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Originally posted by dodge
[quote@Big Guy
who is Dan Dare ,did I miss something !?
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Oooh yes you did.
Dan Dare was a comic hero of the 50's and 60's and found if I'm not mistaken in the Eagle comic my Dad (who is now 60) loved it.
Made a comeback in the 80's when Eagle had a brief relaunch when I read some. His arch enemy was the Mekon a large brained green skinned alien.
Dodge[/quote]
Yes it was the Eagle.
There are some reprints of he original Dan Dare strips, and I noticed this Christmas that there was an Eagle annual in WHS (but I haven't got it so don't know the DD contect),
There was a "modernised" animated version a few years back which was ok but not as good as the original, although has some potential for games scenarios.
There was a very good book about the artwork "The Man Who Drew Tomorrow" which includes size comparisons of the different races plus lots of background detail.
If you want easy to find material. look at Spaceships Away, a new magazine in the original style :
http://spaceshipaway.org.uk/ I should probably put this as a seperate thread rather than hijacking this one.....