Marvel has released a level pack for LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2, specifically, the Marvel Level Kit. Now I, like multitudinous Marvel fans out there, can "Make mine Marvel."

There are four different levels included in the Marvel Level Kit, but while the levels are very playable and entertaining, tweakers should think of them more as a showroom for set pieces that can be used in your own Marvel-ous levels.

There are playable levels in the Marvel Level Kit, which follow a single storyline. In these levels, Doctor Octopus and Magneto (along with some other baddies) are building a giant laser that they plan to launch into space and fire at planet Earth. This is generally an evil idea that superhero-types would tend to be somewhat concerned about. So, it's up to you to stop their fiendish plan. I was surprised to see such a nice collection of Marvel characters [spoiler] represented in such a short adventure.

• Level 1 - Downtown Doom

  
  [54 Collectible Items]
  This is primarily a rooftop level, with some elevators and scaffolding thrown in for good measure. Magneto is constantly trying to slow you down, but he's a bit "hands-off," preferring to move large metal set pieces around to hinder your advancement, rather than take you on directly. I found Downtown Doom to be a brilliant introduction to what these levels were going to be like and very comedic in presentation. I just kept finding something else that made me snicker around each turn.

• Level 2 - Freeway Frenzy

  
  [44 Collectible Items]
  This aptly named level has you pursuing the super villains in traffic by making your way on foot across the top of moving cars and trucks as they zoom down the highway. Be careful - if you fall, your Sackboy dies and goes flying off the screen to the left, since the traffic is racing to the right. There are some really neat gimmicks here, on top of the sideways racing special effect. One area has you dodging signs that overhang the road while you run along the top of a truck. Another gimmick is a puzzle that requires you to use a magnetic crane to rearrange some metal crates to continue on your journey. These sections gave this level a bit of old-school platformer feel.

• Level 3 - Mad Lab

  
  [56 Collectible Items]
  In this level, you've made it to the laboratory where the laser is being built and launched into space. You'll have to be careful as you work your way through this evil lair.

• Level 4 - Rocket Rampage

  
  Rocket Rampage is the end-of-the-story boss battle. You'll have to avoid being blown up by Magneto's toys while working quickly to open each rocket's battery compartment and remove the batteries. Once you've removed all of the batteries from one of the rockets, it will detach from the main rocket and you'll be able to start on the next one.

  As a boss battle, the entire level takes place in one location, and there aren't any items to collect on this level. This level does feature the jet pack, however, which I thought was kinda cool.

Included in the Marvel Level Kit are three new music tracks for use in your levels - two normal background music pieces and one interactive piece. There is one new background of what looks to be New York rooftops and has a very nice three dimensionality to it, rather than simply having a couple of layers of parallax scrolling.

As for materials, there are six new materials to play with: three comic-book styled pen-and-ink backgrounds, one of a cityscape, one of a grid of windows (think close-up detail of a skyscraper) and one of repeating text balloons, two repeating comic book character montages which look a bit like either gift wrap or a child's wallpaper and an orange "Thing" texture. The Thing texture is a rock texture and has a rock hardness and rock sounds associated with it, while all of the other included materials are in the "Cardboard" category.

There are a lot of stickers included, with several Marvel characters having body stickers (arms, legs, chest and head). Additionally, there are some 3D modeled heads (such as Thing and Iron Man), which look fairly awesome. I used the Thing head in a level where he had been made into a rampaging giant, and built part of the level as the Thing's bust, with the provided head on top. It came out pretty cool, in a fairly hilarious sort of way that seems typical of LittleBigPlanet.

While there are only four playable levels in the Marvel Level Kit, it's just that - a level kit, not a level pack. Even so, there actually is some replayability built into the four levels, as you'll need to collect the stickers in your first go-through to be able to open up some goodies in your second go-through. Also, there are two-player puzzles as well as four-player puzzles in these levels, so you better assemble the Avengers if you want to get every last collectible.

The wrapping paper-esque materials could be useful as dividers between sections in a level, perhaps, or maybe part of a birthday or Christmas themed level, but the hand-drawn cityscapes and the background are likely to be more popularly used in level creation. I counted character sticker assets for at least 12 characters while playing through the levels, so there's lots of useful art assets for building your own Marvel themed levels. If you're a Marvel fan, as I am, and you like creating LittleBigPlanet levels, the Marvel Level Kit is an awesome toybox for a creative mind. So get creating, already...