k man ' s ▁and ▁Adam ▁Str ange ' s ▁stories ▁and ▁mini - series ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁theme ▁running ▁right ▁across ▁many ▁DC ▁titles . ▁ ▁His ▁Myst ery ▁In ▁Space ▁series ▁was ▁successful ▁enough ▁to ▁finally ▁launch ▁Haw k man ▁into ▁his ▁own ▁title ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁After ▁a ▁final ▁two - part ▁Adam ▁Str ange ▁story ▁by ▁Fox / Inf ant ino / And erson , ▁" The ▁P uzz le ▁of ▁the ▁Per il ous ▁Pr isons !" ▁( M yst ery ▁In ▁Space ▁# 9 1 , ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 4 ), ▁Jack ▁Schiff ▁replaced ▁Julius ▁Schw art z ▁as ▁editor ▁and ▁the ▁series ▁changed ▁significantly . ▁Schiff ▁introduced ▁Space ▁R anger , ▁a ▁long - running ▁character ▁from ▁T ales ▁of ▁the ▁Une x pected , ▁another ▁DC ▁anth ology ▁title ▁he ▁edited , ▁while ▁Adam ▁Str ange ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁new ▁writer , ▁Dave ▁Wood , ▁and ▁artist , ▁Lee ▁E lias , ▁as ▁Car mine ▁Inf ant ino ▁had ▁moved ▁with ▁Schw art z ▁to ▁his ▁new ▁titles . ▁Space ▁R anger ▁would ▁slowly ▁edge ▁Adam ▁Str ange ▁out ▁- ▁taking ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁ten ▁issues ▁and ▁sharing ▁two ▁more ▁with ▁Adam ▁Str ange ▁( ne ither ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁to ▁# 1 0 0 ▁( J une ▁ 1 9 6 5 )), ▁co - fe aturing