US soap joins forces with Marvel Comics

A bit of a weird one, this:

American TV soap opera Guiding Light has teamed up with Marvel Comics to give one of its characters superpowers.

The delightfully named "Harley Davidson Cooper" character was given the powers to levitate and conduct electricity in an episode shown yesterday.

"Joining forces with Marvel is such a natural fit for us because comic books and soap operas have so much in common," claimed the soap's head writer, David Kreizman. "Both feature long-running characters and larger-than-life stories that appeal to a loyal and passionate fan base. We hope that our viewers will be excited to see their favorites in the pages of a comic book and that Marvel fans will tune in to see how we put our twist on a classic superhero story."

Thanks to Digital Spy