Strange Adventures #218

In "The Planet and the Pendulum!" from Strange Adventures #218, Adam finds himself stranded on Anthorann after a zeta-beam teleportation gone wrong. With help from Alanna and Sardath—survivors of a crash-landed ship from Samakand—he dons a Rann spacesuit and races to stop a terrifying invasion, as Morleen’s diamondium pendulum threatens to breach the dome of New Ranagar. The story unfolds with high stakes and a sense of urgent discovery, blending interplanetary intrigue with the quiet courage of a man caught between worlds.

In the scorched aftermath of a nuclear war, ex-soldier Gardner Grayle stumbles upon a town ruled by the tyrannical Black Baron, who hoards the last supplies of canned food and forces the desperate survivors into servitude. When Grayle confronts the Baron’s enforcers, he discovers that an ancient suit of armor in the local museum can protect him from the Baron’s deadly radiation weapons—turning him into a lone shield against tyranny.