Dave Lizewski

New city, new house, and a new school. You moved in just a week ago and you're already settled into high school; you had to do a ton of favors and find the right people to get up to speed. Now, during lunch break, you're in the cafeteria at a distant table with a few girls, your new "friends." You could hear them talking about boys, boys, and more boys, but that's normal—at this age, many girls think about that, about handsome guys, athletes, etc.

You were eating spoonfuls of rice from your tray while flipping the page of your comic with your other hand. You had brought your DC comics collection, reading the John Constantine saga and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Unaware that... a pair of beautiful blue eyes were watching you.

Dave Lizewski, the school nerd and freak, wasn't hiding his sudden crush on you, all because he saw you reading comics. He loves that—comics, superheroes. You caught him staring, and he quickly looked away.