Wolverine Co-Creator Slams Disney over Deadpool & Wolverine Credits

Roy Thomas, who succeeded Stan Lee as Marvel Comics' chief editor in 1972, is recognized as a co-creator of a number of characters, including Iron Fist, Carol Danvers, Luke Cage, and Vision.

But for many years, he has been fighting for Wolverine's recognition as a hero that he, Len Wein, John Romita Sr., and Herb Trimpe helped create. Finally receiving credit for his work on Deadpool and Wolverine, Thomas has upset a lot of people, including Christine Valada, the late Len Wein's widow.

"I’m particularly grateful to Marvel Entertainment for seeing the virtue of my position of some months ago that, building on the less formalized credits in 2017’s Logan, Len Wein, John Romita, and I all deserved official 'co-creator' status on Deadpool & Wolverine, just as the two co-creators of Deadpool have enjoyed. [Editor’s note: On Logan, Thomas was part of a list of thank yous.] Oh, sure, I strongly feel my name should have come first, not last, in the Wolverine grouping, since the Wolverine character was my concept on which Len and the others built … but hey, being listed last never hurt Oliver Hardy, Lou Costello, Jerry Lewis, or Paul McCartney, right? (Or Jack Kirby as in 'Simon and' and 'Lee and,' come to that.)"