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[[caption-width:199:Did he just notice his costume?]]

Adam Strange is a DCComics [[RaygunGothic space hero]] character from the [[TheFifties 1950s]], who still appears occasionally in their comics and cartoons. He was created by GardnerFox, and first appeared in ''Showcase'' #17 (November, 1958). After three try-out issues in ''Showcase'', he became a regular feature in ''Mystery in Space'' beginning with #53 (August, 1959).

Adam was an ordinary Earthman, an archeologist who was [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleported]] to the planet Rann (located in the Alpha Centauri solar system, the closest to Earth) accidentally after being hit by the zeta beam, a communications beam invented by a Rannian scientist named Sardath that was somehow altered en route to become a teleportation effect. Adam fell in love with Sardath's daughter, Alanna, but it turned out that the zeta-beam's effects only lasted a few hours, and then he was returned to Earth. Adam then calculated where the next zeta beam would strike Earth, and made sure to be at that spot so he could return to Alanna, even if only for short intervals at a time. In addition, he helped protect Rann from various menaces, monsters and aliens, using a Rannian jet pack and a raygun, plus, most notably, his wits and scientific knowledge.

Adam is a long-time ally of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, though not a member.

Eventually, a way to make the z-effect permanent was found, and Adam stayed on Rann, and married Alanna.

A two-issue story in the AlanMoore run of ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' stated that Adam was not transported by accident, but rather that the Rannians needed him to help repopulate their species as nuclear war had rendered them sterile. The idea was further developed in a three-issue miniseries by Richard Bruning in which Adam learned the truth, Sardath went mad, and Alanna was killed off. This RetCon was quietly undone in the late 1990s by MarkWaid, who revealed Alanna was [[DeathIsCheap still alive]] and casually had Adam mention curing Sardath's madness. The "sterile Rann" RetCon has gone unmentioned since, and associated miniseries seems to have tacitly slipped into CanonDiscontinuity.

No relation to [[{{Batman}} professor Hugo Strange]] or the {{Marvel}} character Comicbook/DoctorStrange.

!!This series provides examples of:

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Adam is an archeologist but it rarely plays into his adventures.
* BattleCouple: Adam Strange and Alanna. Especially in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* BadassBookworm: Adam is quite smart but also pretty tough.
* DarkerAndEdgier:The three-issue miniseries "The Man of Two Worlds".
* FasterThanLightTravel: The Zeta Beam
* GeniusLoci: Adam once fought Yggardis, a sentient planet that stole other lifeforms to populate itself, which then died within 24 hours.
* GoalOrientedEvolution: The Rannians are further along than Earth humans (no appendix, no hair except on the head), leading to the "ape" epithet for Adam in the Alan Moore comics.
* GuileHero: As fits a DC Comics hero of the SilverAge, Adam mostly defeated the menaces he encountered with science and trickery.
* HumanAliens: The Rannians. As typical of DC, no explanation for this was ever given.
* JetPack: Adam Strange has one of these.
* MightyWhitey ([[AC:[[RecycledInSpace In Space]]]])
** Adam used Rannian technology to fight his enemies. Why couldn't they do likewise? Because they're not as well-suited to heroics and violence as Earth people.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Alanna (subverted in that Sardath isn't mad, in most versions of the character.)
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The oddest variety this side of {{Toku}} shows. (Example: a giant flying magnifying lens.)
* PlanetaryRomance: In some versions.
* RayGun: Adam Strange has one of these, too.
* RaygunGothic
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Kanjar Ro went from fighting the JusticeLeague to repeatedly clashing with Adam for awhile. 
* ScienceHero
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Zeta Beam.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Inverted: he ''wanted'' to stay in Rann, but couldn't for long.
* WeaponsThatSuck: One enemy alien race used this form of sucking weapon.

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