Hello Woodsy
It's no surprise to you that I am a fan of the original Dan Dare and as this is now 70 years since his first appearance that has been noted by COMIC SCENE magazine published in the UK.
The June 2020 issue has a scattershot history of the character and his incarnations over the years.
Sadly art directed without a thought for text legibility it at least recognises that SPACESHIP AWAY carries on the original values of Dare.
Regards,
Terranova47
USA
Dan Dare was cutting edge when he was created, but nowadays you'd have to say it was Dieselpunk.
ReplyDeleteI loved the way WW2 technology was sent into outer space.
I'd still love to see a Dan Dare film, but I suspect they couldn't resist updating it (a bit like the Alien prequels ) and that would destroy a lot of the charm and other worldliness of the original.