Max Crumbly está a punto de enfrentarse a sus primer día en el peor lugar del mundo: el Instituto de secundaria de South Ridge. La vida de Mas en el insti es un auténtico desastre. ¡Él pensaba que sería un líder juvenil, pero se está convirtiendo en un perdedor total! Para empezar, hay un chulito que le ha cogido el gusto a encerrarle en la taquilla, y no le deja en paz. Pero Max siempre encuentra una solución desesperada para todos los problemas ... ¡Este instituto necesita un héroe, y él está dispuesto a serlo! (Si consigue salir de la taquilla, claro.).

Max is about to face the scariest place he's ever been -- South Ridge Middle School! He has been home-schooled by his grandmother until now, and he's begged his parents to finally let him start attending public middle school. He's starting to question that choice, though, with the Thomas Silver Problem. As in, Thomas Silver keeps stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in all the comics he likes to read -- or the ones he draws -- and magically escape the locker and defeat Tommy. Unfortunately, Max's uncanny, almost superhuman ability to smell pizza from a block away won't exactly save any lives or foil bad guys. But that doesn't mean Max won't do his best to be the hero his school needs!