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). 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?" He also credits her with initiating the concept behind their series
Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt (published by
Hero Comics in 1987-88 and 1992) and writing most of the dialogue. 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." Dann Thomas co-wrote
Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983) and, as Roy Thomas noted in 1999 "became the first woman ever to receive scripting credit on the world's foremost
super-heroine." Roy Thomas' contractual obligations to DC Comics prevented him from working on the series but Dann Thomas was able to work on it. 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." ==Tributes==