tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post8793881689807235090..comments2024-03-29T09:24:51.598+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: Dan Dare - Ex Libris WotanicusWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-15933399324353156042010-05-03T10:09:45.276+01:002010-05-03T10:09:45.276+01:00I love the Eagle comic fom the 80s. As you say the...I love the Eagle comic fom the 80s. As you say the Ian Kennedy artwork is superb. After a few years other artists came and went and the quality dropped, the final issue being January 1994 - it had gone monthly since May 1991. It started off with Dan(iel) Dare, Dan's great great grandson. Digby's great great grandson appearing too. After several years of adventures, Dan was killed and resurrected by aliens and became a gun-toting space Marshall. Digby disppeared from the story as Dan roamed the galaxy with a female sidekick -Velvet, and a couple of robots. Finally they brought the original Dan back in new stories. After a short while he started shooting everything in site too. Silly but fun. And of course the Mekon was always there.yorkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-14775500544625407032010-05-03T06:16:29.307+01:002010-05-03T06:16:29.307+01:00if you look on the Project 21 Archive on the link ...if you look on the Project 21 Archive on the link on the right of the blog, youll find the entire run of countdown, plus specials!<br /><br />And ive still got the original 2 part poster from the early issues:<br />http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2009/04/countdown-poster-fever-by-wotan.htmlWOTANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284353991724011392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-14072828547796409322010-05-02T22:12:59.328+01:002010-05-02T22:12:59.328+01:00Great art work, it really is such talented and ski...Great art work, it really is such talented and skillful work for such an ephemeral product...true professionals.<br /><br />Anyone remember a comic called Countdown?<br />I remember getting a free wall chart with one issue, with star maps and loads of space info on it and around the edge, a place to stick pictures that came with it every week .<br />I cut the star chars out when I a kid and still have them, wish I had kept the poster whole! <br /><br />http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/countdown%20burns_large.jpgevilednoreply@blogger.com