Comic Title: Strange Adventures #228
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1971
On Sale Date: November 12, 1970 Newsstand Date November 12, 1970
Source: House Ad, DC Special #10, Page 47

Newsstand Date November 12, 1970
Source: Direct Currents, Teen Titans #31, Page 20

Copyright Date November 12, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Fadeaway Doom"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Adam Strange (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Mystery in Space #68 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Adam Strange (last appearance in Mystery in Space #67; next appearance in Mystery in Space #69)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alanna (last appearance in Mystery in Space #67; next appearance in Mystery in Space #69)
• Sardath (name misspelled ‘Sardanth’ in this story; last appearance in Mystery in Space #62; next appearance in Mystery in Space #74)

Villain(s)

• Kaskor (a dictator; no further appearances)
• The Dust Devils of Rhynthar (destroyed in this story; no further appearances)
• Jakarta (unnamed in this story; a dust devil; next appearance in Mystery in Space #70)

Other Character(s)

• Several Ranagaran soldiers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The citizens of Ranagar are commanded to surrender by an unknown foe. When they try to defend themselves, their army mysteriously disappears. When Adam Strange arrives on the Zeta Beam, he meets Alanna, but they both disappear as well.

Adam and Alanna are teleported to the planet Rhynthar where they are attacked by the native Dust Devils. Adam finds a way to defeat them, by turning them to glass. He then learns that a Ranagaran, Kaskor, is responsible for their disappearance.

Kaskor has perfected Zeta technology, allowing him to teleport people away, but not have them return. With the army and Alanna still trapped on Rhynthar, Adam is sent back to Earth by the original Zeta Beam.

When he returns to Rann, he uses a device to jam to Zeta wave, so Kaskor can not send him back to Rhynthar. Adam then uses the new Zeta Beam on Kaskor and himself, so that Kaskor is trapped as well. Not wanting to remain on Rhynthar, Kaskor reveals the secret of his weapon, allowing everyone to return to Rann. The perfected Zeta Beam is then destroyed, and Adam returns to Earth.