Dan Dare for 14 issues, returning early in 1979 in "2000 AD"'s 100th issue. The amnesiac Dare is rescued from space by the Mekon and indoctrinated into the Mekon's army before eventually recovering his memory. Now penned by Tom Tully but still drawn by Dave Gibbons, this re-imagining of Dare casts him almost as a superhero with a colourful tight-fitting uniform provided by the Mekon. Dare escapes to a planet that is home to an amphibian-like race, which claims he is their Chosen One. There he receives a semi-mystical glove that can shoot energy beams but is unable to prevent the Mekon
Lion (comics) Lion (comics) Lion was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway (a subsidiary of IPC, the International Publishing Corporation) from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. It lasted for 1,156 issues. "Lion" was first published on 23 February 1952, and was a weekly boys' adventure comic designed to compete with "Eagle", the popular weekly comic that had introduced Dan Dare. "Lion"s first issue contained a mix of text stories and comic strips; its flagship story was "Captain Condor – Space Ship Pilot", a science fiction adventure in the Dan Dare mould. The premiere issue also contained the first