Comic Title: Mystery in Space #72
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1961
On Sale Date: October 24, 1961 Copyright Date October 24, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and October
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Multiple Menace Weapon"
Pages: 15

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

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

Reprinted In:
Strange Adventures #232 (1971)
Adam Strange Archives Vol. 2 HC (2007)
Showcase Presents:Adam Strange Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Adam Strange:The Silver Age Omnibus HC (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Adam Strange (last appearance in Mystery in Space #71; next appearance in Mystery in Space #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alanna (last appearance in Mystery in Space #71; next appearance in Mystery in Space #73)

Villain(s)

• Aliens from the planet Klannf (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Julan, Janna, and Tedi (a future Ranagaran, his wife, and son; no further appearances)
• Several other future Ranagarans (no further appearances)
• Tom Boyle (a police officer; not named in this story; next appearance in Mystery in Space #77)

Synopsis:
Adam Strange has resumed his profession as an archaeologist on Earth, because the Zeta Beam will not return for nearly a year. He is surprised when a purple beam strikes him while in New York, which teleports him into the future. Then, upon his arrival, the Zeta Beam strikes him, bringing him to Rann 100,000 years in the future.

Julan, a future Ranagaran, explains that they are menaced by aliens from the planet Klannf. They have brought Adam, Rann’s legendary hero, here to combat them. Adam indeed finds a way to beat the aliens using a magnetized boomerang.

Adam is then sent back to present day Rann to defeat a cone menace which threatens Alanna and her people. The future Zeta Beam lasts longer, allowing Adam to spend months with Alanna before he is returned to Earth. There, he awaits the next Zeta Beam to reunite him with his lover again.