10 Most Interesting Avengers You've Never Heard Of

The codename Ronin is used by a variety of characters in the Marvel Universe, most notably of Hawkeye. The first Ronin to join the Avengers, however, was Maya Lopez who also went by the codename of Echo. With photographic reflexes that enable her to swiftly memorize anything and everything she sees, this deaf, Native-American character is as interesting as she is diverse.

Echo was raised by Kingpin, and then told that Daredevil killed her father. Matt Murdock and Lopez immediately fell in love, and when she discovered that it was Kingpin that actually murdered her dad, she blinded the big man.

Eventually, she relocated to Japan and took the guise of Ronin, joining the Avengers to take down the Silver Samurai. While in Japan, she was killed by a Skrull disguised as Elektra, resurrected by the Hand, then killed the Skrull in revenge.

In typical comic fashion, Echo is killed once again, this time by Count Nefaria, only to return not long after.