Axel Alonso

Axel Alonso
Alonso at a "Meet the Publishers" Q&A at Midtown Comics Downtown, April 14, 2011
Born	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Editor
Awards	2004 Eagle Award for Favorite Comics Editor 2006 Eagle Award for Favorite Comics Editor 2010 Eagle Award for Favorite Comics Editor
Children	1

Axel Alonso (/əˈlɒnzoʊ/) is an American comic book creator and former journalist, best known as the former editor in chief at Marvel Comics, a role which he held from January 2011 until November 2017.^[1] Alonso began his career as a journalist for New York's Daily News. He later worked as an editor at DC Comics from 1994 to 2000, during which he edited a number of books published under their Vertigo line, such as Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Hellblazer, Preacher, and 100 Bullets. In 2000 he went to work for Marvel Comics as a senior editor. While there, he edited Spider-Man and X-Men-related books before ascending to vice president, executive editor in 2010, and editor in chief in January 2011, replacing Joe Quesada. He has also worked as a writer and inker.