ROY THOMAS A LIFE IN FOUR COLORS 1940-1966 HC (22 Apr Release)

The man Stan Lee dubbed “Rascally Roy” and “Roy the Boy” tells the full¸ uncensored story of his emergence as one of the brightest stars in the Marvel Comics firmament! It's all here¸ starting with his Midwestern beginnings devouring the late¸ great Golden Age of Comics¸ to the glorious flowering of comics fandom during the first half of the 1960s (including the 1961 founding of Alter Ego and all that that first super-hero fanzine spawned). Roy details his brief and turbulent time as editorial assistant of DC’s “Superman” titles under Mort Weisinger¸ and the pivotal first year-plus of his career at Marvel¸ working with Stan Lee¸ Jack Kirby¸ Steve Ditko¸ John Romita¸ Bill Everett¸ and some of the brightest stars of the Marvel Age of Comics! Plus: you’ll have a ringside seat at some of the earliest comics conventions¸ and at the fateful 1965 New York Herald Tribune interview that caused a seismic rift between Lee and Kirby. This full-color hardcover is illustrated with rare and unseen art and behind-the-scenes photos from the dawn of the Silver Age of comics¸ so don’t delay! Buy it today—read it tomorrow—’cause Roy’s already hard at work on the follow-up volume that covers the rest of his Marvel tenure¸ from 1967 to 1980! With a spectacular cover by Jerry Ordway.