Last Three of Venus Last Three of Venus The Last Three of Venus are fictional aliens, adversaries of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, appearing in the Eagle comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future": they are allies of Dan Dare's arch-enemy The Mekon. The Last Three are creators of the elektrobots that the Mekon uses to conquer the Earth in "Reign of the Robots" and are mentioned at the end of the coda story "The Ship that Lived", when the Mekon escapes after sending them a distress signal in the Flamelands of Venus. They are seen in "All Treens Must Die"
Dan Dare with the song "Dan Dare" The relaunch of the Eagle Magazine in 1982 saw a free single giveaway of a track called "Dan Dare" by the group Loose Talk. Characters inspired by or based on Dan Dare have appeared throughout British popular culture. One example is Wing Commander Leyton in "British Summertime" by Paul Cornell, which juxtaposes the utopian future portrayed in the original comics with the Britain of today. In the 1980s, "Private Eye" published "Dan Dire, Pilot of Future?". Dire was based on politician Neil Kinnock, the question being whether he'd ever become Prime Minister. Dire's enemy was