“No Green Lantern!” said Superman, “When I examined him from the big top with my super vision, I noticed that his people have yellow blood. Your ring at best would enlarge his body, while his blood size didn’t increase in proportion to supply it.”

“It’s ironic, but the only person who might be able to help is the Atom,” said Batman.

“I’ll let him know of your predicament when he returns,” said Flash, “If you’ll tell us the circus’s upcoming schedule, I can super speed to your location with the Atom riding on my shoulder, as soon as he’s back from the sub-microscopic world he’s on now.”

A few weeks later, Flash and Atom went to visit Jester and Dick Digit after their latest performance.

“It wouldn’t work,” said the Atom, “I wanted to do you the courtesy of explaining, but the white dwarf star assisted size control belt I wear only works on me. Anything else would become unstable and break up from the size changing process.”

“It’s alright,” said Dick, “At least I get to be a circus star and crime fighter on your world.”

“Hawkman and Superman probably know how you feel,” said Flash, “They came from other worlds too. Superman’s world exploded when he was a baby. To cap it off, the remains of his planet now give off a radiation which is uniquely deadly to his body and his dog’s.”

“Superman has a dog?” said Jester.

“Yes, but we don’t see him anymore. Superboy and Krypto once flew 1000 years into the future to retrieve an enlarged molecule to save a scientist who was injured by the effects of an experiment with the molecule in Superboy’s time. While in the future, they defeated some criminals of that time, and made a name for themselves. Later, some Legion of Super Pets from that time flew back to visit Krypto after Clark Kent moved to Metropolis. They invited Krypto to go into the future and join their Legion,” said Flash.

“How did you learn all that?” asked Atom.

“Superman and I can both talk and hear and understand at super speed,” said Flash, “We cover all sorts of ground.”

So Dick Digit and Jester returned to their regular lives. Flash had hinted at them joining the JLA at one point during the conversation, but Dick felt that Atom’s size, without the weight controls would not make him suitable for membership, more of a liability. Jester felt that, without Batman’s gadgets and fighting skills, another non-super powered member in the JLA would be superfluous.

Some months after that, Dick was taking a swim on his own between circus performances in a lakeside area, when he saw a beautiful woman his own size floating downstream, apparently unconscious, and slowly sinking below the surface.

“She’ll drown!” he thought, and swam furiously after her, took her in one arm and swam to the shore with her.

She regained consciousness while he was dragging her onto the land.

“You must have saved my life,” she said.