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Tim Blake Nelson’s Superhero Earns 4/5 From ComicBook.com

Drawn from firsthand Hollywood anecdotes, the composite A‑lister at its center exposes tentpole power plays, with viral outbursts looming.

Overview

  • Superhero: A Novel is newly released from Unnamed Press and is available now.
  • ComicBook.com’s review praises the book as witty and sharply observed, awarding it a 4 out of 5.
  • Nelson says lead character Peter Compton is a composite modeled on about four real A‑list actors.
  • A real anecdote about an actor buying out a restaurant to sway a cinematographer seeded the story, though it is not the book’s climax.
  • Nelson discusses on‑set meltdowns and social‑media exposure, noting he has witnessed reprehensible behavior even on heavily controlled big‑budget sets.