Ashley Allen (writer)
{{Short description|American comics writer}}
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Ashley Allen is an American comic book writer who has written for Marvel and DC Comics. As of January 2025, she was the writer for the Magik ongoing series at Marvel.
Early life and education
Allen is from Orono, Minnesota, and grew up with apraxia.{{Cite web |title=DC Milestone |url=https://milestone.dcuniverse.com/?_gl=1*x408d9*_gcl_au*MTYzMjc2NjU1My4xNzM3Mjc5Njg4&writer=ashley-allen |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=milestone.dcuniverse.com |language=en |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120135845/https://milestone.dcuniverse.com/?_gl=1*x408d9*_gcl_au*MTYzMjc2NjU1My4xNzM3Mjc5Njg4&writer=ashley-allen |url-status=live }} She graduated from Macalester College in 2021.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-30 |title=NBA esteem, a Marvel comics debut, voting outreach, and more - News - News - Macalester College |url=https://www.macalester.edu/news/2024/09/maccolades-for-september-2024-nba-esteem-a-marvel-comics-debut-voting-outreach-and-more/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Macalester |language=en-US |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212180439/https://www.macalester.edu/news/2024/09/maccolades-for-september-2024-nba-esteem-a-marvel-comics-debut-voting-outreach-and-more/ |url-status=live }}
Career
Allen was a member of the inaugural class of the Milestone Initiative Program, which was announced in March 2022.{{Cite web |title=DC Announces The Milestone Talent Development Program Participants |url=https://www.dc.com/blog/2022/03/10/dc-announces-the-milestone-talent-development-program-participants |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=DC |language=en-us |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120140135/https://www.dc.com/blog/2022/03/10/dc-announces-the-milestone-talent-development-program-participants |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2022-03-10 |title=DC Comics announces inaugural class for Milestone Initiative program |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-announces-inaugural-class-for-milestone-initiative-program/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617074221/https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-announces-inaugural-class-for-milestone-initiative-program/ |url-status=live }} As part of the program, she contributed a story to the one-shot New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Gayen |first=Sayantan |date=2023-06-07 |title=REVIEW: DC's New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative #1 |url=https://www.cbr.com/dc-new-talent-showcase-the-milestone-initiative-1-comic-review/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615105207/https://www.cbr.com/dc-new-talent-showcase-the-milestone-initiative-1-comic-review/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Vanessa |date=2023-06-05 |title=New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative Interview/Review |url=https://multiverseofcolor.com/2023/06/interview-review-the-radical-tradition-of-uplifting-marginalized-stories-continues-with-the-new-milestone-initiative/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Multiverse Of Color |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804014942/https://multiverseofcolor.com/2023/06/interview-review-the-radical-tradition-of-uplifting-marginalized-stories-continues-with-the-new-milestone-initiative/ |url-status=live }} She also wrote a story for the anthology DC's Legion of Bloom.{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=Michael |date=2022-12-15 |title=Move over Legion of Doom, here comes DC's Legion of Bloom |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/move-over-legion-of-doom-here-comes-dcs-legion-of-bloom/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-30 |title=Maccolades for January 2023: a presidential promotion, published student research, lifetime honors and more - News - News - Macalester College |url=https://www.macalester.edu/news/2023/01/maccolades-for-january-2023-a-presidential-promotion-published-student-research-lifetime-honors-and-more/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Macalester |language=en-US |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807163349/https://www.macalester.edu/news/2023/01/maccolades-for-january-2023-a-presidential-promotion-published-student-research-lifetime-honors-and-more/ |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=2023-06-15 |title=MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD Arrives This Fall |url=https://www.fangoria.com/marvel-zombies-black-white-blood-arrives-this-fall/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Fangoria |language=en-US |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120135739/https://www.fangoria.com/marvel-zombies-black-white-blood-arrives-this-fall/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Bonomolo |first=Cameron |date=2023-06-16 |title=Marvel Zombies Return in New Anthology Series |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-zombies-black-white-blood-marvel-comics-spider-man-wolverine/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807221755/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-zombies-black-white-blood-marvel-comics-spider-man-wolverine/ |url-status=live }} In February 2024, she was announced to be writing the one-shot comic X-Men: Blood Hunt -- Magik.{{Cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |date=2024-02-21 |title=X-Men: Jubilee, Psylocke and More Star in Blood Hunt Tie-in One-Shots |url=https://www.superherohype.com/comics/568390-marvel-comics-x-men-blood-hunt-one-shots-announcement-jubilee-magik-psylocke-wolverine |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=SuperHeroHype |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208172819/https://www.superherohype.com/comics/568390-marvel-comics-x-men-blood-hunt-one-shots-announcement-jubilee-magik-psylocke-wolverine |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Chris |date=2024-05-27 |title=X-Men Monday #253 - Ashley Allen, Preeti Chhibber, Steve Foxe, and Stephanie Phillips Talk 'X-Men: Blood Hunt' One-Shots |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/27/x-men-monday-253-x-men-blood-hunt/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Beat |date=2024-06-26 |title=The Marvel Rundown: Beware of the BLOOD HUNT Bonanza! |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-marvel-rundown-beware-of-the-blood-hunt-bonanza/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} This led, in September 2024, to the announcement that she would be writing a new Magik ongoing series with artist Germán Peralta.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Magik Defends Mutantkind From Demonic Threats in New Solo Series |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/magik-headlines-first-solo-series |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Marvel Entertainment |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115000412/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/magik-headlines-first-solo-series |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2024-09-12 |title=The Darkchylde returns as Magik takes the spotlight in her first ever ongoing title |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/marvel-comics/magik-1-series-announcement-marvel-x-men/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GamesRadar |language=en |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923181642/https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/marvel-comics/magik-1-series-announcement-marvel-x-men/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2024-09-12 |title=Magik Headlines Her First X-Men Solo Series |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/magik-x-men-first-marvel-comics-series/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115012301/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/magik-x-men-first-marvel-comics-series/ |url-status=live }} The book will feature a new villain designed by Peach Momoko.{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Chris |date=2024-11-04 |title=X-Men Monday #273 - Ashley Allen Talks 'Magik' |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/04/x-men-monday-273-ashley-allen-magik/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}
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:
- X-Men: Blood Hunt – Magik #1 (2024)
- Magik vol. 2 #1 – present (2025 – present)
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