 Tim is sent on assignment with young photographer, Jimmy McClain. Tim isn t looking forward to the experience as Jimmy is a walking disaster zone. Martin knows however that Jimmy has a self-fulfilling failure complex which stems from his childhood, and thus Martin wants to help him out of it. At the story, Jimmy, with Martin s help, gets an exclusive photograph which does include Martin. However Martin is currently photograph invisible. If the photograph is developed and shown, it may disclose Martin s Martian identity. Martin destroys the photograph, and as a result, Jimmy is fired. Martin feels he owes Jimmy, so uses his futuroid camera is find out tomorrow s newspaper s front page headline. It involves notorious gangster Joey Makin. Tim is hesitant to tell Jimmy only because of the potential danger seeing as to Makin s history, but Martin insists. A problem occurs just prior to going off on the story as Jimmy hits Martin s equilibrium machine, which makes Jimmy lose his balance for a temporary period of time. Down at the scene of the crime, Martin helps Jimmy as much as he can using his levitation finger, however the finger goes on the blink. As Joey arrives on the scene, Jimmy takes the photo of the payoff when he falls over, which results in the three of them being captured by Joey and his gang. Martin has one more trick up his sleeve: Martian s primitive method of levitation through sheer concentration. Martin has just enough energy to free Jimmy. Just as Jimmy is ready to head off to get the police, Martin regains use of his levitation finger which he uses to help Jimmy capture Joey and his gang. Not only does Jimmy save the day and get his job back, but has gained self-confidence for the first time in his life.