Comic Title: Adam Strange #1
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1990
On Sale Date: January 16, 1990 Shipping Date January 16, 1990
Source: Previews, #11

Shipping Date January 18, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #175

Shipping Date January 18, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #13

Direct Market Date January 18, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #126, #132, #133

Copyright Date February 6, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Cover Price: $3.95
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "The Man of Two Worlds Chapter 1"
Pages: 48

Feature(s):
Adam Strange (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Richard Bruning
Artist: Andy Kubert
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adam Kubert

Reprinted In:
Adam Strange:The Man of Two Worlds TPB (2003)
Adam Strange:Between Two Worlds the Deluxe Edition HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Adam Strange (last appearance in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alanna (last appearance in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• Sardath (last appearance in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)

Villain(s)

• Marleah (a rebel; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• A group of dissidents (next appearance in Adam Strange #2)

Other Character(s)

• Todd Strange (Adam's brother; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Janice Strange (Janey; Adam's sister; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• Evelyn Fox (a doctor; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• Mr. Strange (Adam's father; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Delaken (Alanna's ex-boyfriend and captain of the cityguards; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• Krent (Marleah's husband; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)
• The High Council (a ruling body of clones; next appearance in Adam Strange #2)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Adam Strange (during his boyhood; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #17)

Comments:
This story continues in Adam Strange #2.

Synopsis:
Sardath has created a mega-zeta beam which will transport Adam to Rann permanently. When Adam returns to Earth for perhaps the final time, he visits his father in the hospital. He is terminally ill and cared for by Adam's sister Janey. Adam shares his secret with them, but they don't believe him. Adam consoles himself in the company of a female doctor. That night as Adam and Dr. Fox begin getting close, the hospital calls to inform the doctor of Mr. Strange's passing.

Back on Rann, Sardath prepares an Adam Strange Museum to honor the hero who will become first citizen. However, many of the people are not happy. They feel useless, due to the overabundance of automated work done by machines. Alanna, who is pregnant with Adam's child is also a target. Some people are referring to her child, due to be the first born in Ranagar in 20 years, as a half-breed.

When Adam catches the mega-zeta beam, he experiences pain and hallucinates. He sees Sardath removing his unborn son from Alanna too early. He then offers up his daughter to a line of aliens to rape her. Adam is enraged when the beam completes his transit to Rann. He attacks Sardath and nearly kills him. Alanna is able to stop him. However, the attack brings the guards including their captain Delaken who chases Adam away.