The Marvel Cinematic Universe is returning to street-level storytelling this year when Echo debuts on Disney+.
On-screen, Echo – aka Maya Lopez – was a character MCU fans first saw in the Hawkeye series that aired in 2021. In the comics, she’s been around since 1999 when she was created by writer David Mack and artist Joe Quesada, making her debut in Daredevil No. 9. In the comics, she’s been associated with the Avengers, the Hand, and has also taken up the mantle of Ronin. In the Hawkeye show, we see her as the leader of The Tracksuit Mafia.
In both the comics and the MCU, Echo is Native American and deaf. She is also an Olympic-level athlete, an expert in martial arts, an acrobat, and has photographic reflexes (think of this ability being akin to how Taskmaster can copy the fighting styles of the Avengers). Additionally, she is the adopted kin of the notorious Kingpin, aka Wilson Fisk.
Here’s what we know so far about the show, which is hitting the streaming service this fall:
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