8 black comic book creators and icons you need to check out

By Mark Lynch | May 22, 2020

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 06: (L-R) Mackenzi Lee, Vita Ayala, and Beth Bryson speak on stage during Women of Marvel panel at New York Comic Con 2019 - Day 4 at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for ReedPOP) /

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Vita Ayala

It takes a special kind of writer to make you enjoy a character you don’t particularly like. Vita Ayala did that for me. Morbius isn’t someone this writer initially found all that interesting. But since his solo movie is coming out, it seemed like a good time to give him a chance.

Vita’s Morbius series has been great. In five issues you’re given a reason to care about Michael Morbius – the man and the monster. You also learn more about his past as well. All of this made him a much more enjoyable character. However, that isn’t the only Marvel Comics book Vita’s writing.

Vita Ayala is also penning Nebula – a character this writer loved from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series starts with them making Nebula a terrible being – someone perfectly okay with letting people die if it meant the character got what she wanted. The end of that issue put Nebula in a very different place in life, so it’ll be cool to see what Vita does with Nebula next.

Also, along with Danny Lore, Vita wrote the iconic British Spy James Bond. Two people of color writing James Bond is an exciting concept – especially in a comic book, and you can learn more about this project at Newsarama.

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