Adam Strange

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Technocrat

* Technocrat
* Adam Strange

### Adam Strange: 1985 - 2003

Adam is the youngest child of Julius Strange and his beautiful wife Andrea. Andrea always wanted to have a big family. Unfortunately, while giving birth to her third child, Adam, Andrea's doctors discovered the advanced development of a previously undiagnosed cancerous growth. Andrea died weeks before Adam's first birthday.

The loss of Andrea was devastating to the Strange family. Julius Strange, previously a highly respected literary professor and philosopher, became reduced to a grieving wreck, usually found at the bottom of a bottle. The oldest child, Janey, tried her best to take the place of her mother, but at the cost of her own childhood. Adam's older brother Todd never got along with his father, especially as he got older and realized just how depressing of a man his father had become, prompting Todd to rebel against any semblance of structure in the Strange home. As for Adam, he was an oddity in the dysfunctional home. He was mostly content to be left in his room to read books and actually looked forward to going to school. However, this behavior did little to endear Adam to the rest of the family.

It was only when Adam was a pre-teen that Julius Strange managed to get sober and begin to take an interest in his children's lives. By then, Janey had forsaken college to care for their family and Todd had become entrenched in a criminal gang that prayed upon the many immigrants that had made Maple City their new home following the Manhattaning. Adam was the only Julius' children that stood a chance at success. Determined to not let Adam's genius go to waste, Julius called in a few favors to get Adam enrolled in a prestigious private school where the boy was challenged and his mind allowed to expand considerably. So successful was Adam that he graduated from secondary school at the age of fifteen and began studying at university.

While in his fist year at college, young Adam was drafted into the "Zeta Project" a top secret research project being funded by an unknown billionaire. The research was based on unused plans for several highly advanced technology found at Karnak, Adrian Veidt's Antarctic lab. This secret research also involved other individuals from around the world, including Dr. Dorado from Argentina, and a number of top-notch expert from STAR Labs — including myself.

In particular, Adam gravitated toward a single, specific element of the research: a beam-based teleportation system. He became increasingly fixated on the research, forsaking his Christmas vacation to focus his mind on making it work. Most thought that particular section of Veidt's notes were more science-fiction than anything that could be achieved in this lifetime, but Adam disagreed. Perhaps it was his youthful imagination that allowed him to see something that the others could not.

### Adam Strange: 2003 - 2004

Against all odds and surprising just about everyone involved in the "Zeta Project," Adam Strange broke the code to the Zeta Beam. During his Christmas vacation, Adam had a breakthrough. While attempting to send a beam to a communications satellite in orbit to transmit data, he miscalibrated the transmission array and sent a signal to an alien world called Rann, in a star system far from Earth.

Using this connection, Adam was able to pick up signals instantaneously from the alien world, proving that the Zeta-Beam technology was possible — at least for data-based transmissions. While exploring the possibilities of this discovery, Adam made contact with an alien scientist named Sardath who had been attempting to crack similar research on his planet for decades.

When Brainiac invaded, Adam was concerned his Zeta-Beam transmissions had been responsible for luring an alien invader to Earth. Adam decided the only way for him to redeem himself was to prove that Zeta-Beam transport of matter was a real possibility (and that not all aliens were like Brainiac). Sharing his plan with Sardath, the two collaborated to quickly create a prototype. The pair successfully exchanged small knick-knacks and tools to one another, proving that it was possible.

When classes resumed, Adam called a meeting to share his findings and made a surprise demonstration. Only, Sardath didn't just sent the agreed upon welcome basket like Adam did. Holding the Rannian gift bag was Sardath and his family.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Genius Intellect:** Adam Strange is a highly intelligent individual.
	+ ***Eidetic Memory:*** Adam Strange has a "photographic memory" and is able to recall minute details almost instantly of anything he has previously experience.
	+ ***Polyglot:*** Adam Strange has a knack for linguistics. He speaks thirteen languages with expert fluency and knows a few dozen at a basic conversationalist level. Among the languages he has displayed some level of proficiency with include English, Spanish, French, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Ancient and Modern Atlatean, Amazonian, Kryptonians, Rannian, and Martian. He is currently learning Genesisian.
	+ ***Polymath:*** Adam learns exceptionally well and can pick up new skills remarkably quick. In fact, if he isn't learning something constantly, he feels unchallenged and depressed. Among the many skills Adam has mastered in his idel time include chess, Bonsai tree cultivation, Canadian and American history, Ancient Greek philosophy, Roman military campaigns, multiple card-based games of chance, the heraldry of feudal Europe, molecular gastronomy, and Rannian literature.
* **Zeta-Beam Dynamics:** Aside from being the mind that cracked the code on Zeta-Beam technology, Adam remains one of the foremost experts on its use and principles. Only the Ranian scientist Sardath, Adam's father-in-law, exceeds Adam's own mastery of this specific teleportation technology. Part of the reason for Adam remaining one of the only real experts in the use of the technology is due to Zeta-Beams being unavailable to private industry, remaining proprietary technology of STAR Labs. The use of the technology is licensed solely to the Justice League.
* **Science:** It is no surprise to anyone that has met him that Adam is a world-class engineer, chemist, physicist, computer programmer, roboticist, and mathematician. Though he spends most of his professional focus on perfecting Zeta-Beam technology, Adam continues to expand his scientific knowledge. At any given time, Adam is juggling dozens of other projects involving a dozen different science-based disciplines.
* **Mental Fortifications:** Due to having overseen the installation of a number of Zeta-Beam Tunnels in several covert locations, Adam Strange knows the locations of a Batcave (but not *the Batcave*), the Fortress of Solitude, Mt. Justice, and several other undisclosed bases used by members of the Justice League. This insight also has given him knowledge into the identities of Batman, many members of the "Bat-Clan" (including Oracle), Superman, Blue Beetle, and many other members of the Justice League that are known to maintain secret personal identities outside of their heroic personas. Supposedly, this knowledge has been "secured" by psionic means by J'onn J'onzz, giving Adam a mind that is nearly impervious to psionic manipulations.
* **Technocrat Armor:** After years of working alongside the Justice League, Adam had a hand in designing a number of improvements to the Justice League technology, arsenal, gear, and armor. This expertise eventually paved the way for Adam to create his own suit. Though the armor, jet pack, sensory augmenting helmet, Zeta-Beam blaster, and other various technology were meant to simply protect Adam if there were ever a need for him to join the Justice League in the field as tech support, Adam was unexpectedly promoted from his support role to becoming a fully endorsed member of the Justice League.

### Weaknesses

* **Socializing:** Adam has never made friends easily. He would rather be in his lab by himself, creating a new prototype based on alien technology than sitting at a bar with friends or teammates. Due to his wife's influence, Adam does make an effort to make friends nowadays, but he's still decidedly awkward in social situations.
* **Time Management:** Adam loses track of time very easily. He's routinely late to meetings and an entire day can go by in his lab without him realizing it.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Occult:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Weaponry:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Expertise:** 7 — Legendary
* **Range:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Strategy:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
	+ **TOTAL:** 102
	+ **RANKING:** Elevated Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Technocrat joined the Justice League in 2013 nominated by Batman.
* He built Red Tornado from the destroyed Mister Twister.

### Notes

* In the comics, he was an archeologist pulled by the Zeta-Beam to Rann. His civilian outfit and being a researcher in STAR Labs are nods to the *Young Justice* animated series.
* He is composited with Geoffrey Barron also known as Technocrat.
* His nationality as a Canadian is a nod to the *New 52*.
* His date of birth and names of his parents are nods to his first appearance and creators: *Showcase #17* in December 1958, created by Julius Schwartz and Murphy Anderson.
* Janey and Todd are characters from *Adam Strange Vol. 1 #1*

## Gallery

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Adam Strange
* Network Files submitted by Adam Strange

1. ↑ Network Files: Adam Strange 1
2. ↑ Oracle Files: Red Tornado (1/3)