Axel Alonso is an American
comic book creator, known primarily as an editor at
DC Comics from 1994 to 2000, and at
Marvel Comics from 2000 to the present. At DC, he edited a number of books published under their
Vertigo line, such as
Doom Patrol,
Animal Man,
Hellblazer,
Preacher and
100 Bullets. As Senior Editor at
Marvel Comics, 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.