Comic Title: Strange Adventures #236
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1972
On Sale Date: March 23, 1972 Newsstand Date March 23, 1972
Source: Direct Currents, Superman #251, Page 35

Newsstand Date March 23, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #82

Copyright Date March 23, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1972

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Challenge of the Rival Spaceman"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Adam Strange (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Mystery in Space #76 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Adam Strange (last appearance in Mystery in Space #75; next appearance in Mystery in Space #77)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alanna (last appearance in Mystery in Space #75; next appearance in Mystery in Space #77)

Villain(s)

• Xanthos (champion of Zarala; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Adam returns to Rann where a yellow-skinned man begins following him. The man reveals himself to be Xanthos, a champion from Zarala. He has come to Rann to learn fighting techniques from Adam to best his rival Yarnak. Xanthos creates several traps for Adam to escape from, then challenges the Earthman to a duel. Adam defeats Xanthos, who appreciatively returns to his own world to use his new knowledge in defense of his own planet.