In the midst of the financial crisis, as if times weren’t hard enough already, mysteriously beloved superheroes begin disappearing, leaving residents of Athenopolis at the mercy of criminals and natural disasters. Mr. Gouneberg, a journalist from the newspaper Herald, embarks on an amazing adventure trying to solve the enigma of our heroes’ disappearance.

Several decades later, Mr. Gouneberg’s son collects the newspaper covers, personal notes and excerpts related to his father’s research and publishes the information together in the book The Heroic Affair of Mr. Gouneberg. The case of the mysterious affair unfolds to readers as they patiently pursue all the information laid out for them in the archive.