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The director forMarvelStudios’Echohas defended the decision to alter the anti-hero’s origins story for her standalone TV series.

In the comics, Lopez is a Native American who originally hails from the Cheyenne Nation.

Maya Lopez sits on the edge of a train carriage in Marvel Studios� Echo TV show

Echo’s Maya Lopez (pictured) is of Choctaw descent in her MCU TV series

No bad deed goes unpunished.

“And it was interesting to see this beautifully illustrated literature show her as Cheyenne and Blackfeet.

There was no rhyme or reason to their use or being lumped together [to represent Indigenous people].

Kingpin holds a young Maya Lopez’s hand as they walk in Marvel Studios' Echo

Maya Lopez (right) is taken under the wing of Wilson Fisk (left) after her father’s death

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