Dan Dare revived from suspended animation after two hundred years to find himself in a different world. The Mekon had also survived but otherwise the cast was different, as was the tone of the strip (heavily influenced by the punk movement, as was much of "2000 AD") and the personality of the title character. Written by Kelvin Gosnell and then Steve Moore, the strip was initially illustrated by Massimo Bellardinelli, whose Dare owed nothing to the original apart from the wavy eyebrows. After 23 issues in this format the strip took a break for a month and then returned in a revamped
Brave Eagle Friends". Since the 1980s, several episodes have been released on videotape. "Brave Eagle" was filmed by Roy Rogers Productions on Rogers' ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles, California, as well as the Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley."Brave Eagle"'s principal competition was ABC's "Disneyland", the Walt Disney anthology series. Dell Comics released a "Brave Eagle" comic book series based on the TV show. It was published between 1956 and 1958 and drawn by Dan Spiegle. Brave Eagle Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing