The Mekon The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character to appear in every one of the numerous versions of the comic strip that appeared in the "Eagle", "2000 AD" and Virgin Comics. In the 1950s, roughly every other story featured the Mekon. The Mekon was the ruler of the Treens of northern Venus, although he was ousted from this position at the
Greatest Hits 1974–78 album versions. A prior greatest hits album, 1972's "Anthology", contained songs from the first five albums. The more comprehensive "Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits" in 2003 added early hits "Living in the U.S.A.", "My Dark Hour", "Space Cowboy", and "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" and later hits "Abracadabra", "Who Do You Love", "I Want to Make the World Turn Around", "Wide River", and "Cry Cry Cry", but dropped this album's "True Fine Love" and "Winter Time". On the 2003 compilation, the original album versions are used (although the track "Fly Like an Eagle" still fades out earlier