I Heart Marvel: Masked Intentions

    (Marvel, 2006)
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The I (Heart) Marvel event featured five titles, Web of Romance, Outlaw Love, My Mutant Heart, Marvel AI and Masked Intentions, timed to coincide with Valentines Day. Of these five books, Masked Intentions is possibly the most eclectic simply by virtue of the schizophrenic nature of the content. To be sure, none of these titles trod the straight and narrow road of accepted super-hero narrative since they melded two very different genres, but Masked Intentions ratcheted up the level of incredulity. The first story, “First Kiss,” features Squirrel Girl and Speedball, two of Steve Ditko’s most outrageous characters, is an innocuous tale of Squirrel Girl’s adolescent crush on Speedball. “Last Date,” with Firestar and Justice of the New Warriors, is a sad, poignant, ultimately pessimistic account of how wedding plans take on a life of their own.

— George Haberberger
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#1

May, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
1 copy available for $7.99 		Fabian NiciezaPaco Medina, Mike Norton