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• 12-year-old Simon Pooni is a normal decent kid who loved playing basketball and hanging out with his friends, until an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis took that away from him, leaving him in a wheelchair and blind in one eye. He is left with his loving parents, one stalwart friend, and a burning desperation to escape his ravaged body.One day a talking monkey, Ormon, appears and offers him his fondest wish. He will return in one week to explain things. Suddenly Simon is Superior, a Superman knock-off who is currently winding down a 5-movie arc at the theaters. In that week, Superior enthralls and inspires the people of Earth, giving hope and courage where both were in short supply. And Simon is loving this life. There's even a "Lois Lane" type reporter for, if not a love interest, at least someone who can help him connect with the vulnerable boy inside Superior when Ormon returns, takes back what he gave, and introduces himself as a low-level demon who hasn't successfully bartered for a soul in 500 years - and that is the price of Simon's remaining a world-beloved superhero. This is a well-done take on a tried-and-true storyline. I think the loophole at the end that saves Simon is a bit of unbelievable chicanery - and yes, I'm aware how silly it sounds to call something unbelievable in a story about monkey demons bartering for souls. But that's a minor quibble in a very satisfying tale by the author of "Kick-Ass".

  4.00 out of 5

  burnit99

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