| ADAM STRANGE | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Gardner F. Fox, Edmond Hamilton and Mike Sekowsky |
Adam Strange
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CHRONOLOGY
Adam Strange first appeared in Showcase #17 (November-December 1958): "Secret of the Eternal City".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Adam Strange in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Adam Strange Chronology
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| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #17 (August 1987): "The Secret Origin of Adam Strange" [Post-Crisis version of Showcase #17] |
| Showcase #17 (November-December 1958): "Secret of the Eternal City" |
| Showcase #17/2 (November-December 1958): "The Planet and the Pendulum" |
| Showcase #18 (January-February 1959): "Invaders from the Atom Universe" |
| Showcase #18/2 (January-February 1959): "The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange" |
| Justice League of America #144 (July 1977): "The Origin of the Justice League - Minus One" [Flashback] |
| Showcase #19 (March-April 1959): "Challenge of the Star-Hunter" |
| Showcase #19/2 (March-April 1959): "Mystery of the Mental Menace" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #53 (August 1959): "Menace of the Robot Raiders" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #54 (September 1959): "Invaders from the Underground World" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #55 (November 1959): "The Beast from the Runaway World" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #56 (December 1959): "The Menace of the Super-Atom" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #57 (February 1960): "Mystery of the Giant Footprints" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #58 (March 1960): "Chariot in the Sky" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #59 (May 1960): "The Duel of the Two Adam Stranges" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #60 (June 1960): "The Attack of the Tentacle World" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #61 (August 1960): "Threat of the Tornado Tyrant" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #62 (September 1960): "The Beast with the Sizzling Blue Eyes" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #63 (November 1960): "The Weapon That Swallowed Men" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #64 (December 1960): "The Radioactive Menace" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #65 (February 1961): "The Mechanical Masters of Rann" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #66 (March 1961): "Space-Island of Peril" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #67 (May 1961): "Challenge of the Giant Fireflies" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #68 (June 1961): "The Fadeaway Doom" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #69 (August 1961): "Menace of the Aqua-Ray Weapon" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #70 (September 1961): "Vengeance of the Dust Devil" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #71 (November 1961): "The Challenge of the Crystal Conquerors" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #72 (December 1961): "The Multiple Menace Weapon" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #73 (February 1962): "The Invisible Raiders of Rann" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #74 (March 1962): "The Spaceman Who Fought Himself" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #75 (May 1962): "The Planet That Came to a Standstill" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #76 (June 1962): "Challenge of the Rival Starman" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #77 (August 1962): "Ray-Gun in the Sky" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #78 (September 1962): "Shadow People of the Eclipse" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #79 (November 1962): "The Metal Conqueror of Rann" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #80 (December 1962): "The Deadly Shadows of Adam Strange" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #81 (February 1963): "The Cloud-Creature That Menaced Two Worlds" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #82 (March 1963): "World War on Earth and Rann" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #83 (May 1963): "The Emotion-Master of Space" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #84 (June 1963): "The Powerless Weapons of Adam Strange" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #85 (August 1963): "Riddle of the Runaway Rockets" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #86 (September 1963): "Attack of the Underworld Giants" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #87 (November 1963): "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #87/2 (November 1963): "Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang" |
| Justice League of America #24 (December 1963): "Decoy Missions of the Justice League" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #88 (December 1963): "The Robot-Wraith of Rann" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #89/2 (February 1964): "Siren of the Space Ark" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #90 (March 1964): "Planets in Peril" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #91 (May 1964): "Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #92 (June 1964): "The Alien Invasion from Earth" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #93 (August 1964): "The Convict Twins from Space" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #94 (September 1964): "The Riddle of the Two Solar Systems" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #95 (November 1964): "The Hydra-Head from Outer Space" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #96 (December 1964): "The Coins That Doomed Two Planets" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #97 (February 1965): "The Day Adam Strange Vanished" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #98 (March 1965): "The Wizard of the Cosmos" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #99 (May 1965): "The World-Destroyer from Space" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #100 (June 1965): "The Death of Alanna" |
| Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #102 (September 1965): "The Robot World of Ancient Rann" |
| Silver Age: Showcase #1 (July 2000): "The 7 Soldiers of Victory" |
| Silver Age 80-Page Giant #1 (July 2000): "S.O.S. to Nowhere!" |
| Hawkman Vol. 1 #18 (February-March 1967): "World That Vanished" |
| Hawkman Vol. 1 #19 (April-May 1967): "Parasite Planet Peril" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #222 (January-February 1970): "Beyond the Wall of Death" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #226 (September-October 1970): "The Magic-Maker of Rann" |
| Justice League of America #96 (February 1972): "The Coming of Starbreaker" |
| Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" |
| Justice League of America #120 (July 1975): "The Parallel Perils of Adam Strange" |
| Justice League of America #121 (August 1975): "The Hero Who Jinxed the Justice League" |
| Action Comics #650 (February 1990): "Reflections" [Flashback to Justice League of America #120-#121] |
| Justice League of America #138 (January 1977): "Adam Strange -- Puppet of Time" |
| Justice League of America #139 (February 1977): "The Cosmic Conspiracy Against Adam Strange" |
| Brave and the Bold #161 (April 1980): "A Tale of Two Heroes" |
| All-New Collectors' Edition #C-56 (1978): "Superman vs. Muhammad Ali" |
| Showcase #100 (May 1978): "There Shall Come a Gathering" |
| Showcase #101 (June 1978): "Mystery in Space" |
| Showcase #102 (July 1978): "Strange Adventures" |
| Showcase #103 (August 1978): "Adventures on Other Worlds" |
| DC Comics Presents #3 (November 1978): "The Riddle of Little Earth Lost" |
| DC Retroactive: JLA - The '70s #1 (September 2011): "Enter Justice League Prime" |
| World's Finest Comics #263/3 (June-July 1980): "Zeta-Death" |
| World's Finest Comics #262/4 (April-May 1980): "The Ghost of Adam Strange" [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #264/3 (August-September 1980): "Alone" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #132/3 (September 1980): "Brain Beast" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #133/2 (October 1980): "Siege On Ranagar" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #134/2 (November 1980): "Earth-Ground" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #135/2 (December 1980): "The Zeta-Bomb Maneuver" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #136/2 (January 1981): "The Gameplayers of Rann" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #137/2 (February 1981): "The Secret of Adam Strange" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #138/2 (March 1981): "Alanna's New York Adventure" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #139/2 (April 1981): "The Mer-Queen of Rann" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #140/2 (May 1981): "Leviathan" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #141/2 (June 1981): "Doom in the Citadel of Ice" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #142/2 (July 1981): "The Crystal Peril" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #143/2 (August 1981): "Outlaw of Rann" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #144/2 (September 1981): "The Final Battle" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #145/2 (October 1981): "The Shadow Crawler" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #146/2 (November 1981): "The Shadow Children" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #147/2 (December 1981): "Peril from the Past" |
| Justice League of America #200 (March 1982): "A League Divided" |
| Brave and the Bold #190 (September 1982): "Who Killed Adam Strange?" |
| DC Comics Presents #82 (June 1985): "The Ghost of Krypton Past" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #46 (March 1986): "Revelations" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #57 (February 1987): "Mysteries in Space" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #58 (March 1987): "Exiles" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #61 (June 1987): "All Flesh is Grass" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #2 (1988): "Disaster" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #3 (1988): "Decisions" |
| Invasion! #1 (1988): "The Alien Alliance" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #80 (Holiday 1988): "The Battle Joined!" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #5 (Holiday 1988): "Don't You Know There's a War On?" |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #84 (March 1989): "Final Payment" |
| L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14 (April 1990): "The Sound of Silence" [Behind the scenes] |
| Adam Strange #1 (March 1990): "Adam Strange The Man of Two Worlds, Chapter 1" |
| Adam Strange #2 (April 1990): "Adam Strange The Man of Two Worlds, Chapter 2" |
| Adam Strange #3 (May 1990): "Adam Strange The Man of Two Worlds, Chapter 3" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #38 (April 1993): "Life Decisions" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #39 (May 1993): "Life Forces" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #74 (May 1996): "Stand" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #75 (June 1996): [No Title] |
| Superboy and the Ravers #3 (November 1996): "House Rules: Illegal Aliens" |
| Superboy and the Ravers #4 (December 1996): "House Rules: Political Party" |
| JLA #21 (August 1998): "Strange New World" [Flashback] |
| JLA #20 (July 1998): "Mystery in Space" |
| JLA #21 (August 1998): "Strange New World" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #52 (April 1999): "Men of Two Worlds" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #53 (May 1999): "The Long Goodbyes" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #56 (August 1999): "City Without Light, Part II: Bad Times Loom" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Premiere Partie: ...And What Went Before." [Flashback] |
| Starman Vol. 2 #63 (March 2000): "Grand Guignol, Deuxieme Partie: Friends and Lovers" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #67 (July 2000): "Grand Guignol, Sixieme Partie: Rules of Engagement" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #69 (September 2000): "Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed... and Remembered" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #70 (October 2000): "Grand Guignol, Dixième Partie: The Devil's in the Details" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #71 (November 2000): "Grand Guignol, Onzième Partie: Evils Old, New and Unexpected" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #73 (January 2001): "Grand Guignol: Eulogy" |
| Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #1 (early October 2000): "Darkness Visible" |
| Green Lantern/Adam Strange #1 (October 2000): "We Ran All Night" |
| Green Lantern/Green Lantern #1 (October 2000): "Against the Dying of the Light" [Between pages of Green Lantern/Adam Strange #1] |
| Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #2 (late October 2000): "Full Circle" |
| Impulse #68 (January 2001): "I Rann and I Rann and I Rann..." |
| Impulse #69 (February 2001): "Strange Impulses" |
| Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1 (August 2001): "The Eighth Day" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #115 (August 2001): [32] "Metropolitan Rapture" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #116 (September 2001): [36] "Chest Deep In Heroes' Blood" |
| JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003): "Welcome to the Working Week" |
| Avengers/JLA #4 (January 2004): "The Brave and the Bold" |
| Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #1 (November 2004): "Planet Heist, Part One" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #2 (December 2004): "Planet Heist, Part Two" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #3 (January 2005): "Planet Heist, Part Three" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #4 (February 2005): "Planet Heist, Part Four" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #5 (March 2005): "Planet Heist, Part Five" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #6 (April 2005): "Planet Heist, Part Six" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #7 (May 2005): "Planet Heist, Part Seven" |
| Adam Strange Vol. 2 #8 (June 2005): "Planet Heist, Conclusion" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #1 (July 2005): "The Fires of War" [Flashback] |
| Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (2005): "Countdown to Infinite Crisis" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #46 (January 2006): "Sins of the Past, Present, and Future" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #1 (July 2005): "The Fires of War" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #2 (August 2005): "Dark Resurrection" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #3 (September 2005): "Planetfall" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #4 (October 2005): "Deadly Harvest" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #5 (November 2005): "Betrayed" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #6 (December 2005): "Seven Hells" |
| Infinite Crisis #1 (December 2005): "DC Comics Presents Infinite Crisis" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #47 (February 2006): "Coalition in Crisis, Part One" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #48 (March 2006): "Coalition in Crisis, Part Two" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #49 (April 2006): "Coalition in Crisis, Part Three" |
| Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006): "Homecoming" |
| Rann-Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (April 2006): "Hands of Fate" |
| Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006): "Faith" |
| Infinite Crisis #6 (May 2006): "Touchdown" |
| 52 #5 (August 2006): "Stars in Their Courses" [Flashback] |
| 52 #5 (August 2006): "Stars in Their Courses" |
| 52 #7 (August 2006): "Going Down" |
| 52 #8 (August 2006): "Thief" |
| 52 #9 (September 2006): "Dream of America" |
| 52 #16 (October 2006): "Uhebbuki" |
| 52 #17 (October 2006): "Last of the Czarnians" |
| 52 #19 (November 2006): "History Repeats" |
| 52 #20 (November 2006): "God is Fragged" |
| 52 #28 (January 2007): "Beyond the Black Stump" |
| 52 #31 (February 2007): "Human Resources" |
| 52 #32 (February 2007): "Seven Days in Nanda Parbat" |
| 52 #33 (February 2007): "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" |
| 52 #35 (March 2007): "Rain of the Supermen" |
| 52 #36 (March 2007): "How to Win a War in Space" |
| 52 #37 (March 2007): "Secret Identities" |
| 52 #41 (April 2007): "Miracles & Wonders" |
| 52 #51 (June 2007): "Homecoming" |
| JSA: Classified #21 (early March 2007): "Best Served Cold..." |
| JSA: Classified #22 (late March 2007): "Fire and Ice!" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #5 (September 2007): "The Lords of Luck, Chapter Five: The Batman of Tomorrow" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #6 (October 2007): "The Lords of Luck, Chapter Six: The Girl Who Knew Too Much" |
| Justice League Wedding Special #1 (November 2007): "Unlimited, Chapter 1: Injustice League" |
| Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1 (November 2007): "And They Said It Wouldn't Last" |
| Countdown to Adventure #1 (October 2007): "The Home Front: New Kids on the Block" |
| Countdown to Adventure #2 (November 2007): "The Home Front: Working Man's Blues" |
| Countdown to Adventure #3 (December 2007): "The Home Front: In the Time of the Plague" |
| Countdown to Adventure #4 (January 2008): "The Home Front: First, Do No Harm" |
| Countdown to Adventure #5 (February 2008): "The Home Front: Patient Zero" |
| Countdown to Adventure #6 (March 2008): "The Home Front: Rescue Parties" |
| Countdown to Adventure #7 (April 2008): "The Home Front: To Serve Rann" |
| Countdown to Adventure #8 (May 2008): "The Home Front: Heroic Measures" |
| Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #23 (June 2008): "RingQuest, Part Two" |
| Final Crisis: Requiem #1 (August 2008): "Final Crisis: Requiem - Caretakers of Mars" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #1 (July 2008): "The Dawning" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #2 (August 2008): "Seek and Ye Shall Find!" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #3 (September 2008): "Restoration" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #4 (October 2008): "Return of the Prodigal" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #5 (November 2008): "Cursed Be the Peacemakers!" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #6 (December 2008): "The Demiurge" |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #7 (January 2009): "On the Eve of..." |
| Rann/Thanagar Holy War #8 (February 2009): "Sacrifice and Loss" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #1 (May 2009): "Starting Over" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #2 (June 2009): "Erroneous Assumptions" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #3 (July 2009): "Go Away!" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #4 (August 2009): "Depart Immediately! Or You Will Be Destroyed!" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #5 (September 2009): "Too Weird" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #6 (October 2009): "Mindscape" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #7 (November 2009): "Debate" |
| Strange Adventures Vol. 3 #8 (December 2009): "Hard Bargaining" |
| Superman: World of New Krypton #9 (January 2010): [14] "World of New Krypton, Part Nine" |
| Superman: World of New Krypton #10 (February 2010): [18] "World of New Krypton, Part Ten" |
| Superman: World of New Krypton #11 (March 2010): [22] "World of New Krypton, Part Eleven" |
| Superman: World of New Krypton #12 (April 2010): [26] "World of New Krypton, Finale" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #9 (December 2009): "Strange Companions" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 (January 2010): "The Son & the Stars, Part One" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #11 (February 2010): "The Son & the Stars, Part Two" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #12 (March 2010): "Secret Weapons" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #13 (April 2010): "Tests, Allies, Enemies" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #14 (May 2010): "In the Flesh" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #15 (June 2010): "What Happens in Vega..." |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #16 (July 2010): "What Happens in Vega..., Part 2" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #17 (August 2010): "What Happens in Vega..., Conclusion" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #21 (December 2010): "To Be a R.E.B.E.L., Part 1" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #22 (January 2011): "To Be a R.E.B.E.L., Part 2" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #23 (February 2011): "To Be a R.E.B.E.L., Conclusion" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #24 (March 2011): "Starstruck, Part 1" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #25 (April 2011): "Starstruck, Part 2" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #26 (May 2011): "Starstruck, Part 3" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #27 (June 2011): "Starstruck, Part 4" |
| R.E.B.E.L.S. #28 (July 2011): "Starstruck, Conclusion" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #1/5 (September 1998): "Puzzle of the Phantom Spaceman" |
| JLA: Heaven's Ladder (2000): [No Title] |