Marvel Comics Teams with Guiding Light

Aparently Marvel Comics is okay with aligning their name with hokey daytime mellowdrama. The deal is, they've entered into an agreement with the CBS soap Guiding Light to feature Marvel characters and, I guess, debut an all new superhero - she'll be introduced November 1st in an episode entitled She's a Marvel.

At Marvel's website they're offering a trailer for the episode. Click here to check it out.


Who is this new superhero?

For fans, the site's write-up notes: As an added bonus, the episode will feature many "Easter eggs" for sharp-eyed Marvel fans, so be on the lookout!

And over at Netscape, Karina followed-up on the story with Marvel's publicist. From her report:

"Several of Marvel's well known characters will make appearances." [And an] 8-page Marvel/GL crossover comic will be bundled in 13 comics to be released between October 25 and November 15, including Spider-man Loves Mary Jane 11, Amazing Spider-girl 2 and Franklin Richards: Happy Franksgiving!.

Marvel's official press release offers a plot summary:

In the first-ever comic-soap crossover, Marvel's mightiest heroes (and villains) meet some of daytime drama's steamiest characters. The Avengers and their deadly foes descend on Guiding Light's city of Springfield to determine if a new super-powered being is friend or foe! Appearing in comics as an 8-page back-up beginning 10/26 and written by soap-and-comic scribe Jim McCann, this adventure will actually be the second appearance of this new super-powered character. The debut and origin of Springfield's first costumed crime-fighter will be told on air on the November 1 st episode of Guiding Light.

Looks like we've got some really bad (and by that measure, awesome) superhero-centric TV on the way.