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Apr 1, 2024 · Wolverine’s costume was designed by longtime Marvel artist and art director John Romita, Sr. (d.2023), at the instigation of then Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas.
- Inspirations and Secret Origins of What If…?
- Bringing What If…? to Life at Marvel
- Expanding The Marvel Multiverse
- Roy Thomas’s Top 5What If…?’S
Zach Rabiroff: Alternate history is a genre that has a long and storied past, going back far beyond Marvel Comics, of course. Thinking back to your formative years, before you became a writer, what was the first alternate history or alternate reality story that struck your fancy? Roy Thomas: I don’t recall when I first encountered the idea, but I d...
Rabiroff: In 1977, you launched the What If…? series at Marvel, and wrote its first two issues, followed by another 15 over the next two decades. What led you to pitch the series at that time? What was the story of its genesis? Thomas: Having fairly recently left the editor-in-chief job, I wanted to find a way to write salable comics without having...
Rabiroff: Many What If…?stories (both by yourself and your successors) took as their inspiration some of the hidden corners and forgotten minutia of Marvel continuity. Was it always your intention to use the series as a means to explore those corners, or was it just a happy accident? Is there something about comics continuity you find intriguing as...
Because the two things we love most at ComicsXF are our loyal readers and a good top 5 list, we asked Roy Thomas to tell us his five favorite What If…? Stories from his time at Marvel. Here, in no particular order, are his picks for the best of the could-have-beens:
Nov 2, 2021 · Even beyond the creation of some of Marvel's most popular characters, Thomas was the first creator to take over as Marvel Editor-in-Chief from Stan Lee after the latter was promoted to Publisher...
- Adam Barnhardt
May 11, 2021 · During his initial tenure with Marvel, Thomas wrote titles such as "The Avengers," "Doctor Strange," and "X-Men," and co-created a breathtaking catalog of characters that included Vision ...
Jul 25, 2019 · By 1975, Thomas had stepped down as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics but was still writing and editing dozens of comic books a month. Thomas told us that his main motive at the time in creating the What If...? series was that he would be able to play outside of regular Marvel continuity.
- Dana Forsythe
Mar 16, 2022 · Only Stan Lee wielded that kind of power in the Marvel Bullpen, which he reportedly used to keep the Silver Surfer under his influence for a long time. But very quickly after he arrived at Marvel after a short and unhappy stint at DC Comics, Thomas had earned the trust of Stan the Man.
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Jul 21, 2020 · 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.
