Unfortunately, most of the action takes place in Ray's head, and once again the hero fails to deliver.

Then they faced an admen's nightmare as one by one their heroes failed.

The gods are only comforted by the hope the hero fails.

Newman's effort to recast the inner-city poor as neglected, working-class heroes fails on two counts.

Of, when all the thieves and heroes and gods had failed, of being there.

Yet our hero failed to arise.

He said "conservative heroes such as the Chief Justice failed not only conservatives but all Americans" in upholding the special prosecutor law.

In the classic story, the hero tries to go straight but fails.

"The heroes of former times failed," Garric heard his lips say.

We had faith, because the heroes in our midst had never failed us before.