Leah Williams
American comics writer
Leah Williams is an American comic book writer. She is best known for her work on X-Men titles, namely X-Factor as well as DC Comics' Power Girl.
Life and career
Leah Williams grew up Mississippi and before she became a professional writer she worked at an comic shop. She is bisexual. After she published the young adult novel, The Alchemy of Being Fourteen, she was approached via e-mail by Marvel Comics editor Chris Robinson, who was a long-time follower of Williams' Tumblr account and became a fan of her writing and her extensive knowledge of the Marvel Universe. Williams first comic would be a tie-in issue of The Totally Awesome Hulk for the Monsters Unleashed crossover event. The story is called Math Is Magic and follows the twin sister of Amadeus Cho and Lady Hellbender. It was released on March 1, 2017.
Bibliography
Comics
DC Comics
Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1 (back-up story, illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage, January 2023)
Collected in Power Girl Returns (trade paperback, 88 pages, 2023, ISBN 978-1779524072)
Action Comics #1051–1053 (back-up story, illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage, January–March 2023)
Collected in Power Girl Returns
Power Girl Special #1 (illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage, May 2023)
Collected in Power Girl Returns
Power Girl (vol. 3) #1–20 (illustrated by Eduardo Pansica, Adriana Melo & David Baldeón, September 2023–April 2025)
Collected in Power Girl – Volume 1: Electric Dreams (#1–7, trade paperback, 144 pages, 2024, ISBN 978-1779528148)
Collected in Power Girl – Volume 2: More Than a Crush (#8–13, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2024, ISBN 978-1799500513)
Collected in Power Girl – Volume 3: The Star (#14–20, trade paperback, 160 pages, 2025, ISBN 978-1799501701)
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1 (illustrated by Caitlin Yarsky, July 2024)
Collected in Absolute Power: Task Force VII (trade paperback, 176 pages, 2025, ISBN 978-1799500223)
Gotham City Sirens (vol.
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