“I know. I was there,” said Superman, “But we have to check it out. I suggest we change to our secret identities, and buy tickets to the next performance of the circus.”

“I can’t stay on land that long,” said Aquaman, “That’s why I only appeared in the opening credits of Lou Scheimer’s documentary about the Justice League of America in 1967. If Joker heads for the sea, send for me.”

So Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Carter Hall, Barry Allen and Hal Jordan made their way to the circus, and sat together under the big top.

“And now, presenting two of the greatest stars of our show: Jester and his tiny marionette assistant Dick Digit!” said the ringmaster.

As the Justice League members looked on, a man came out into the ring and began an act involving an apparently stringless puppet.

“The costume does resemble the Joker’s a lot,” said Bruce Wayne, “But trust me, it’s not him.”

“I don’t know where this would go as an act, Ann. That jester gives me the creeps,” said a man several seats behind them, heard only by his wife and Clark Kent’s super hearing.

“Be quiet and enjoy the show, Trevor,” said the man’s wife.

Clark did his best to tune out the surrounding comments and concentrate on their problem at hand. He projected his invisible telescopic and microscopic vision at Dick Digit and thoroughly examined the tiny man.

“It’s not a puppet,” he whispered, “He’s a living breathing tiny man. He could well be the Atom, wearing a new costume.”

“But why would Atom lie to us and pretend he’s on a scientific exploration at sub-microscopic size, just so he could moonlight in the circus?” said Green Lantern.

“Maybe he wanted to be a little guy under the big top,” said Hawkman, “… Okay, so I don’t understand earth humour properly yet. I’ll just have to wing it for a while.”

“As soon as the show’s over, we change to our other identities and visit Jester’s caravan,” said Clark.

So it was that they knocked on the caravan door, and were welcomed with open arms.

“Wow! The Justice League of America, and Batman too!” said Jester.

“Actually Batman’s joined us a couple years after the Scheimer documentary went to air,” said Hawkman, “He left my wife out of the show too, although Mera got a few brief mentions.”

“You may have noticed that the Atom’s not with us today,” said Superman, “And we certainly noticed that you have a tiny assistant.”

“I’m not the Atom,” said Dick, “I’m not even the original Dick Digit, although I took over the role of Jester’s puppet. I come from a distant planet, which had its entire population shrunken. I came to earth to warn people that it could happen here too. With Jester’s help, we defeated some dangerous alien invaders, and I stayed here as his stage assistant and his crime fighting assistant.”

“And you’ve never been able to restore your size,” said Green Lantern, “My ring might be able to try.”