Greg Gerstenfelder is not having a good time in high school. His classmates don't like him, the girl he adores ignores him, and he can't drive Then, one night, he encounters debris from an outer space battle and gains superpowers. A comic book fan, Greg decides to become the heroic Captain Starburst, only to realize that while he now has to battle off villains, robots and the temptations of power, superpowers don't help with his usual problems. And he still has to pass Chemistry.