Soon I Will Be Invincible By Austin Grossman, Pantheon, 2007, Hardcover, 287 pages, $22.95.
Who knew an evil scientist with a potbelly could be so endearing? Austin Grossman has created his own colorful world brimming with original superheroes and villains in his new novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible. Grossman chose to write a novel rather than a comic book to give readers the experience of what his characters were feeling, to know "what it's like to sleep and wake up with powers, to try to eat in a restaurant when you're a living fusion reactor." ...