Axel Alonso is a comic book creator and a renowned comic book industry executive. He is currently the Chief Creative Officer of AWA, which he co-founded with Bill Jemas. Axel is well known for his tenure as Marvel’s Editor-In-Chief from 2011 to 2018 where he oversaw all story development, and several important milestones in adding diversity to the industry including the introduction of Miles Morales as the first half-black, half–Puerto Rican Spider-Man, the makeover of Jane Foster into the new female Thor and the installation of Carol Danvers as the new female Captain Marvel. 

Previously, Axel was an Executive Editor at Marvel from 2001-2011, Senior Editor at DC Comics, and at Vertigo. 

In this episode, Alonso details the newest offerings from AWA as well as comments on his run as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics. He also comments on the idea that AWA stories are creator-owned. He also offers insight on the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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