Murewa Ayodele (born June 15, 1994) is a

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who has worked for

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and

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. He often works with Nigerian artist Dotun Akande, with whom he co-founded Collectible Comics NG, a Nigerian comic book studio. Their comic ''New Men'' was nominated for the Nommo Award for Best Graphic Novel.

Career

Ayodele has worked professionally in comics for over ten years. He and artist Dotun Akande met at

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, where they began making comics together. Their studio, Collectible Comics NG, created a number of comics including ''Anarchy'', ''GodKiller'', ''Cliff: Lust and Gravity'', ''Utopia'' and more. In 2019, he and Akande released ''New Men'', a "soft biopunk thriller" set in Africa in the year 2030. In 2020, it was released in America by

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. In 2021, he and Akande launched the

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''My Grandfather Was a God''. This gained them attention from

, who hired them to do the 2023 five-issue mini-series ''I Am Iron Man'' for

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's 60th anniversary. In 2024, it was announced that they would release their next comic, ''Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods'', through

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. In May 2024, Ayodele was announced as the writer for the upcoming ''

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'' series set during the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch with artist Lucas Werneck.

Personal life

Ayodele is Yorubu and grew up in

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. He went to Redeemer's University, where he got a degree in computer science.

Bibliography

Collectible Comics NG

* ''Anarchy'' (2018) * ''Retribution'' (2018) * ''Cliff: Lust and Gravity'' (2018) * ''This Nigerian Drea... Sorry, Reality'' (2018) * ''GodKiller'' (2019) * ''Utopia'' (2019)

Independent Comics

* ''New Men'' #1-4 (2020),

* ''My Grandfather Was a God'' #1-8 (2021),

* ''Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods'' #1-3 (2024),

Marvel Comics

* ''

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Unlimited Infinity Comic'' #9-13, "The Kaiju War" (2022) *

: ** ''Iron Man'' vol. 6 #25, short story "Daddy's Boys" (2022) ** ''I Am Iron Man'' #1-5 (2023) * ''

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Forever'' #1, short story "Remember the Name" (2023) * ''

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: Black, White & Blood'' #1, short story "So White. Yet, So Dark" (2022) *

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: ** ''

'' vol. 5 #1-present (2024–present) ** ''X-Manhunt Omega'' #1 (2025)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayodele, Murewa Living people Marvel Comics writers Nigerian comics writers Nigerian writers 21st-century Nigerian male writers Nigerian speculative fiction writers Yoruba writers People from Osun State Redeemer's University Nigeria alumni 1994 births