It’s been announced that Marvel’s first Latina lesbian superhero, America Chaves, will be featured in the upcoming Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness.
Xochitl Gomez from the popular Netflix series The Babysitters Club will be portraying the fan-favourite superhero in the film.
The news was revealed on Thursday evening by Marvel Studio’s president Kevin Fiege during Disney’s investor presentation. Also known as Miss America, Chaves first appeared in Marvel Comics in 2011.
She is an alien from Utopian Parallel that traveled to Earth after the near destruction of her home universe. A member of the Young Avengers, Chavez has super strength, flight and can even create pathways to other universes.