Marvel’s Echo
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Summary
When adapt Maya Lopez and her backstory for her soloMCUseries , Echo , Marvel Studios made several change to her account from Marvel Comics . Marvel Studios ' five - partEchoseries was release in its entireness on January 9 , 2024 , with Alaqua Cox reprising the nominal role following her entry as a small-scale antagonist in Phase 4’sHawkeye . The series see Maya Lopez research her ancestral roots , look at with her villainous " Uncle",Vincent D’Onofrio ’s Kingpin , and discover new and powerful ability , and while Marvel Studios stayed fairly true to Echo ’s history in Marvel Comics , many vista of her life and power - readiness were changed significantly for her introduction into the MCU ’s live - military action continuity .
Maya Lopez made her Marvel Comics debut in 1999’sDaredevil # 9 , and go on to become a crucial phallus of the Avengers and New Avengers teams . Her warm connections to other heroes in the Marvel Universe has n’t yet been properly explore in the live - action MCU , though with anterior experience with Clint Barton ’s Hawkeye , Wilson Fisk ’s Kingpin , and Matt Murdock ’s Daredevil , it ’s possible that Cox’sMaya Lopez could give to the MCUsoon to establish herself further in the MCU ’s timeline . Even so , it ’s unclear how many of these connection will be conform for the MCU , as Marvel Studios has already made some major change toMaya Lopez ’s Marvel Comics backstory .
Marvel ’s Echo corroborate when exactly Maya Lopez ’s first solo title have place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s chronological timeline .
10Maya Lopez Is A Part Of The Choctaw Nation In The MCU
In Marvel Comics, Maya Lopez’s Roots Are In The Blackfeet Nation
In Marvel Comics , Maya Lopez has roots in the Blackfeet Nation , an indigenous group of people primarily based in Montana , but this stock was slightly altered for the MCU ’s adjustment of Echo . InEcho , Maya Lopez is reveal to have occur from the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma , andMarvel Studios does a fantastic job of representing the Choctaw community throughout the serial , having worked alongside the Choctaw Nation and the IllumiNative organization to preserve authenticity , language and culture . Echoalso explores Choctaw folklore , including the introduction myth of the first Choctaws rising from the large mound Nanih Waiya , though this was changed to a cave in the MCU .
9Echo Has Connections To Wolverine In Marvel Comics
Wolverine Teaches Maya Lopez Japanese Customs In The Comics
Similarly to the MCU’sEchoseries , afterMaya Lopez shoot Kingpinin Marvel Comics , she take back home to explore her root and rule herself . After embarking on an acute and revealing vision quest , Maya forgather and befriends Wolverine , a member of the X - man . During their brief metre together , Wolverine facilitate Maya convalesce , and teaches her about Japanese culture , customs and orchestrate criminal offense , spur her on to become a hero in subsequent stories . Wolverine has n’t yet been introduce to the MCU , so there was no chance for him to make an appearance inEcho , stand for this constituent of her backstory was pretermit completely .
While Marvel Studios has n’t yet substantiate hurtle for the MCU ’s prescribed Wolverine , Hugh Jackman will be reprising the role from Fox ’s ten - Men Universe in 2024’sDeadpool 3opposite Ryan Reynolds ' Deadpool .
8Marvel Comics' Echo Becomes The Ronin
Clint Barton Became The Ronin During The MCU’s Blip
The mystifying individuality of the Ronin was taken up byClint Barton duringAvengers : Endgame’sfive - yr - long Blipafter his integral mob was bolt down by the Mad Titan Thanos . Barton became Ronin to go after down outlaw around the populace and extinguish them , feeling as though they should have been taken by Thanos instead of billions of guiltless people . Maya Lopez resents Ronin for killing her father in the MCU , butin Marvel Comics , it ’s Maya herself who first don the Ronin function after her attack on Kingpin . It ’s very unlikely that Maya Lopez will ever become Ronin in the MCU , especially since the suit was burned at the end ofHawkeye .
7Echo & Hawkeye Briefly Have A Relationship In Marvel Comics
There’s No Romance Between Echo & Hawkeye In The MCU
Maya Lopez before long passes the Ronin identity on to Clint Barton in Marvel Comics , beginning a lengthy and potent chemical bond between the pair . This finally conduct to them shortly take a quixotic interaction in the moments before2008’sSecret Invasionstoryline , though this is very short - lived . There is no chance this kinship will be adapted for the MCU , not least because Clint Barton has been in a felicitous relationship with his wife , Laura Barton , for several yr , and the pair have three kid together . Barton also mangle Maya ’s father in the MCU , meaning even if Barton expressed attractive force towards her , it ’s very unbelievable their relationship would be take any further .
6Echo’s Father Was Killed When She Was A Child In Marvel Comics
Maya Lopez Was An Adult When Her Father Was Killed In The MCU
Marvel Studios’Echorevealed Maya Lopez ’s mother had died in a car accident when Maya was a child , leave her to be raise by her begetter and be taken under Wilson Fisk ’s fender . Maya ’s founder , Zahn McClarnon’sWilliam Lopez , was mangle by Roninwhen Maya was an adult , but in Marvel Comics , it was her Father-God - advert Willie " Crazy Horse " Lincoln - who was killed when she was a small fry . Echo ’s powerful shackle with her father was explore in bothHawkeyeandEchoin the MCU , but this would n’t have been possible had Marvel Studios accommodate the comic accurately . In both instances , however , Maya is practically raised by Kingpin .
5Kingpin Killed Echo’s Father Directly In Marvel Comics
Kingpin Blamed Daredevil For Echo’s Father’s Death In The Comics
The identity of William Lopez ’s killer in the MCU has never been a enigma , as Ronin took him out during the Blip after being tipped off by Wilson Fisk . This storyline is quite different in Marvel Comics , however , asKingpin himself killed Maya Lopez ’s male parent , but tell apart her that the dissemble vigilante Daredevil had actually done the deed . This motivate a conflict betweenEcho and Daredevil , though she shortly see the accuracy and shot Kingpin , just as she did at the end of Phase 4’sHawkeye . Both of these effect led Maya to return home and search her ancestry , eventually facilitate her to become a better and more powerful hero .
Charlie Cox ’s Daredevil has no impact on Maya Lopez ’s backstory in the MCU , as the dyad have only mesh in struggle once , though it ’s possible their relationship could be developed further in coming MCU projects .
4Maya Lopez Was Given A More Privileged Upbringing In Marvel Comics
Kingpin Raised Echo After Her Father’s Death In The Comics
Maya Lopez ’s photographic reflex ability in Marvel Comics intend she is able to absolutely copy other the great unwashed ’s movements just by watching , similarly to Taskmaster , who debuted in the MCU’sBlack Widow . This office allow her to become a concert - tier piano player , a highly skilled acrobat , and become a gifted ballerina , while also being capable to copy other heroes ' and scoundrel ' fighting style .
3Echo Doesn’t Have Her Signature Handprint In The MCU
Echo’s Handprint Marking Has Huge Significance In Marvel Comics
Maya Lopez is consistently represented as have got a painted handprint over her eye in Marvel Comics , which has n’t yet been seen in the MCU.While her Church Father was dying in Marvel Comics , he reached out to Maya and provide a bloody handprint on her cheek , so she repaint it as a remembrance which empowers her to keep fighting . Neither Maya Lopez ’s mother nor father in the MCU left this handprint on Maya ’s face , so it ’s unbelievable that it will be seen in the MCU , despite it being such a recognizable trademark of her case in Marvel Comics . Echo does retain her sun - shaped logo from Marvel Comics in the MCU , however .
2Daredevil & Echo Have A Relationship In Marvel Comics
Matt Murdock & Maya Lopez Have Only Met Once In The MCU
Perhaps Echo ’s most substantial relationship in Marvel Comics was that with Matt Murdock ’s Daredevil . After Kingpin told her that Daredevil had pop her father , Fisk sends Maya into the branch of Matt Murdock , but leave out to tell her that his alter ego is Daredevil . Maya and Matt fall in dear , and Echo and Daredevil engage in conflict , neither knowing the other is their have sex one , but the verity soon comes out , and Murdock exposes Kingpin ’s lies . It ’s this fundamental interaction that lead Maya to shoot Kingpin in the face and leave behind New York. This kinship could still be established in the MCU ’s future , potentially inMarvel Studios ' upcomingDaredevil : Born Again.
1Echo’s Abilities Are Very Different In Marvel Comics
Marvel Studios Drastically Changed Maya Lopez’s Abilities
The braggart variety that Marvel Studios made toMaya Lopez ’s Echowhen accommodate her for the MCU is in her power - set . In Marvel Comics , Maya is a skilled martial artist and has photographic unconditioned reflex , but in the MCU , her abilities are far more supernatural , and are tied forthwith to her Choctaw theme . Maya is able to call upon her root - who echo through her - and tackle their power , leading all the way back to Chafa , the first Choctaw . This gifts her enhance strength , a regenerative healing ability , expert marksmanship and supreme agility , makingEchoan unbelievably powerful newfangled addition to the MCU ’s Phase 5 .
