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Appearing in "The Men of Tomorrow, Chapter One: Ulysses"

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Synopsis for "The Men of Tomorrow, Chapter One: Ulysses"

In a secret base beneath Omaha, Nebraska, 25 years ago, a disastrous hazardous leak occurred at the Ulysses Research Centre, requiring the scientists, who left their military jobs to work there, to evacuate in a hurry. Among them, Bridget and Peter Quinn found themselves locked inside their lab because their superiors believed that the strange matter they discovered from Dimension Two could not be contained. It had already absorbed the east wing. With horror, Bridget realized that the lab was set to self-destruct, though Peter warned that their own lives were forfeit. The key thing would be to prevent the strange matter from escaping and consuming the earth. However, Bridget and Peter had brought their infant son to the lab on that day, and his well-being was of more import.

Desperately, they hurried back to Dimension Four, in the hope that they could save their baby by sending him to that uncharted universe. Probes had proved that there was intelligent life, and a world not so different from their own in that dimension, but the air there is theorized to empower human physiology with super-human abilities. Hoping that the people of this world would accept their boy, they sent their son into the portal to Dimension Four, and were both consumed in the self-destruction of the facility.

Today, in Metropolis, Jimmy Olsen's attempts to get good photos of Superman in battle with Titano are something of a disappointment to Perry White at the Daily Planet. Perry can't help but wonder why Jimmy even works at the Planet, given that his parents left him millions of dollars' inheritance. Despite that, Jimmy spends all his time trying to get front page photos. Jimmy responds that when his parents get off the charges from the allegations against them, they will surely demand that he pay them back. Sympathetically, Perry offers Jimmy a lunch voucher, and warns him to try to get more than a red and blue blur, next time.