Son of Morgana Le Fey and Dominic Darrk, Adam Strange wanted to stole his father mystic power . Tricking the recently formed Justice League in to go against the Reverend Darrk, Adam tried to stole his powers using the rhanagar amulet. However this caused his premature ending. Depiste this, his spirit was caught in the Phantom Zone, from where he could watch the events happening on earth (-6). With a new afterlife perspective, Adam, now callin himself Phantom Stranger, was pivotal to reveal the schemes of Darrk and Crisis in their attack on earth.
