Mike is lost; he has no money, a dead end job and a girlfriend who is pregnant. Since he was a boy, Mike has been in love with comic books and the escape they offer. When a London publisher answers a letter about his own comic book, with the offer of a meeting, Mike understands it to be his last chance to shake off the demons of the past and prove himself to be a somebody. When the meeting goes badly wrong and he has nowhere to turn he meets Lucy and soon learns that you cannot let the past define your future.