If Marvel’s Captain America can lay still during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, so can kids.

That’s the message of a special comic book designed to ease children’s fears before they undergo a scan, which requires them to lay still in a narrow, loud machine. The new Marvel Custom Solutions comic book is included in an “MRI Heroes Kit” developed by Siemens Healthcare in Malvern and Marvel Custom Solutions in collaboration with Weill Cornell Imaging at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical College. The kit is designed to empower young patients by educating them about the procedure in a gentle and compelling way.

The MRI Heroes Kit includes 100 copies of the educational comic book, 100 hero-themed capes, 100 Captain America and Iron Man plush toys, an educational DVD and a mini-model of a Siemens MRI scanner to be played with in the waiting room.  The kit will be made available to Siemens customers who purchase its MRI systems.