Comic book superheroes specialise in saving the world, but they’re also proving to be the cinema industry’s saviour, fuelling a super-powered box office rebound that’s set to continue until the end of the year.
Somewhere in the course of my marriage falling apart—before the need to write again returned but after the dimensions of my bed became too oppressive to remain within its confines—I reached for something on my bookshelf that could uplift my spirits.
