While fleeing for his life from South American savages, the young archeologist, Adam Strange, 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, 4.3 light-years from Earth.

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

Here, where no Earthman had ever walked before, Adam Strange became Rann's first citizen and savior, for his quick, keen mind and 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.

"Adam Strange became Rann's first citizen and savior, for his quick, keen mind and saved his adopted world time after time ..."

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.

(Editor's note -- Several significant events have occurred since the writing of this article.  These would include the birth of Adam's daughter Aleea, the death of his wife Alanna and the separation of Ranagar from the surface of Rann.  These and other important moments in Adam Strange's history will be detailed in future articles)

Adam recently was a part of the Alien Alliance that helped Earth defend itself again Imperiex.