Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Will, the Devonian superhero. By day a banker, by night the 27-year-old dad is The Dark Spartan, a self-styled superhero who looks to right wrongs on the mean streets of… Torquay. You couldn’t make it up.
Will is one of three people in Christian Watt’s debut documentary for the First Cut strand that act out their comic book hero fantasies in real life.
Though Watt allows for some gentle ridicule, the beauty of his film is in uncovering the emotional turmoil that drives the men to it.
Superheroes of Suburbia airs on Channel 4 tonight at 7.35pm!