Team affiliations Secret Warriors Abilities Superhuman speed | Notable aliases Slingshot | |
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Similar Al MacKenzie, Jeffrey Mace, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Hive | ||
R i p yo yo rodriguez
Yo-Yo Rodriguez, also known as Slingshot, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev, the character first appeared in The Mighty Avengers #13 (July 2008).
Contents
- R i p yo yo rodriguez
- Publication history
- Fictional character biography
- Powers and abilities
- In other media
- References
On the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., she is played by Natalia Cordova-Buckley.
Publication history
Yo-Yo Rodriguez first appeared in The Mighty Avengers #13 and was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev.
Fictional character biography
Yo-Yo Rodriguez is the Puerto-Rican daughter of the Griffin. She is recruited by Nick Fury to join his anti-Skrull task force. This team becomes known as the Secret Warriors.
Both of her arms are severed by the Gorgon, and she is temporarily unable to remain active with the team. However, both arms are later replaced with prosthetics, and she returns to active duty.
Powers and abilities
She can run at superhuman speed, then bounces back to the point where she began.
In other media
A version of Yo-Yo Rodriguez appears in the TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Natalia Cordova-Buckley. She first appeared in the episode "Bouncing Back". Elena Rodriguez, nicknamed "Yo-Yo" due to her power, is a "street-wise Colombian woman given Inhuman abilities", namely the ability to move at super speed for the duration of one heartbeat before returning to the point from which she started. She first comes into contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. when they investigate her for stealing weapons from the corrupt members of the National Police of Colombia. She grows close to Mack, who nicknames her "Yo-Yo", and eventually agrees to join the Secret Warriors. After the signing of the Sokovia Accords, Rodriguez returns to her life with occasional monitoring by S.H.I.E.L.D.
Cordova-Buckley reprises her role in a six-part online digital series titled Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot.