Hawkeye just revealed all sorts of colorful characters, from Lucky the Pizza Dog to Vera Farmiga’s security-obsessed matriarch to the eternally bro-y tracksuit mafia.
True to form, though, the end of Hawkeye Episode 2 has a much bigger trick up its sleeve.
Of course, this can’t be true in the MCU, as the title Ronin has been passed from Clint .
Growing up, Maya excelled in the arts; in comics, Echo is seen performing stories on stage made up of music, dance, and sign language, all depicted in collage.
Deaf characters in the MCU aren’t really new — Makkari in Eternals and the actress portraying her are Deaf, and Clint Barton experiences hearing loss during his time with the Avengers, leading to hearing aids.
They all come from different backgrounds, different cultures, so to have people look up and watch somebody who is similar in their background and see them on screen, I think that’s important.
In the comics, she was introduced as the Kingpin’s weapon of choice as part of the criminal mastermind’s plot to kill Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil.