There’s no wrong way to process your grief. However, there are some ways that are more unusual and fascinating than others. One day, I was listening to National Public Radio, and I heard a story about a Navajo woman who turned her deceased son into a superhero.

No, she didn’t find a magical stone or find herself visited by an angel. Instead, Rachel Tso Cox worked with Travelers insurance company to create a 28-page comic that turned her son, Zaadii, into Z-Hawk, a protector of the environment and Native American lands.

Captain America, eat your heart out.

According to the NPR report, Zaadii was a 3-year-old boy killed in Flagstaff, Arizona, by a distracted driver in 2015. The idea to turn him into a superhero stemmed from the fact that he always wore his Batman costume wherever he went and whatever he did, making superhero noises when he was in the costume.

Cox started a foundation in her son’s name to bring attention to distracted driving. From the creation of that foundation, she met a group of comic book writers, including Gail Simone, who has written for the Batgirl comic series and turned the previous events of Zaadii’s life into predictions of what the boy might have done when he grew up, if he hadn’t died so tragically.

The comic also incorporates a lot of the symbols of Navajo beliefs, from giving the superhero a Diné grandmother—reflecting the respect for tribal elders—to designing a costume with a cape shaped like eagle feathers and arrowheads emblazoned on his suit. Of course, the comic also incorporates the typical comic book fare, giving Z-Hawk an electric super car called the Z-Runner and pitting him against an enemy called the Decimator.

Besides providing the fun story for people to enjoy, the comic book provides the real story of Zaadii and recounts how he lost his life due to distracted driving. Zaadii’s story is one of many that Travelers is telling, dubbing them as “unfinished stories.”

When someone is taken away from us so suddenly, and especially so young, you can’t help but feel their life is unfinished. Zaadii’s early death robbed him of the experience of going to school, growing up, falling in love and so much more that we all take for granted.

Many of us wonder what kind of life our loved ones could have lead, and that leads to speculation. However, most of the speculation is discussed with friends and loved ones, not turned into something that everyone can see and admire. Putting something into print brings it to life, thus giving the deceased a sort of immortality.

I also like the fact that it spotlights the Navajo tribe and the issues that it and other Native American communities deal with. I grew up in Arizona, and I spent almost eight years covering the Navajo for a weekly newspaper bordering the reservation. I fell in love with the people, and I appreciated the struggles they went through to become the people they are today.

Coming up with a comic to tell a story about a loved one is, in my view, a unique way to keep someone alive in your heart. It not only allows you to bring some joy into a sad situation, but it also helps you to process your grief with others because it brings in more people to provide support and love. Grief is never easy to get through on your own, which is why it’s vital to have a social circle that gives you strength.

Cox said in the NPR story that she took the comic with her to Zaadii’s grave and read it to him. She described the process of creating the comic as a form of therapy, and she believes that being able to tap into a 3-year-old’s imagination and giving it form and substance is a “gift.”

What a gift it is.