Marvel Studios: Deaf Native American Superheroine Echo Becomes MCU's First Daredevil Character

Echo, the Deaf Native American superheroine, will become the MCU's first Daredevil character!

Rumors about Maria Lopez were true! Echo, the Deaf Native American superheroine, will become the first character in the universe Daredevil to join the MCU. First appeared in comics in 1999, it was born from the imagination of David W. Mack and Joe Quesada. This warrior is an expert in martial arts, who also responds to the name of Ronin. Like Clint Barton in Avengers: Endgame ! Which explains why the young woman will land for the first time on the screen in Hawkeye, the series devoted to the archer. Currently filming, she is will run either in 1999, or in 2025, that is ie in the present of the MCU. And on the video below, posted by a fan, we can see the first steps of Alaqua Cox in the skin of 'Echo!

In these first images, we can see Alaqua Cox practicing sign language and repeating one of his first scenes for the series. Marvel Studios had to wait two years before recovering the rights to Daredevil, following the discontinuation of the Netflix series , and it is now done. From now on, they will start to take advantage of these new characters in their possession. Introducing Echo, for example, should serve to pave the way for including Matt Murdock or The Kingpin in the near future. But we're not there ! Already, Hawkeye will be the opportunity to find Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) as well as Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) , two very badass vigilantes . You can't have it all at once!