Young Lyle Norg is a fan of pop-culture, specifically the Legion of Super-Heroes. His parents never understood their son's peculiar eccentricities, and his father refuses to indulge Lyle's whimsical daydreams. The two get into an argument, and Lyle's father violently expresses his displeasure over Lyle’s behavior.

Lyle decides that he no longer wishes to live such a lifestyle. He steps out onto the balcony of his family's penthouse and leaps to his doom. As luck would have it, the Legion of Super-Heroes fly by and scoop Lyle up. Before long, Lyle Norg will become one of their numbers under the alias of the Invisible Kid.