Heroes come in many forms, and not all heroes come in Marvel Comics. The novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury contains a character named Charles Halloway. Charles Halloway, a developing reforming character, proves himself as quite a hero. In the story, Mr. Halloway starts as a person who has many regrets, then a person forced to change, and finally evolves into a hero. The first part of the book begins with a remorseful gentleman.

In part one of Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury shares Halloway's regrets with the reader. When Will Halloway was a young boy, he drowned in a river. Mr. Halloway did not know how to swim at the time; therefore, Will's rescuer was his best friend's father. Halloway never had the chance to play ball with his son neither. He regrets his lack of presence throughout his son's life and his...