People always say “don’t judge a book by its cover,” and yet that exact thing happens probably billions of times each day. Whether it’s people inappropriately judging each other by appearances, or simply picking this or that novel based on how the cover looks. And, although there could be countless other issues, I feel this has happened with my new novel, too. So I’ve decided to change things.

I spoke to other authors doing well in the superhero category (thanks, Logan Rutherford!) and read T...