Ashley Allen is an American comic book writer who has written for

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and

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. As of January 2025, she was the writer for the ''

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'' ongoing series at Marvel.

Early life and education

Allen is from

Orono, Minnesota Orono ( , ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a suburb of Minneapolis located about to the west on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. The population was 7,437 at the 2010 United States C ...

, and grew up with

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. She graduated from

Macalester College Macalester College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate institution with an enrollment of 2,142 students in the fall of 2023. The college ha ...

in 2021.

Career

Allen was a member of the inaugural class of the

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Initiative Program, which was announced in March 2022. As part of the program, she contributed a story to the one-shot ''New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative'' in 2023. She also wrote a story for the anthology ''DC's Legion of Bloom''. In June 2023, she was announced as one of the writers for the first issue of '' Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood'', her first story for Marvel. In February 2024, she was announced to be writing the one-shot comic ''

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: Blood Hunt --

''. This led, in September 2024, to the announcement that she would be writing a new ''Magik'' ongoing series with artist Germán Peralta. The book will feature a new villain designed by Peach Momoko.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* ''DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis'' #1, short story "Dearly Departed" (2024) * ''DC's Legion of Bloom'' #1, short story "Growing Pains" (2023) * ''New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative'' #1, short story "Third Wheel" (2023)

Marvel Comics

* '' Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood'' #1, short story "Deliverance" (2023) *

: ** ''X-Men: Blood Hunt –

'' #1 (2024) ** ''Magik'' vol. 2 #1 – present (2025 – present)

References

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