I picked up The Aladdin Effect GN last year on the cheap, on a whim. It was one in a series of graphic novels Marvel released back in the '80s, part of the same series as The Death of Captain Marvel (which is listed as the first one, Aladdin Effect is the 16th).
Set in a small town in Wyoming that's been entirely cut off from the world by AIM, which is searching for a strange power they've detected. A power within the mind of Holly-Ann, who dreams of some of her favorite superheroes teaming up with her, and they appear in town the next day.
Given Holly's position at the center of everything as a fan of superheroes whose dream of meeting them comes true, I'd have thought this was aimed towards younger readers. Maybe even young fans who are girls? I could have seen this being published 10 years ago and drawn by the Guruhiru team, like all those Power Pack mini-series. But there's a bit where the Wasp, confused as to who she is, is almost sexually assaulted by some random gang of thugs that finds her. Probably not aimed at younger readers, then.
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