Editing Adam Strange (section)

==Fictional character biography==
Strange is an [[archaeology|archeologist]] suddenly teleported from Peru, Earth, to the planet Rann through a "Zeta-Beam".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krypton: Who is Adam Strange? |url=https://www.dc.com/blog/2018/03/20/krypton-who-is-adam-strange |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=DC |language=en-US}}</ref> Upon his arrival, he is attacked by one of the planet's predators and rescued by a dark-haired woman called Alanna. She takes him to her father [[Sardath]], who explains that the Zeta-Beam was transmitted to Earth in the hopes that whatever form of intelligent life lived there would trace it back to Rann, and he also theorizes that in the four years it took the Zeta-Beam to reach Earth, it was exposed to radiation and transformed into a transportation beam. Called on to protect the planet from extraterrestrial threats using Rann's technology, Strange grows to care for the planet and its inhabitants, especially Alanna. Eventually, the effects of the beam's transportation wear off, returning Strange to Earth at the exact point of departure. However, Sardath gives him a schedule of beam firings, allowing him to periodically return to the planet.<ref>''Showcase'' #17 in ''The Adam Strange Archives: Volume 1''. Pages 9–34.</ref>

Years later, during an exile in space, [[Swamp Thing]] arrives on Rann, where he meets Adam Strange. In this story it is revealed that centuries ago the planet's population suffered nuclear wars and left them not only with the loss of a large part of their ecosystem, but also with a genetic problem that made the majority of the population sterile. Alanna is among the last Rannians born before the event and maintains fertility.<ref>''Swamp Thing'' (vol. 2) #57-58</ref>

Over time, Sardath perfected a beam he would call the "Mega Zeta-Beam" which would allow Adam to permanently transport himself to Rann. In those days, Adam learns that he was transported to Rann on purpose to serve as Alanna's husband and repopulate the planet. Eventually, Alanna gives birth to a girl named Aleea, but apparently dies in the process.<ref>''Adam Strange'' #1-3</ref>

[[Grayven]], [[Darkseid]]'s illegitimate son, tries to destroy Ranagar and take the Zeta-Beam. Adam Strange battles him with help from the [[Darkstars]] and [[Green Lantern]] [[Kyle Rayner]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |page=110}}</ref><ref>''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #74-75 (1996)</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Adam Strange |url=https://www.cosmicteams.com/profiles/adamstrange.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.cosmicteams.com}}</ref>

[[Hyathis]] attempted to overthrow the government of Rann by using her telepathy to turn an alien race called the Zaredians against the Darkstars. The Zaredian attack created a diversion which allowed Hyathis to kidnap Aleea. Her plans were upset by the arrival of [[Superboy (Kon-El)|Superboy]] and the [[Superboy and the Ravers|Ravers]].<ref>''Superboy and the Ravers'' #3-4 (1996)</ref><ref name=":0" />

Years later, Adam is on Rann raising Aleea and helping to restore the planet, when he learns that Alanna was placed in suspended animation and captured by the En'Taran Slavemasters. Adam convinces the conquerors that he must kidnap the Justice League to rebuild the planet more quickly, and thus, together with the group, he not only rebuilds Rann but defeats the En'tarang and frees Alanna. Unfortunately in the process, Adam loses all traces of the Mega Zeta Ray in his body and returns to Earth.<ref>''JLA'' ''#20-21'' (1998)</ref> Strange returned to Rann and reunited with his family shortly after.<ref>''JLA: Heaven's Ladder'' (2000)</ref>

===''Planet Heist''===
''Planet Heist'', a 2004 eight-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], written by [[Andy Diggle]], penciled by [[Pasqual Ferry]] and colored by [[Dave McCaig]], replaced Adam Strange's costume with a spacesuit that allows for interstellar travel. Adam is preparing to relocate to Rann permanently when he learns that Sardath transported the planet to another dimension to protect it from [[Starbreaker (comics)|Starbreaker]]. Adam, with the help of the [[Omega Men]] and the [[Darkstars]], among others, saves Rann and defeats Starbreaker.

===''Rann-Thanagar War''===
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When Rann was moved from [[Alpha Centauri]] to [[Polaris]], its orbit was believed to have pushed the planet Thanagar closer to its sun, destroying much of the surface.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darius |first=Julian |title=Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: The Rann-Thanagar War |url=http://sequart.org/magazine/1589/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-the-rann-thanagar-war/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=[[Sequart Organization]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Many [[Thanagarian]]s relocate to Rann, but enmity between the two races results in a [[Rann–Thanagar War|war]]. Strange, working with [[Hawkman]], [[Hawkwoman]], [[Kyle Rayner]] and [[Kilowog]], ends the war after discovering [[Superboy-Prime]]'s role in Thanagar's relocation.

===''52''===
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In ''52'', Adam is stranded on another planet with [[Animal Man]] and [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire]] and is blinded in a Zeta-Beam accident.<ref>''52'' Week Seven</ref> After being attacked by [[Devilance|Devilance the Pursuer]], the three escape and battle [[Lady Styx]], who is ravaging planets across the galaxy. With Styx presumably defeated and Animal Man seemingly killed, Strange and Starfire continue their journey back to Earth and Rann while Styx's followers pursue them. With Starfire wounded in one such battle, and their ship breaking apart and malfunctioning, Adam is rescued by [[Mogo]] and a rookie [[Green Lantern]]. He is then brought to Rann, where his vision is restored.

===''Countdown to Adventure''===
Adam Strange joined [[Animal Man]] and Starfire in the series ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis|Countdown to Adventure]]'' written by [[Adam Beechen]] in August 2007.

In issue #1, Adam finds himself replaced as Rann's protector by former actor Champ Hazard. However, Hazard has no regard for any life and is responsible for ending his battles in a horrifically bloody way. It appears Champ was infected by a madness plague created by [[Lady Styx]] before leaving Earth, and has infected one-third of the people on Rann, causing them to riot and say "Believe in Her". Adam and his family escape to Earth, where he enlists the aid of Animal Man and Starfire, eventually discovering a way to cure the plague and restore the infectees to normal.

===''Rann-Thanagar Holy War''===
Adam Strange, along with many of the DC space heroes including Hawkman, Starfire, [[Weird (character)|Weird]], and [[Starman (Prince Gavyn)|Starman]], battles Synnar the Demiurge. Adam Strange's actions in this story result in the depopulation of Prince Gavyn's Throneworld at the hands of Lady Styx. Later, to defeat Synnar and Lady Styx, Rann's atmosphere was explosively discharged into outer space with Rann's entire population Zeta-beamed to Throneworld. Strange also discovers in this story that he is a member of the so-called Aberrant Six.

===''Strange Adventures''===
With Throneworld renamed New Rann, Adam Strange once more teams up with the DC space heroes to investigate why some of the galaxy's stars are disappearing. It is discovered from the future spirit of Synnar that he is destined to be one of 'The Aberrant Six', a group critical to preventing the Synnar of today (trapped in Weird's body) from destroying the universe. Ultimately the Aberrant Six did not form and the future Synnar was forced to leave, but not before Captain Comet's mercenary friend Eye was killed by Synnar's supreme god-enemy to prevent the forming of the Six. Comet was entrusted with Eye's robot companion Orb until she returns, told by Synnar that when that happens he will "continue his negotiations – all has changed, but remains as it was". Adam Strange realizes that one day Synnar will return and force him to join his Aberrant Six.

===''R.E.B.E.L.S.''===
Adam Strange later works with [[Vril Dox]] and the [[R.E.B.E.L.S.]] to battle [[Starro]]. It was also around this time that Adam Strange visited [[New Krypton]] to protest the accord that their Council reached with the Thanagarians. Explaining that the Rannians have recently been on the losing end in a war with the Thanagarians, Adam questions the judgment of the Council in reaching this accord. Whilst there he aided [[Superman]] who was investigating a murder.

The plight of Rann's people was soon resolved by Dox, seeking to restore his reputation after Starro stole [[L.E.G.I.O.N.]] from him and used it to enslave its client worlds. Dox Zeta-beamed Rann into the Vega system, in the orbit previously held by the now destroyed planet [[Tamaran]], and proceeded to terraform Rann and make it suitable to sustain life again.

The restoration of Rann was not Dox's only reason for relocating it into the Vega system. First, by putting Rann into Tamaran's orbit, it restored the gravitational balance to the Vega system, which had been thrown off by Tamaran's destruction. Secondly, in exchange for restoring their planet, the people of Rann agreed to let Dox rebuild L.E.G.I.O.N. headquarters on Rann.

Tamaranian refugees, led by [[Blackfire (DC Comics)|Blackfire]], attacked Rann believing that since the planet was in Tamaran's orbit they had claim to it. The violence was ended when Dox, who was off-world at the start of the conflict, arrived with Thanagarian warships and stopped the fighting without bloodshed on either side. As it turned out, Dox was off-world negotiating an end to the [[Rann-Thanagar War]], using Rann's newfound distance from Thanagar and change in leadership on both sides as leverage.

Dox then went on to mediate the tension between the Rannians and the Tamaraneans by proposing that the Tamaraneans live on Rann's uninhabited southern continent.

Adam Strange, as well as protector of Rann, would also become a senior commander of L.E.G.I.O.N. ensuring peace with the Green Lantern Corps. He also helped create an alliance between Rannians, Tamaraneans and L.E.G.I.O.N. after defeating Starro, ensuring security for Rann, the Vega System and the galaxy.

===The New 52===
In ''[[The New 52]]'', a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, Adam Strange was reintroduced to mainstream continuity as a [[Canadians|Canadian]] archaeologist who has a relationship with Alanna (now Alanna Lewis, a former student of his). He and other heroes are teleported to his home planet Rann to stop [[Byth Rok]]. He and Alanna then became founding members of the [[Justice League United]].<ref>''Justice League United'' #1</ref> An accident with the Zeta Beam allowed Adam to merge with its time-space energy signature, allowing him to project his consciousness throughout all known reality.<ref>''Justice League United'' #10</ref> By the end of the series, Adam would lose his newfound abilities and return to normal.

During [[Vandal Savage]]'s scheme to gain more power from the comet that made him immortal, the JLU assisted a weaker Superman's efforts to thwart his plans. However, the heroes were captured and their powers used as fuel to bring the comet closer to Earth to give Savage's descendants their own abilities.<ref>''Action Comics'' (vol. 2) #48-49</ref> They were saved by Superman, who was now empowered by Kryptonite, and the heroes held back Savage's forces long enough for Superman to finally defeat the immortal, after which the hero dies.

===DC Rebirth===
Strange was next featured in ''The Death of Hawkman'' series, once again caught in the middle of the Rann/Thanagar conflict. Suspicious that Thanagar initiated the first attack, Adam began an investigation into the events with the aid of his friend [[Hawkman (Katar Hol)|Hawkman]]. The two soon discover that [[Despero]] was behind the conflict, aiming to collect the planets Nth Metal supply. They fought Despero, but the villain proved to be too strong to handle. In an act of desperation, Hawkman ordered Adam to active a machine that will magnetize all of the planets Nth Metal, killing Hawkman and Despero. A reluctant Adam agreed, but the machine unexpectedly sent him hurtling into [[Jonny Quest|another dimension]].<ref>''The Death of Hawkman'' #1-6</ref>

He soon found his way back to the DC Universe, where he divides his attention between his home world and his adopted world. He also became a reserve member of the Justice League.<ref>''Justice League'' (vol. 4) #1</ref>