Soap opera attempts Marvel mutant rescue
The Hollywood Reporter learns that Marvel Comics has joined the creators of the CBS daytime soap Guiding Light to introduce a character with super powers into the show. In the show's Nov. 1 episode the character (regular Harley Davidson Cooper) will be "zapped by an electrical current and [become] infused with superpowers, including the ability to levitate and to conduct electricity." That's it? And here's a quote that will have comics readers retching all over their protective sleeves: