Alex Ellis

Alex Ellis is the civilian identity of Annex, a U.S. Army veteran who lost a leg in combat and subsequently became the test subject for an experimental regenerative exoskeleton that grants him powerful prosthetic limbs, transforming him into an armored hero.

Debuting in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #27 in 1993, Alex Ellis is a Copper/Modern Age Marvel creation from the pen of Eric Fein and artist Scott Kolins. Over a surprisingly durable sixteen-year span, this character has turned up across a range of Marvel titles — from the Annex series to Avengers: The Initiative and Marvel Comics Presents — sharing pages with the likes of Spider-Man, Annex, and Batwing along the way. With only fourteen catalog appearances, Alex Ellis is the kind of quietly persistent background figure that rewards the dedicated Marvel completist who loves tracing the connective tissue of the universe's street-level corners.