Name: Adam Strange
Universe: Earth-1
Alter Ego: None
Occupation: Archaeologist
Marital Status: Married
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Ranagar, city on Rann, third planet of Alpha Centauri
Known Relatives: Alanna (wife), Sardath (father-in-law)
Height: 6 ft.
Weight: 175 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Blue
First Appearance: Showcase #17

History:
While fleeing for his life from South American savages, the young archaeologist suddenly found himself struck by the Zeta Beam, a beam of energy sent from the planet Rann in hopes of communicating with our planet.

But its journey through space altered the transmission beam and it somehow teleported Strange to the planet Rann, 4.5 light-years from Earth.

There, Earth’s first interstellar spaceman met the lovely Alanna and her scientist-father Sardath, who soon taught Strange both the language and ways of this exotic, alien world.

Rann is a planet of contradictions. Some of its divided city-states possess science far in advance of Earth, while others exist in almost barbaris splendor.

Here, where no Earthman had ever walked before, Adam Strange became Rann’s first citizen and savior, for his quick, keen mind saved his adopted world time after time from alien invasion, internal warfare, and natural disaster.

Adam quickly fell in love with young Alanna and ultimately married her. But despite Adam’s love for his wife and her world, he cannot remain on Rann for long, for the Zeta Beam energy, set at different pulses, eventually wears off, and when it does, Adam Strange is returned to his home planet, Earth.

Adam must then calculate where the next Zeta Beam will strike – always below the Equator – and intercept it before it’s gone.

Powers:
Adam Strange possesses no special powers, but his quick, analytical mind, his flying rocket-pack, and his Rann-created weapons make him a force to be reckoned with.