Dan Dare to celebrate their 20th anniversary, "2000 AD" published two issues with additional free comics, the first a reprint of the first issue of "2000 AD", which starred Dan Dare. The second free comic was a speculative issue called "3000 AD" which contained strips partially based on the first issue of "2000 AD". One strip was entitled "The Return of Dan Dare", which also featured the return of the Mekon. In 1982 "Eagle" was re-launched, with "Dan Dare" again its flagship strip. The new character was the great-great-great-grandson of the original hero—the only surviving character from the original strip being the
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