Al Addin was a young comic book fan who gained the ability to travel through time and space when he accidentally knocked over an old hour-glass which housed a genie. The hour-glass was given to him by a gentlemen who was being harassed by kids who gave the object to Al as thanks. Using his time-travelling powers, Al visited historical figures such as old Araby and Cleopatra, among others. He would return to the present after all the sand in the hour-glass would run out.