MCU: 10 Best Characters Introduced In Phase 4 (So Far)

10. Maya Lopez/Echo

Maya Lopez was a virtual unknown to casual audiences before Hawkeye’s release, but after this and her upcoming spin-off, she is poised to be a significant player in the street level of the MCU moving forward.

Alaqua Cox brings a captivating blend of vulnerability and rage to the role and her performance is strengthened by Maya’s backstory and characterization. One of the MCU’s few named deaf and amputee characters, Maya was the daughter of William Lopez, the leader of the Tracksuit Mafia and was trained from an early age to be a formidable fighter.

Following her father’s death at the hands of Ronin (Hawkeye’s short-lived alter ego) she became the criminal group’s leader and planned to enact revenge on her father’s murderer. It was immediately clear that Maya was a force to be reckoned with, and she brought an intensity that balanced out the show’s more light-hearted sensibilities.

Her involvement and dynamic with Wilson Fisk/Kingpin was both tragic and acted as a subtle means of worldbuilding, and will hopefully be built upon in her upcoming solo series.