Dazzler (Marvel Comics) super-specials by the end of 1977. Marvel Comics would develop a singing superhero, while Casablanca would produce a singer. The two companies would then work with Filmworks and produce a tie-in motion picture; Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter wrote a treatment for the project. Romita, Jr. originally intended for the character to resemble model, actress, and singer Grace Jones, but representatives from Filmworks – wanting to promote model and actress Bo Derek – insisted on design changes to reflect Derek's features. Dazzler guest starred in Marvel titles, such as "The Uncanny X-Men", "The Avengers", the "Fantastic Four", and the Marvel
Longshot (Marvel Comics) Longshot (Marvel Comics) Longshot is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams, he first appeared in "Longshot" #1 (September 1985), the first issue of a six-issue miniseries that represents the first major work of both Nocenti and Adams. The "Longshot" series established Longshot as an amnesiac fugitive from another dimension who discovers that he has favorable probability outcomes, or "good luck," that protect him when his motives are pure, and that he was a genetically engineered slave who led