Impossible, a supervillain possessing super-human strength and intellect who suffers from Malign Hypercognition Disorder ("evil genius" syndrome).

Instead, Grossman accepted a job working in the video game medium which he credited with teaching him to realistically portray creative characters and situations.

After CoreFire, the world's greatest superhero, goes missing, the former members of The Champions re-unite to investigate his disappearance, bringing in two new replacement heroines, Lily and Fatale.

Impossible, was involved, even though he has been incarcerated in a maximum security prison since his defeat by Damsel during his twelfth world domination attempt.

The New Champions search for Impossible, convinced he is responsible for CoreFire's demise, while he gathers the materials needed to advance his plan.

She feels uncomfortable replacing a popular, deceased member and unworthy of belonging to a superhero group, but she proves herself to be highly competent and earns the respect of her teammates.

Impossible's flashbacks by having no memory of her life before the accident in Brazil that made her a cyborg, with her exposition coming from her new experiences with the other superheroes.

Impossible's island, as he attempts to start a controlled Ice Age, making him Earth's ruler and only source of energy.

Impossible ponders what it truly means to conquer the world, and whether such a feat can really be achieved, as he prepares for yet another escape from custody to start the cycle all over again with a new plan.

The language was described as having a "sincere tone of glory"[8] and "boyish indulgence"[8] with "an undercurrent of sadness and a surprisingly human universality".

[14] They exist in a "cult of overachievement",[7] constantly competing and trying to distinguish themselves from one another, which results in characters as "colorful as playing cards but all from different decks, a jumble of incompatible suits and denominations dealt out for an 'Alice in Wonderland' game.

"[8] Despite their celebrity status and heroic facade, they exist in a "mundane reality"[15] with a normal routine; as the villain devises new means of committing crimes and conquering the world, the heroes chat among themselves, reliving past adventures, and practice fighting one another.

This is seen as a sub-type of the hero's journey[17] and his calm deconstruction of his own futile, repetitive and self-destructive behaviours is compared to existentialist literature.

Impossible, are portrayed as sympathetic characters afflicted with "Malign Hypercognition Disorder", a psychological condition which makes highly intelligent people use their advantages to perform non-virtuous, or evil, actions.

Impossible's point of view, he is not inherently evil but rejects societal norms: "it's a matter of integrity — he's sticking to his principles, doing science his own way, pursuing his goals — even if it means the entire world is against him, even if he looks ridiculous in his costume, even if he knows he's going to lose.

This use of superhero fiction in an alternate format was compared to other similar, successful attempts, like Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films,[19] Brad Bird's The Incredibles,[20][21][22][23] and the TV serial No Heroics.

[18] Several reviewers contrasted the novel's elements of realism with Alan Moore's Watchmen[7][19][24] and Rick Veitch's Bratpack[19] which portrayed a darker side of more realistic superheroes.

Novels cited as being similar included Donald Barthelme's Snow White,[8] Robert Coover's Stepmother,[8] and the works of Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem.

...The result is a postmodern, inventive, comic-book plot with literary aspirations, and its only problem is that it isn't entirely successful as either humor or as straight adventure.

"[24] Soon I Will Be Invincible was published by Pantheon Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday division of Random House, and released on June 5, 2007, as a hardcover.

The cover art, which features photos of stereotypical comic book character clothing like a mask and gloves, by Chip Kidd was called "excellent...[and] sure to attract readers".

[19] The Publishers Weekly review noted that the comic book scenario written in a prose novel, with "thoughtfully portrayed" characters, would broaden the appeal of the genre.

[12] Similarly, regarding the comic book set-up written in prose, Mat Johnson in USA Today wrote that Grossman's "fabulist vision is meticulously captured so that it might be gleefully explored, nostalgically, within its traditional boundaries".

"[23] The Kirkus Reviews summary notes that the action scenes are "unimpressive, interrupted by more talk as...the battle seesaws in an arbitrary fashion.