Dan Dare has been an icon since 1950. Elaborate stories of his space travel and galactic battles defending people of the universe captivated post-War baby boomers. Dan Dare's adventures burst to the forefront of pop culture, selling nearly 1 million copies each week in the pages of the Eagle Comic. And now he's back! Dan Dare was once a hero. He brokered peace with alien races, pushed the frontiers of space, and saved the planet from total annihilation... repeatedly. But now, his Space Fleet has disbanded, the United Nations has crumbled, his friends scattered to the solar winds. Britain is once again the world power, but Dare, disillusioned and disappointed by his once-precious home country, has quietly retired. But there's trouble mustering in Deep Space. The H.M.S. Achilles is picking up strange signals when, suddenly, an enormous fleet of hostile ships ambush the destroyer. Now, as the crew struggles to stay alive, they realize with horror that the hostiles have brought a weapon of unimaginable power. Dan Dare, the pilot of the future, has been called out of retirement. This Dynamite edition will feature the entire Garth Ennis-scribed Dan Dare series along with a complete cover gallery.

Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle magazine during the 1950s and 1960s, but he also featured briefly in 2000AD before returning in the re-launched Eagle of the 1980s. This innovative Haynes Manual takes a detailed look inside the spaceships, space stations and various other craft that played such a huge part in bringing the excitement of space travel to the stories. Beautifully illustrated with cutaway artwork by Graham Bleathman, and supported by fabulous contemporary comic-strip art, this is the ultimate technical guide to the spaceships of Dan Dare and a wonderful addition to every comic fan’s bookshelf.

One of science ficition’s most famous characters, Dan Dare – pilot of the future, is back for a brand new adventure and facing his biggest threat. Peace reigns supreme for the Earth Sol Alliance. The Mekon, perhaps mankind’s greatest enemy, has finally been vanquished and is undergoing behavioural rehabilitation in a maximum-security prison built on the Moon. This leaves his captor, Dan Dare, desk-bound, bored, and praying for adventure… Dan’s prayers are seemingly answered when a massive spaceship of unknown origins arrives in the Sol system and destroys one of the moons of Saturn in a colossal show of strength. Dan Dare is dispatched to investigate and he may need the help of his iconic foe, The Mekon… “An interesting and thought-provoking affair. 8 out of 10.” – Adventures in Poor Taste “A relaunch that more than does the character, and its history, justice – and great fun to boot. Can’t ask for more than that.” – Nerdly “Dan Dare is a classic! Grade: A” – Comic of the Day Collects #1-4 of Dan Dare.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future ids a British icon. He was created by Frank Hampson in 1950, and first appeared in the Eagle comic where he was an instant hit with the British public. Almost a decade after the original series had ended, Dan Dare was resurrected in the pages of a brand new sci-fi comic for boys - 2000 AD! Waking from suspended animation after two hundred years, Dan Dare faced an unfamiliar universe, filled with terrible new threats, but also included all too familiar ones…such as his old nemesis The Mekon! Collected up for the first time, the first volume of this punk-fuelled space opera features the superb writing of Pat Mills (Nemesis the Warlock), Steve Moore (Doctor Who) and Gerry Finley-Day (Rogue Trooper) with art by Massimo Belardinelli (Slaine) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen).

Colonel Dan Dare and his crew travel to into space to uncover the secrets of a strange red moon that has entered the solar system and is threatening the Earth.

Dan Dare, pilot of the future, was the creation of Frank Hampson, a young artist who cut his teeth on Meccano Magazine. Beginning in April 1950, Dan Dare was the lead strip in the hugely successful Eagle magazine. The strip would only run to a couple of pages, but stories (and their weekly cliffhangers) could run for over a year. The majority of the strips involved Dan, a suave, natural leader, doing battle with all manner of alien lifeform to preserve the future wellbeing of Earth. Hampson's bold use of colour and figurative style (he used real-life models) were groundbreaking in post-war austerity Britain. In Dare Dare, the Biography, Daniel Tatarsky, with the entire Eagle archive open to him, researches the adventures of Dan Dare (and his co-pilots), and brings Britain's favourite space hero to life. Talking to the original writers and illustrators, Tatarsky tells the story of Dare and Eagle magazine, and paints a portrait of a nation emerging from world war II, ready for life on other planets.

For over ten years, thanks to the tireless endeavors of Space Fleet pilots like the heroic Colonel Daniel McGregor Dare – known as Dan Dare to his friends – the Sol System, home to the Earth Alliance of planets, has prospered and grown, with countless threats both alien and terrestrial met and vanquished. However, for as long as Space Fleet has existed, so too has the Mekon. This artificially-created alien super-intellect from the planet Venus has dedicated his very existence to enslaving the Sol system. Yet despite countless attempts to do so, he never succeeded, thanks to the tireless actions of Dan Dare and his allies: right-hand man and engineer, Albert Fitzwilliam Digby, known simply as Digby; special Space Fleet Science Advisor Professor Jocelyn Peabody; and test pilot Hank Hogan, to name but a few. The Mekon’s last attempt ended in failure and left the evil Treen genius captured and incarcerated on the Moon, undergoing extensive rehabilitation. Since then, a period of peace has reigned throughout the Sol System, and utopia finally seems to be achievable. But peace comes at a price…

Dan Dare, the alien princess Au Taween, Digby and Professor Peabody have successfully boarded the mysterious Treen ship that had invaded the Sol system. From his moon base prision, the Mekon hacked into the Treen ship and released and incredibly virulent Treen computer virus that not only infected the ship’s computer systems but also somehow infected the alien crew itself. Unfortunately the virus also attacked Dan and the others. Dangerously sick, it was only the timely intervention of The Mekon that saved their lives when he engineered a cure for the computer virus. However, after she had recoverd and come face-to-face with The Mekon, Au Taween went beserk, snatched a guard’s gun and attempted to shoot him. Dan stepped between them and attempted to protect The Mekon, just as Au Taween preparted to fire…

The continuing of one of science fiction's most enduring hero, Dan Dare. These are the continuing adventures of Dan Dare as he explores a region of unknown space and encounters the Zylans, a mysterious alien race a lifeform like nothing he's encountered before.

Dan Dare and Digby awaken from deep-space hibernation to find themselves lost and adrift in an unknown region of space and orbiting a mysterious planet, seemingly made of platinum. Now our two plucky heroes must fight to free an enslaved race of aliens and find a way to return home. The continuing adventures of Britain’s most enduring science fiction hero, Dan Dare, pilot of the future! Originally published in the classic British comic Eagle in 1950, this new volume contains two complete classic adventures: The Platinum Planet and The Earth Stealers, digitally remastered from the original comics, and a fully illustrated feature on the history of vintage Dan Dare merchandising.