Of course, mention of a 'rising star of the superhero world' immediately brings Ben's thoughts to himself, but he obviously can't let that show.

Ben leans against a shelf, shoving one hand into his pocket and keeping hold of his selected comics with the other. "Yeah? Who?"

He's partly just trying to gauge whether his activities over the summer have gained any attention here, but he's also genuinely curious; in general, the more info he can pick up on the hero community around LA, the better.