Axel the Water Buffalo

Axel the Water Buffalo is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog and its spin-off comics published by Archie Comics. In the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, he is a Mobian water buffalo and Egg Boss of Efrika's Egg Army.

The Return of the Freedom Fighters
Axel and his forces later came across Doctor Eggman, Orbot, and Cubot who had crash-landed on the Efrika Plains, and confused the doctor briefly by recognizing him as a superior. Axel meanwhile, assumed Eggman and his lackeys were there for a surprise inspection. Eggman played along and had Axel introduce himself, which allowed the doctor to learn about the changes made to their world. After fixing a machine well enough to get it to fly again, Eggman pop-quizzed Axel into telling him where the nearest Egg Boss was. Once Eggman had left, a soldier asked why they bother listening to Eggman. Axel replied that they have no choice, as there are rumors that Eggman has gotten the Roboticizer working again. Later, Eggman contacts Axel to protect the Efrika Egg Army base at all costs, since it is a Gaia Temple. Later, while working on his Egg Monster, Axel and several of his underlings watched the Chaos Emerald Championship. (StH: #259, #269)