Dann Thomas
| Dann Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | All-Star Squadron Arak, Son of Thunder Avengers West Coast Infinity Inc. Young All-Stars |
Danette "Dann" Thomas (born January 30, 1952)[1] is an American comic book writer, the wife of comic book writer and editor Roy Thomas. She has at times collaborated with Thomas on All-Star Squadron, Arak, Son of Thunder, the Crimson Avenger miniseries and Avengers West Coast.
She married Roy Thomas in May 1981[2] and legally changed her first name from Danette in the early 1980s.[3]
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[edit] Biography
Dann Thomas' earliest comic book credit appears on "The Sea of No Return" (credited as "Adapted from a story by Danette Couto") in Savage Sword of Conan #66 (July 1981).[4] Her husband credits her with the original idea for Arak, Son of Thunder, noting, "Danette Couto (soon to be Dann Thomas) had this idea: What if a Native American had discovered Europe?"[5] She began co-writing the Arak title with issue #12 (Aug. 1982) and would work with Thomas on most of his projects afterwards. Dann Thomas co-wrote Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983)[6] and, as Roy Thomas noted in 1999 "became the first woman ever to receive scripting credit on the world's foremost super-heroine."[3] Dann Thomas' last new comic book writing appeared in Cadillacs and Dinosaurs #9 (Nov. 1994), published by Topps Comics.
The superheroine Firebrand of the All-Star Squadron takes her civilian name, Danette Reilly, from Dann Thomas.[7] Dann Thomas co-wrote later issues of All-Star Squadron, subsequent to the introduction of Firebrand. Another character based upon Dann Thomas is a woman named Danette who appeared in the story "What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today?" published in What If? #13 (Feb. 1979).[8]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] DC Comics
- Action Comics Weekly #623-626
- All-Star Squadron #46, 51-55, 58-59, Annual #3
- America vs. the Justice Society #1-4
- Arak, Son of Thunder #12-50, Annual #1
- Best of DC #69
- Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! #16
- Crimson Avenger #1-4
- Infinity Inc. #1-53, Annual #1-2, Special #1
- Jonni Thunder a.k.a Thunderbolt #1-4
- Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
- The New Teen Titans (Vol. 2) #38
- Secret Origins #5 (Crimson Avenger), #26 (Miss America)
- Shazam! The New Beginning #1-4
- Wonder Woman #300
- Young All-Stars #1-31, Annual #1
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Avengers Annual #19-20
- Avengers Spotlight #37-39
- Avengers West Coast #60-63, 65-94, 96, Annual #5-7
- Black Knight #1-4
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #5-24, 26-40
- Eternals: The Herod Factor #1
- Impossible Man Special #1
- Iron Man Annual #11-12
- Marvel Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #6-7
- Nightmask #6-7, 10-12
- Saga of the Sub-Mariner #1-12
- Savage Sword of Conan #66 (credited as "Danette Couto"), #190-195, 207-210, 225
- Spider-Woman #1-3
- Thor Annual #15
[edit] Other publishers
- Alter Ego #1-4 (First Comics) (not to be confused with Alter Ego (magazine))
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs #9 (Topps Comics)
- Cormac Mac Art #1-4 (Dark Horse Comics)
- Crime Smasher Special Edition #1 (Blue Comet Press)
- Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt (Vol. 1) #1-10 (Hero Comics)
- Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt (Vol. 2) #1-2 (Hero Comics)
- Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1-2, 4 (Deluxe Comics)
- Within Our Reach #1 (Star*Reach)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry Birthdays", Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005. Accessed January 17, 2010. WebCitation archive.
- ^ Amazing Heroes #3 (August 1981) p. 23
- ^ a b Thomas, Roy "The Secret Origins of Infinity, Inc." Alter Ego Vol. 3 #1 (Summer 1999) TwoMorrows Publishing p. 27
- ^ Savage Sword of Conan #66 (July 1981) at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Thomas, Roy "Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol. 3 #50 (July 2005) TwoMorrows Publishing p. 23
- ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "The Amazing Amazon was joined by a host of DC's greatest heroes to celebrate her 300th issue in a seventy-two-page blockbuster...Written by Roy and Dann Thomas, and penciled by Gene Colan, Ross Andru, Jan Duursema, Dick Giordano, Keith Pollard, Keith Giffen, and Rich Buckler."
- ^ Thomas, Roy. "Hail, Hail, Now the Gang's Really All Here!" Alter Ego vol. 3, #12 (Jan. 2002) TwoMorrows Publishing p. 31
- ^ Danette at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
[edit] References
- Dann Thomas at the Grand Comics Database
- Dann Thomas at the Comic Book DB
