"Adam Strange"
A war in space threatens the lives of three planets, feud among alien races could lead to an intergalactic holocaust, and only one man can truly make a difference. Adam Strange? A scientist of a primitive world, down-on-his-luck Canadian super-scientist Adam Strange finds himself between a rock, a hard place, and three bizarre alien armies. How will this visitor survive this raging collision? How will he topple The Starbreaker? Will Adam Strange be Earth newest off-Earth hero? Let's find out!
Deep in space, a technologically advanced planet called Rann is in the middle of a war between two planets: Thanagar, home to savage winged-warriors, and Gordania, home to militaristic reptiles. Both planets want Rann's technology to gain the war advantage, and Rann's protection under its Prime General Vath Sarn and Head Scientist Sardath runs thin. Sardath and his daughter Alanna attempt to create a weapon for Vath, but don't tell him it is actually a teleportation tool (The Zeta Beam), as-Sardath predicts-Vath is slowly becoming more aggressive by the threat of war. Sardath rushes to complete this weapon before a weapon of Vath's own creation called The Starbreaker is finished and used to eliminate both warring planets.
Down on Earth, a young Canadian scientist named Adam Strange is being thrown out of his lab. Strange was developing teleportation technology and his funding professors discovered he was sharing this technology with The Justice League in secrecy, rather than his country. With his lab gone, Strange retreats to his apartment and he toys around with a prototype teleportation device to ease himself. Rann's civilians are forced into their homes as a battalion of Thanagarian and Gordanian soldiers have a fire-fight in the skies above Rann's Capital City. Sardath activates the Zeta Beam to warp away a warship, at the same time Adam Strange activates his prototype teleportation device and Adam Strange is warped to Planet Rann, right under the warship the Zeta Beam targeted. Falling through the sky, Adam is caught by Thanagarian war general Katar Hol and held prisoner on a Thanagarian base on Rann. Alanna gears up to rescue Adam and return him to Sardath.
Adam is given a Rannian adaptation vaccine so he can breath the planet's air and communicate in their language. He learns Rann's culture and science through Alanna and Sardath and learns he had unknowingly discovered Zeta Beam tech decades before Earth should have. When Vath learns of Sardath's reluctance to make weapons and that Sardath wants to protect Adam, Vath becomes angry and tries to use The Starbreaker before it's recommended activation. The resulting explosion launches a black mass onto Vath. Meanwhile, Adam and Alanna start to fall in love and explore the landscape of Rann. A Gordanian squadron raids the jungle and hunt Adam and Alanna, but Adam's experiences of exploring the wilderness allow him to use clever traps to defeat them.
Vath reemerges with cosmic power beyond comprehension, calling himself "The Starbreaker". To demonstrate his power, Starbreaker magnetizes every Gordanian on Rann to their main warship and sends it flying back to Gordania. Starbreaker than destroys the Zeta Beam device and uses it to extend his power to Gordania and destroy the planet. This planetary genocide forced Katar Hol to meet with Sardath and develop a plan to destroy Starbreaker. With their combined science, Rann and Thanagar seemingly evaporate Starbreaker, and Katar Hol quickly turns on Sardath and Thanagarians attack Rann. As the Rann soldiers prepare for war, Sardath shows Adam and Alanna the last "weapon" that got him in hot water with for Vath, a non-lethal robot called Ulthoon. In Adam's language, Ulthoon roughly translates to "Red Tornado". Tornado fights by generating large wind cyclones to non-violantly push enemies away and tire them out. With Adam's guidance, Tornado is able to disarm the Thanagarians as their air superiority is compromised.
In their short moment of victory, Starbreaker returns to Rann revealing the residual energy around the planet helped him reconstitute. As the Thanagarians flee, Starbreaker announces his rule over Rann and begins spreading solid shadows over the lands. The shadow petrifies the soldiers who attack him and Red Tornado pulls Adam out of the area before he can save Alanna. Sardath is in shambles knowing his daughter could be dead and Starbreaker is back. Though heavy research, Adam and Sardath learn Starbreaker is invincible because he lacks a physical form, he is simply absorbing/dispersing cosmic energy manifesting a body. A "Space Ghost", as Adam puts it. Adam traverses the shadowy city to find Vath's body still under the unfinished Starbreaker weapon and takes it to the lab, avoiding shadow minions along the way.
Adam Strange, Red Tornado and Sardath take one more fight to Starbreaker, who now sits upon a throne, dining on Rann's energy. As Red Tornado distracts him, Adam and Sardath use Adam's prototype Zeta device to teleport Starbreaker's energy-based form into Vath's body. With the overwhelming power inside his frail body, Vath is left brain-dead. The shadow over Rann washes away and all its citizens-Alanna included-are revived. Vath's body is kept under high security and his far more logical second-in-command Aleea is deemed the new Prime General. Adam decides to stay on Rann with Alanna as his love, Sardath as his mentor and Red Tornado as his loyal friend. Adam sends a message to The JL Watchtower describing the events. This gives us a scene of Shayera/Hawkgirl and John Stewart/Green Lantern being asked by the JL to travel to Thanagar and sort the mess out. Adam reflects on these events, coming to the conclusion that while Earth wasn't ready for the mind of Adam Strange, his new home of Rann will only support and further his career as a super-scientist.
After the credits, Katar Hol returns to Thanagar and barks at his second-in-command Hath Set to prepare better weapons for their invasion of Rann. Behind Katar's back, Hath goes into a secret armory and looks over a portion of the living shadow Starbreaker created. Hath reveals he will not only destroy Rann with this shadow, but he will take control of Thanagar as well.
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