1-12. Titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel tradition ?with a twist! Overseen by the Watcher, the most offbeat series of all revisited major Marvel moments, asking the tantalizing question: what if? Ima...



  • Caught in the crossfi re, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of cosmic proportions. The merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls have gone to war, and humanity is on the frontline. It's Roy Thomas and Neal Adams'classic Kree-Skru...



  • Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel's line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. Full-color covers, letters pages, pinups, extensive articles and reviews on Conan, his world and his creator -everything's included just as no one is...



  • The comics adaptation based on the film from Columbia Pictures (Sony) and Zoetrope Studios returns with all-new colors.

    Mike Mignola is one of the most popular comic book artists of the past thirty years, known for such important works as Batm...



  • Collects X-Men (1963) #56-57 (A Stories), #58-63 and #65. In 1969, with X-MEN on the verge of cancellation, the creative team of Roy Thomas and Neal Adams charted a bold new direction for Marvel’s mutants…and the rest is history! Their epic evolu...



  • Collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #118-137, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #16. It’s time to Hulk out! We begin with bare-fisted battles against the Sub-Mariner, the Inhumans and the bizarre swamp beast the Glob! Then, the Hulk and the Thing go mano a ma...



  • Collects Thor (1966) #279-290 and Annual #7-8. Prepare now -- the Celestials are coming! Roy Thomas and Walter Simonson usher in the era of the Eternals, and it may mean death for all mankind. Thus begins the unbelievable war between gods known as ...



  • Know Again, O Reader...

    In thousands of four-color panels for Marvel Comics, Roy Thomas told the tale of Robert E. Howard’s greatest creation, Conan the Barbarian. Now, in this definitive biography and analysis, Roy chronicles Conan’s ...



  • Collects Daredevil (1964) #64-86, Iron Man (1968) #35-36. Daredevil heads out to the Left Coast in a quest to earn back the love of Karen Page - and L.A. has never been stranger! A cast of bizarre and action-packed enemies stands between DD and the w...



  • Collects Sensational Spider-Man: Self-Improvement (2019) #1, Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big (2019) #1, Power Pack: Grow Up (2019) #1. In honor of Marvel’s 80th anniversary, legendary creators return to the webbed world of the Amazing Spider-Man! Dec...



  • Collects Thor (1966) #291-302; Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #24, 26. THE MIGHTY THOR celebrates its 300th issue as the amazing Celestial Saga reaches its epic conclusion! In these pages Thor will join forces with the Eternals, the secrets of Marvel...



  • This is one book no Star Wars aficionado can afford to miss!

    In 1977, the same year the film was released, Marvel Comics launched Star Wars as a comic book. Adapted by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, the comic series ignited the imaginations of...



  • Collects Avengers (1963) #77-97; Incredible Hulk (1968) #140. Roy Thomas’ epic run continues with the origin of the Black Panther, the debut of the Lady Liberators, the return of the Squadron Sinister and the all-time classic Kree/Skrull War! Caugh...



  • Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #13; Ms. Marvel (1977) #1, 19; Avengers (1963) #183-184; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #164; Logan: Shadow Society (1996) #1; Avengers (1998) #4; Iron Man (1998) #85; Ms. Marvel (2006) #32-33; Captain Marvel (2012) #1. She ...



  • Collects Avengers West Coast #51-57 and #60-62.The Witch is back! The shocking truth about her children revealed, the Scarlet Witch suffers a nervous breakdown and descends into madness. Manipulated by her father, the mutant terrorist Magneto, Wanda ...



  • Dracula is one of the most well-known characters in the world. Now, read the story of the man who inspired the legend in this graphic novel available again for the first time in almost 30 years.

    A prince of Wallachia and son of Vlad Dracul (Th...



  • Roy Thomas and John Buscema join forces to build CONAN THE BARBARIAN into one of the greatest comic book series of all time! Conan wanders the lands of Hyboria, eventually finding himself pressed into duty as a soldier in the army of his one-time foe...



  • Collects Conan the Barbarian (1970) #43-59 & material from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #1. In these pages Conan meets the Queen of the Black Coast in one of the most captivating pairings in comics! But first, he teams up with Red Sonja in one of...



  • Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #101-102, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #15, Morbius: Bond of Blood (2021) #1, material from Spider-Man Family (2007) #5. Michael Morbius is one of the most tragic figures in all of the Marvel-Verse -- transformed by h...



  • A stunning comic book adaptation of the classic Elric: Bane of the Black Sword novel by Michael Moorcock. This is the fifth book in the bestselling fantasy series.The Bane of the Black Sword is the fifth volume in the saga of Elric, the albino so...



  • Previously available only to subscribers of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' website, Tarzan: The New Adventures is at last available in print.This incarnation of the Jungle Lord is presented in Sunday newspaper landscape format, with all-new stories penned...



  • Collects Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #34-47 and Annual #2, Silver Surfer (1987) #67 and Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death. From here to Infinity! As Earth's heroes reckon with Thanos and his universe-altering Infinity Gauntlet, Doct...



  • Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #126-146 and Giant-Size Super-Stars #1. FANTASTIC FOUR enters a new era as Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway take the reins! And Thomas begins where it all began - with the Mole Man! - this time paired with Kala, Queen of the...



  • Collects Conan the Barbarian (1970) #72-88. Conan the Barbarian and the pirate queen Bêlit continue their quest to reclaim her rightful place on the throne of Asgalun! To do so, they must descend deep down the River Styx into Luxur - the capital cit...



  • Collects Doctor Strange (1968) #183, Sub-Mariner (1968) #22 And #34-35, Incredible Hulk (1968) #126, Marvel Feature (1971) #1-3, Defenders (1972) #1-11, Avengers (1963) #116-118 and material from Avengers (1963) #115. The day of the Defenders has com...



  • Collects Marvel Super Heroes (1967) #12-13, Captain Marvel (1968) #1-7 And Material From Not Brand Echh #9. Watch the skies - Captain Marvel, the space-born super hero, is coming! Branded a traitor to the alien Kree race for defending the natives of ...



  • By overwhelming demand, Roy Thomas has compiled all the material on the founders of the Marvel Bullpen from three sold-out Alter Ego issues—plus over 30 new pages of content! There’s the Steve Ditko issue (#160 with a rare ’60s Ditk...



  • More all-new, in-continuity tales set in the X-Men's legendary past! First, writer Roy Thomas returns to bridge the gap between his 1960s run and the team-redefining GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1! Discover Wolverine's government missions before his recruitment...



  • Beginning in June 1977, the creative team of Roy Thomas and John Buscema astonished readers with perhaps the most spectacular escapades of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs' fabled Lord of the Jungle, ever captured on the four-color page! In the Mighty Ma...



  • Collects Thor (1966) #476-490, Thor Annual (1966) #19, material from Avengers Annual (1967) #23. Who is Don Blake?! For years, Thor thought "Blake" was a mortal guise created by Odin - so how is he standing here, alive and well? The all-powerful Dest...



  • Collects X-Men (1963) #20-29. The Xavier School has a new headmaster: Roy Thomas! Stan Lee’s right-hand man, Roy took mutantkind on wild new adventures as he cut his teeth as a scripter of superhero sagas. These early adventures come from the time ...



  • The Savage Sword of Conan is back from Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics! Featuring an epic new Conan tale from John Arcudi and Max von Fafner, the rousing return of Solomon Kane written and drawn by Patch Zircher, an electric prose story from Jim ...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Roy Thomas has published 210 books.

Roy Thomas does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Savage Sword of Conan #1, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Roy Thomas, Conan the Barbarian, was published in May 1979.

No. Roy Thomas does not write books in series.