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Dan Dare Facsimile (series)

[Mekon] The famous British Dan Dare comic strip ran in the Eagle from 1950 to 1967. Hawk have published a wonderful facsimile edition, in 12 volumes, of all but a few of these classic adventures. (The missing adventures, listed in volume 12, from late in the run, have been left out because they were in black and white, or in a unsuitable format, as the Eagle messed about with the strip in its later life.)

Square-jawed, clean-cut, strangely-eyebrowed Colonel Dan Dare, accompanied by his faithful Wigan batman Digby (for comic relief), is an heroic space pilot in the United Nations Space Fleet. He zips about the Solar System, and occasionally beyond, having adventures with a variety of humanoid aliens (distinguuished mainly by their different colour skins -- green, blue, gold), and battling the evil Mekon and other dangers with a combination of courage, integrity, and two strong fists. A classic (although it does tail off towards the end, as the Eagle messed about with the strip...).


Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future.
Hawk books. 1950

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
The Red Moon Mystery / Marooned on Mercury.
Hawk books. 1951

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Operation Saturn.
Hawk. 1953

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Prisoners of Space.
Hawk. 1954

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
The Man from Nowhere.
Hawk Books. 1955

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Rogue Planet.
Hawk. 1955

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Reign of the Robots.
Hawk books. 1957

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
The Phantom Fleet.
Hawk. 1958

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Terra Nova Trilogy.
Hawk. 1959

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Project Nimbus.
Hawk. 1960

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
Solid Space Mystery.
Hawk. 1960

(read but not reviewed)

Eagle, Frank Hampson.
The Final Volume.
Hawk. 1964

(read but not reviewed)