Story highlights America first appeared in Marvel's "Vengeance" in 2011

America and her writer, Gabby Rivera, are lesbian Latinas

(CNN) Punch-throwing across dimensions wasn't enough for her.

America Chavez is shattering barriers in the comics universe and beyond. She is the first lesbian Latina superhero with her own Marvel Comics series.

Who is America?

The 18-year-old, who also goes by Miss America, has long, curly hair and a wardrobe of stars-and-stripes jackets. She attends Sotomayor University, and between classes, she picks fights with evil aliens.

She isn't the typical heroine, and she isn't the Latina you usually see on screen.

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