Someone has stolen, recreated and sold several copies of an extremely rare comic book. Christopher Lloyd plays the original creator of the comic book, who no longer benefits from his past creations. Having thought that his comics wouldn't be worth much in the future, he either lost or sold his entire collection and regrets it now that he and his wife are forced to live on very little. His young friend and protégé, played by Ben Feldman, publicly humiliates the rich man who owned the original before it was stolen.