When Mike buys a strange comic book titled "Crying Man," he discovers he has the ability to summon the Hero from the comic book into reality by saying the name of the hero out loud.

Boastful superhero Black Knight sneaks into a house to acquire a Hero Book but accidentally starts a fire; Mike and Crying Man try to rescue a girl trapped in the house but end up facing a dangerous predicament.

Nick is excited at the prospect of becoming famous by superhero videos, and even crafts a hero costume for him and names him as Super Awesome Man; X summons gravity-controlling superhero, Gravity, to seize the comic book Lucky.

After getting into a fight with Mike, Nick is kidnapped by Dirk O; Mike has to put aside differences and take up the identity of Super Awesome Man to save his friend from Dirk and his Hero Book, Mummy Girl.

Nick and Mike try to uncover the true identity of a Reader who is using his Hero Book powers to take revenge on bullies at their high school; Dirk O, angry at his defeat to Mike, encounters the enigmatic Krista.