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- 1 2 Thomas, Roy (July 2005). "Roy Thomas Checklist". Alter Ego . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. 3 (50): 23.
- ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide . Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
- ↑ Catron, Michael (August 1981). "Personal Notes". Amazing Heroes . Stamford, Connecticut: Fantagraphics Books (3): 23.
- 1 2 Thomas, Roy (Summer 1999). "The Secret Origins of Infinity, Inc". Alter Ego. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. 3 (1): 27.
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #66 (July 1981) at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Thomas, Roy (2011). Alter Ego: Centennial (PDF). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-60549-031-1.
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: 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.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Dallas, Keith (2013). "Chapter Five: 1984". American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 978-1605490465.
- ↑ Boyd, Jerry (February 2017). "Lightning Does Strike Twice! How the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents stormed back into comics in the 1980s". Back Issue! . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (94): 63–65.
- ↑ Dann Thomas at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Thomas, Dann M. (Fall 2003). Comic Books 1938-1945: A Study of the Evolution of Attitudes Towards the Enemy Nations and Their Populations In American Comic Books During World War II. A thesis presented to the Faculty of California State University Dominguez Hills.
- ↑ Thomas, Roy (January 2002). "Hail, Hail, Now the Gang's Really All Here!". Alter Ego. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. 3 (12): 31.
- ↑ Christiansen, Jeff (January 3, 2004). "Danette". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013.
