The MCU is introducing a totally original hero with no connection to comics
Marvel Studios is officially crossing into new territory in its adaptations of Marvel Comics by introducing a brand-new superhero who is original to the MCU, with no known comic book roots.
Meet Kahhori, who will make her first appearance in a season two episode of the Disney+ animated streaming series What If…?, which has yet to receive an official premiere date.
Marvel Entertainment officially unveiled Kahhori ahead of her MCU debut, also revealing the premise of the What If…? episode that will introduce her.
In the episode, Kahhori is a young Mohawk woman who discovers a strange destiny when the Tesseract, AKA the Space Stone, lands in pre-colonial America in the Akwesasne region in what is now upstate New York.
But the episode doesn't stop at depicting Kahhori and the Mohawk Nation. It was written by Ryan Little in conjunction with members of the Mohawk Nation including historian Doug George and Mohawk language expert Cecelia King to ensure an accurate portrayal of the pre-colonial Mohawk Nation and the larger Haudenosaunee Confederacy - right down to the episode actually taking place in the Indigenous Mohawk language.
"It tells a remarkable story from a Native-Mohawk perspective which is truly unique and historical, and will give the viewers a new, challenging and entertaining perspective on this land's first peoples," states Mohawk historian Doug George.
"The story is dramatic, the characters fully realized, and the action sequences are breathtaking,” says George. “The episode is exceptional in another sense - it is done with the complete cooperation of the Mohawk people from dialogue to adornment."
Members of the Mohawk Nation were also consulted by the Marvel Studios production team to ensure Kohhari's look and
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