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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Echo also known as Ronin , Crazy Horse . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Echo is one of the very few deaf superheroes, the one-time lover of Daredevil and the first person to take the guise of Ronin.
Ronin
Maya was born deaf, and whose father, Willie "Crazy Horse" Lincoln" is working with the Kingpin of crime. When she was young, her father was killed by his boss, but ironically, Crazy Horse wanted Fisk to take care of his daughter. As he lay dying, he gave his daughter a bloody handprint over her face. Wilson took to a boarding school for special children, because of Maya's mental disability. There she discovered that she had a talent of instantly memorizing what she has seen and being able to copy the exact movements (photographic reflexes, much like the Taskmaster). Wilson then transferred Maya into another school for prodigies, there she became a gifted woman. One day, when Maya visited the grave of his father, she asked to the Kingpin on who murdered him, and Fisk replied that it was Daredevil is the one responsible.
Maya was arranged to meet Matt Murdock by Kingpin to prove of his weakness. As soon as they met, they fell in love with each other. Maya later developed the guise of Echo, based on talent to copy movements of what she see) and painted a handprint over her face in honor of her father. She hunted Daredevil down until to the point that she found out that Matt and Daredevil are one person. She also found out that Matt couldn't have murdered her father because he was still a little boy. Matt managed to correct the lies that Kingpin told to Echo and soon Maya was out for revenge for the Fisk where she managed to blind him.
After that, she fled away and eventually returned but when she tried to reunite with Matt, but realized that he has moved on and was now married to the blind Milla Donovan and lastly, the Kingpin is still alive. When Maya visited Fisk in prison, he told her that he doesn't blame her for hating him and that for all that what it's worth, Fisk loved her like his own daughter he never had. She fled again to search herself, and in her travels she met Wolverine, who thought her about the Japanese culture and organized crime. In Japan, she finally find peace of mind she never had.
After being unable to join the Avengers for personal reasons, Daredevil recommended Maya to Captain America, in order to help capture the Silver Samurai in Japan. She made a suit that would conceal her identity as well as her gender, renaming herself "Ronin", which translates to "Masterless Samurai". This name fits her, because she has photographic reflexes, which allows her to be very adaptive.
After joining the Avengers, Maya returned to Japan, keeping her eyes on Elektra Natchios, the deadly assassin leading the Hand. She also checked on the Silver Samurai from time to time, hopefully trying to solve the conflict between The Hand and Clan Yashida.
As Ronin, Maya fought Elektra and was killed, but was immediately resurrected by the Hand. It was the same process that was used to resurrect Elektra. They took Maya captive with the intent of turning her into an assassin for The Hand. Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Spider-Woman, Iron Fist, and the new Ronin (the New Avengers) rescue her and escape. Elektra then sent The Hand after them.
Maya and the New Avengers encountered the Hand at the Silver Samurai's ancestral home. Initially, Elektra is able to activate Echo's programming, forcing her to fight the New Avengers and even badly injuring Doctor Strange. However, Doctor Strange is able to free her from the brainwashing, and in retaliation, Maya kills Elektra (who is then revealed to be a Skrull in disguise). When the returned, Maya officially gave up the identity of Ronin to Hawkeye. After that, the New Avengers travel to Stark Tower to stop the impending attack of The Hood, but they were suddenly attacked by Symbiotes, one of which attach itself to Maya.
In the event of the World War Hulk, Echo, Iron Fist and Ronin tried to protect Rick Jones, but they were defeated by Hiroim and Elloe of the Warbound. They were later become prisoners and were given obedience disk to prevent them from fighting back.
Recently it was implied in the conversation between Echo and Wolverine that they had a brief romance in Japan. Maya had also had a run-in with a Skrull impersonating Daredevil and with the help of Logan, they were able to defeat the shape-shifting alien. After that, Clint and Maya began a relationship.
Powers and Abilities
Maya has photographic reflexes, it is the ability to instantly copy any kind of movement as long at its not bound to being superhuman, much the ability of the Taskmaster. The only drawback is that she was born deaf, which means that she cannot use her ability at night, she cannot comply on oral commands, and is in complete reliance to visual cues.
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