Illustrations and simple text offer an ode to the treasures we find and keep in our pockets and the memories they hold.

"Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it's just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment...

Years before Krypton explodes, the ruthless super-villain Brainiac shrinks the capital, Kandor, to miniature size and adds it to his collection of cities from across the universe. When Brainiac eventually reaches the Earth, and turns his shrinking ray on her cities, Superman comes to the rescue and halts his evil plans!

This is the tale of the Red Kryptonite, and why this artifiact now stands in the Fortress of Solitude.

Everything is changing in Stan's life. And he does not like this a bit. Gran Jenn passed away. Then his dad lost his job. And now his best pal, Tom, is moving to Madrid. But Tom is leaving Stan in good hands. When he asks Stan to finish a last task for him, Tom has bigger plans for his best pal. What can Tom's last task be? Will Stan solve the puzzle Tom left behind and finish the task?

Superman's Fortress of Solitude contains many souvenirs of his battles and successes, including a starship. This is the tale behind it.