Dan Dare Mekon. The initial artist was Gerry Embleton, who drew Dan to resemble the original exactly, but he was quickly replaced by Ian Kennedy, who gave the hero a younger look and blond hair. The opening "Dan Dare" story was an epic, lasting 18 months, written by Pat Mills and John Wagner. It opened with a flashback to the unseen final defeat of the Mekon by the original Dan, after which he was sealed inside an artificial asteroid and exiled into space. Centuries later he was accidentally freed and returned to conquer Earth. A few years later the descendant of his
The Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle or The Maltese Eagle is a solid gold statue of an eagle, which is thought to be the largest solid gold and diamond encrusted statue created. An appraisal by "GLS GEMLAB Ltd", Abbotsford, BC puts the replacement value at $4,110,450. The current market value is put at $6 million. "The Golden Eagle" was originally created as the theme for the book "The World's Greatest Treasure Hunt: Quest for the Golden Eagle", a work by Ron Shore to help raise $25 million to fund research for the prevention, early detection and cure for breast cancer.