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Posts from March 2009
Dan Dare - Eagle Annual No 3
Off duty at the Interpanetary Space Fleet Headquarters Dan Dare settles down to catch up with his correspondence. He is interested in a letter from his housemaster, now head of his old school.
The classic Dan Dare strip from the third Eagle Annual can now be found in the History section.
Comic book artist Chris Weston has produced a series of designs for a new range of 12” action figures
Best known, by me at least, for his work on ‘Ministry of Space’, Chris Weston was commissioned to produce the designs by Underground Toys Ltd.
Chris says, “The figure will be as faithful as possible to the original 1950’s character, as created by Frank Hampson… and I have received some input by Mr. Barzilay himself, Britains foremost Dan Dare expert, to help get it as accurate as possible”.
Chris loves Dan Dare, having turned down drawing the latest Virgin Comics Dare re-hash, when he found out that the original Frank Hampson designs weren’t going to be used.
Good on him.
Posts from February 2009
Dan Dare - Eagle Annual No 7
Space Fleet Headquarters on the eve of the great annual race for the “Guest” Trophy. Space aces from all corners of the Solar System rub shoulders in the mess while, on the launching-sites, mechanics work furiously on the midget two-man ships designed to make the trip to the Moon and back in less than eleven hours - the record set up by Colonel Dan Dare in the previous year.
The classic Dan Dare strip from the seventh Eagle Annual can now be found in the History section.
