Chicago author to make Marvel Comics debut, celebrating 1st Latin American superhero

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is getting ready to make her Marvel Comics debut.

The work of acclaimed author, Cynthia Pelayo, will be featured Oct. 1 in the comic White Tiger: Reborn (2025) #1.

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It's all part of Marvel's Voices: Comunidades, a special celebrating the legacy of Marvel's first Latin American superhero.

This milestone adds to Pelayo's already remarkable literary career.

She was the first Puerto Rican graduate of SAIC's Writing Program to win the Bram Stoker Award, horror's most prestigious literary honor. Esquire also named her book "Lotería" one of the "Best Horror Books of 2023," and her upcoming novel "The Forgotten Sisters" (2024) reimagines Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."

Pelayo visited ABC7 Chicago to talk about this "marvelous" milestone in her already incredible career.

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