Jim Dandy #1

In "The Mysterious Beam," Jim—the brainy kid everyone underestimates—finds an unlikely ally when an invisible alien named Cup answers his radio signal from space. As Jim navigates schoolyard struggles and his dad’s disappointment, the quiet connection he’s made with Cup begins to change things, one strange encounter at a time.

Jim Dandy thought he was talking to thin air—until a stranded space visitor from the planet Zikalug named Cup makes himself visible and reveals he's been secretly helping Jim succeed at football all along. Now that Cup has accidentally discovered Earth fuel works in his saucer, Jim faces an impossible choice: let his new best friend return home, or find a way to keep him earthbound—all while making sure nobody else discovers the big secret.

Shorty Shiner, a pint-sized sheriff's deputy with a ten-gallon hat and a hair-trigger temper, takes his job seriously when he spots someone jaywalking through town. What starts as a routine arrest turns into a comedy of misunderstandings as this five-foot firebrand tries to enforce the law his way.