Dave Lizewski is an ordinary New York teenager who decides to become a superhero out of his love of comics. He buys a wetsuit off eBay & begins his career.

When trying to stop a group of vandals he is beaten, stabbed and hit by a car, breaking most of his bones. Lying to his father by saying he was mugged.

After 6 months of recovery he becomes a superhero yet again, he finds a man

Telling his father he was mugged, he undergoes intense physical rehabilitation, including four operations. He is 