Dann Thomas Explained

Birth Date:30 January 1952
Birth Name:Danette Maxx Couto
Nationality:American
Write:y
Notable Works:All-Star Squadron
Arak, Son of Thunder
Avengers West Coast
Infinity, Inc.
Young All-Stars
Spouse:Roy Thomas

Dann Thomas (born Danette Maxx Couto; January 30, 1952)[1] is an American comic book writer and is married to comic book writer and editor Roy Thomas. She has at times collaborated with her husband 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]

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. Roy Thomas explained in 2011 that "Dann and I co-wrote Infinity [Inc.] from the beginning, coplotting it, with Dann usually, if not always, doing the first draft on the script, which I then rewrote. Not that she was openly credited as co-writer right away; I had to take it slow in that area."[6] Dann Thomas co-wrote Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983)[7] and, as Roy Thomas noted in 1999 "became the first woman ever to receive scripting credit on the world's foremost super-heroine."[3] A rare example of Dann Thomas' solo writing appeared in the Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents series published by Deluxe Comics.[8] Roy Thomas' contractual obligations to DC Comics prevented him from working on the series but Dann Thomas was able to work on it.[9]

Dann Thomas' last new comic book writing appeared in Cadillacs and Dinosaurs #9 (Nov. 1994), published by Topps Comics.

In 2003, she obtained her Masters of Arts degree from California State University. Her thesis was entitled "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." In it, she credits her "husband, Roy Thomas, for his encouragement and support, and for the use of his library of comics-related materials."[10]

Tributes

The super-heroine Firebrand of the All-Star Squadron takes her civilian name, Danette Reilly, from Dann Thomas.[11] Dann Thomas co-wrote later issues of All-Star Squadron. 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).[12]

Bibliography

Blue Comet Press

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Deluxe Comics

First Comics

Hero Comics

Marvel Comics

Star*Reach

Topps Comics

Screenwriting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miller . John Jackson . John Jackson Miller . Comics Industry Birthdays . . June 10, 2005 . Iola, Wisconsin . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays . February 18, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  2. Catron. Michael. Michael Catron. Personal Notes. Amazing Heroes. 3. 23. Fantagraphics Books. August 1981. Stamford, Connecticut.
  3. Thomas. Roy. The Secret Origins of Infinity, Inc.. Alter Ego. 3. 1. 27. TwoMorrows Publishing. Summer 1999. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  4. http://www.comics.org/issue/35501/ Savage Sword of Conan #66 (July 1981)
  5. Thomas. Roy. Roy Thomas. Roy Thomas Checklist. Alter Ego. 3. 50. 23. TwoMorrows Publishing. July 2005. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  6. Book: Thomas, Roy. Roy Thomas

    . Alter Ego: Centennial. Roy Thomas. 2011. Raleigh, North Carolina. TwoMorrows Publishing. 978-1-60549-031-1. 45.

  7. Book: Manning. Matthew K.. Dolan. Hannah, ed.. 1980s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. . 2010. London, United Kingdom . 978-0-7566-6742-9 . 200 . 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..
  8. Book: Dallas, Keith. Chapter Five: 1984. American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s. TwoMorrows Publishing. 2013. Raleigh, North Carolina. 121. 978-1605490465. https://books.google.com/books?id=_G6qDgAAQBAJ&q=Dann+Thomas+comics&pg=PA121.
  9. Boyd. Jerry. Lightning Does Strike Twice! How the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents stormed back into comics in the 1980s. Back Issue!. 94. 63–65. TwoMorrows Publishing. February 2017. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  10. Book: Thomas, Dann M. . 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 . Fall 2003 . A thesis presented to the Faculty of California State University Dominguez Hills.
  11. Thomas. Roy. Hail, Hail, Now the Gang's Really All Here!. Alter Ego. 3. 12. 31. TwoMorrows Publishing. January 2002. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  12. Web site: Danette . Jeff . Christiansen . January 3, 2004 . The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110050231/http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/danetcon.htm . November 10, 2013 . live . mdy-all .

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