Dan Dare - Virgin Comics

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 in 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 ambushes the destroyer. As the crew struggles to stay alive, they realize with horror that the hostiles have brought a weapon of unimaginable power.

Dan Dare, pilot of the future, has been called out of retirement.

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[TSR1989B]

Especially as they were Planning a Sequel to this Comic Series' first run, just before the Company went under, although that might still be Published by

"Liquid Comics" (the company that bought up VC).

[TSR1989B]

To Contradict all the spam on here: I've read this Series... & it's one of the best British Comics of recent times, & on a par with "Ministry of Space".

I'm not the only one who thinks so, because my local Newsagent (who grew up with "Frank Hampson's" original Dan Dare in "The Eagle") got me to aquire copys of it for him, & he rated it as "A WORTHY SEQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL".

Virgin Comics was a Great British Company, & unlike Woolworths is a victim of the Credit Crunch i genually Miss.

[Achiltibuie]

Sorry, not good . . .

[HimWotMustBeObeyed]

@Remington61189

Please no. It is bad enough he ruined 'Doctor Who' after they were given a new lease of live in the New Adventures books (published by Virgin oddly enough and featuring a good book 'Damaged Goods' by Davies ironically) and continued into the not as great but rather interesting BBC books.

I'd hate him to drag Dan Dare further than it has been dragged down. It is bad enough that Warner is planning on making an adaptation with Sam Wothington (of all people)!

[LTFC1992]

my dad has just told me that he had the first ever issue and he being young at the time sold it and you know what i called him 'idiot' lol

[annoianoid]

The artwork was bland as well.

2000ad didn't need to worry.

[hcvang]

Give me a TV series instead - any day of the week.

It frankly boggles the mind that this has not already been done, doesnt it? I mean a live action saturday tea-time drama... like Doctor Who.

There's something you could rival BBC1 with on Saturday nights, ITV...

[pickmanfox]

This comic was terrible. A combination of werther's original imperialist blather about Kipling and the nobility of sacrifice and some (forgivably) cheap and (unforgivably) inaccurate shots at Tony Blair, culminating in Dan Dare stabbing the Mekon with a space-katana. Hilariously bad.

[Remington61189]

and i think the direction Davies will take be more of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century or Battlestar Galactica goes British

[Remington61189]

Davies had written Stright Characters