Africa: Marvel’s Echo Is a One-of-a-Kind Superhero – and an Inspiration to the Deaf Community
[ad_1] Warning: this article contains spoilers for Echo season one. Marvel's latest superhero series, Echo, is now streaming on Disney+. Deaf actress Alaqua Cox plays the eponymous superhero, a character she already portrayed in the Hawkeye series in 2021. Echo, real name Maya Lopez, who is Deaf, is a vengeful and bitter Native American hero with a distinctive fighting ability that allows her to copy her opponent's moves. The uppercase "Deaf" refers to deaf people who share a language, identity […]