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Axel Alonso on his Heritage

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    Marvel Comics' Axel Alonso talks about his heritage.

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You're.

Year old -- -- boss I don't know if your boss now but Joe -- Cuban American.

You know well -- you were your -- we've set it above few minutes ago your Mexican American.

And your mother's a British.

So how is how to how did you get the point where you are now you mean you're the head of Marvel Comics have any young kids dream.

-- and the question is really funny I mean I'm a first generation American.

My father is Mexican my mother's English.

He should Mexico she's from England they met each other here in the states and -- and then I came.

You know it's an interesting place to because you won't find two cultures and a more dissimilar.

My mother's or -- my dad.

You know -- wasn't -- is on time rest in peace with all his heart you know so long or short of it is that you know -- -- the two cultures has always been challenged.

But you know I think that really what he did does it it it it to pave the road for me to think outside the box.

To relate to characters who have to persevere who don't have it handed to them.

And let's face it.

You know that's -- superiors are all about.

She appears and not about their powers it's about their striking it's about them.

Using their powers to -- against even even more powerful entities even more powerful folds and and so I think that in in some strange way.

I took a secure -- route to get to this but I think I was I was born to be energy Marvel Comics.