(And as a side note, her powers remind me of American Maid from The Tick - domesticity unbound!)

Very interesting clip, and comments about the fate of soaps (and comics) in this media environment. As you well know, soaps have historically dabbled a bit more in these kinds of experiments than most other TV genres (e.g., Dark Shadows, Passions, and various evil twins and dream/fantasy scenarios on many soaps), even though they still are the exception rather than the rule. As a comics fan, I can make the connection between the dialogue in this clip (as well as the reveal of the costume) and similar scenes in many a comic. Indeed, it's safe to say that the very idea of a "Guiding Light" is the core rationale of virtually every superhero narrative (esp., say, Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain America, and the X-Men). There's actually a LOT of complexity with this notion going on in many superhero titles these days. Both DC and Marvel are very much about exploring the parameters and consequences of heroism (there's loads of titles I could recommend that do this). As for the transmedia possibilities, I agree that, despite the great formal similarities that already exist between comics and soaps, there remains an immense cultural gap between the fan communities. A better combination would have been to appeal more directly to a manga/anime sensibility, which hews more closely to the conventions of soap opera, while still operating in the realms of the "fantastic." But that's a generational shift, that the writers, producers, actors, and fans of GL aren't quite ready for.