Adam Strange will finally be making his live-action debut next week, once SYFY's
Krypton releases on the 21st.
In the upcoming Krypton, Strange travels back from present day Earth to warn Superman's grandfather, Seg-El, of impending danger to himself and his world. In a recent interview with Comicbook.com, Shaun Sipos compares his character to the Adam Strange of the comics:
The way that I kind of approach this is, the world of Krypton is very militaristic, it's dystopian, but for Adam...I mean the very nature of Adam Strange is that he is different. He's strange. And when, in the comics, he goes to Rann, everyone talks about how much life he has in him and that he does things that are different and he's kind of funny and sort of has a levity to him, that's fascinating to them.
And Rann is very similar to Krypton. It's very dystopian as well. So, I try and approach it with joy. I mean, he has a lot of pain. He had a difficult childhood. He didn't feel that he fit in. He didn't think that he would be a superhero. He would be the last one to say that he would be one. But, I think that's what draws people to him, is that he's the unlikely superhero. If he can be a superhero, then anyone can be.
In DC Comics lore, Adam Strange was an archaeologist who got transported to the distant planet of Rann through a "Zeta-Beam." There, he was recruited by a local named Sardath and his daughter Alanna, whom Adam became infatuated with, to use the advanced technology of that world to become its protector. Even though Strange was eventually sent back to Earth, he used sporadic Zeta-Beam portals to routinely travel back across the cosmos to be with his beloved and defend her world.
What do you think about this adaptation of Adam Strange? Are you excited for Krypton?