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Nash unmasks 'Magician'
Virgin Comics to produce graphic novel
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
Nash Entertainment is resurrecting the Masked Magician -- but this
time as the lead character in a graphic novel to be produced by Virgin
Comics.
The Masked Magician was the star of Nash's five "Breaking the
Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed" specs,
which scored big ratings for Fox in the late 1990s.

The specials raised the ire of magicians, who were upset that some of
the field's mysteries were being dissected on primetime TV. In the
fourth spec, the magician removed his mask; turns out it was Val
Valentino, a figure well-known on the illusion circuit.

Now, Nash Entertainment CEO Bruce Nash hopes to turn the Masked
Magician into a fictionalized franchise, starting with the novel. Nash
hopes ultimately to use the novel as the basis for a feature film.