A Chicago Horror Novelist Is Helping Marvel Reboot Its White Tiger Franchise with a Fresh Latina Face

A Chicago horror novelist is helping Marvel reboot its White Tiger franchise with a fresh Latina face

Marvel will reintroduce a classic superhero this week, and this time, she's a Latina. The new White Tiger, named Ava Ayala, debuts Wednesday in a new comic in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.The star of "White Tiger: Reborn No. 1," Ayala was written in part by award-winning Chicago horror novelist and poet Cynthia Pelayo and Daniel José Older, a YA fiction and fantasy writer.The comic is a part of Marvel’s Voices: Comunidades initiative, …

A Chicago horror novelist is rebooting Marvel’s White Tiger franchise

Marvel will reintroduce a classic superhero this week, and this time, she’s a Latina. The new White Tiger, named Ava Ayala, debuts Wednesday in a new comic in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The star of “White Tiger: Reborn No. 1,” Ayala was written in part by award-winning Chicago horror novelist and poet Cynthia Pelayo and Daniel José Older, a YA fiction and fantasy writer. The comic is a part of Marvel’s Voices: Comunidades initiative…

White Tiger Reborn Issue 1 Review - But Why Tho?

White Tiger Reborn Issue 1 is published by Marvel Comics. The main story is written by Daniel José Older, art by Bruno Abdias, and colors by Marcelo Costa. The backup story is written by Cynthia Pelayo, with art by Moisés Hidalgo and colors by Dono Sánchez-Almara—letters by Ariana Maher. Ava Ayala inherited the White Tiger amulet from her brother, Hector, but the Tiger God abandoned her, and she’s been largely inactive since. But a visit from be…