Nicholas Bell isn’t just a fan of the Extraordinaries, superheroes of Nova City, he writes fan fiction and even daydreams about a certain Shadow Star falling for him. (Keep dreaming, Nick.) At the first page of Nick’s slash fiction I was pulled back by nostalgia into my own teens. Add a good dose of awkward situations that made me hide behind my hand with secondhand embarrassment...and that’s Nick.
Among his friends, the self-anointed ‘queer kids’ in school, he is known for having both a short attention span and a deep loyalty. While he is trying every trick in the comic book to become an Extraordinary himself, they are always there to pull him out of the lake or convince him not to rob a nuclear facility for some radioactive spiders. And while I love superhero books, I also appreciate neurodiverse representation and the unique scope through which Nick sees the world. This story’s a little fantastical, a lot humorous, and completely satisfying for a mood-boosting fix.
Among his friends, the self-anointed ‘queer kids’ in school, he is known for having both a short attention span and a deep loyalty. While he is trying every trick in the comic book to become an Extraordinary himself, they are always there to pull him out of the lake or convince him not to rob a nuclear facility for some radioactive spiders. And while I love superhero books, I also appreciate neurodiverse representation and the unique scope through which Nick sees the world. This story’s a little fantastical, a lot humorous, and completely satisfying for a mood-boosting fix.