Eagle (British comics) of a planned television series, persuaded IPC's comic arm Fleetway to relaunch "Eagle" in 1982, as a weekly comic edited by Dave Hunt. The original Dan Dare was no longer a feature of the comic, his eponymous great-great grandson taking on the mantle of space explorer instead. Drawn by Gerry Embleton, and later Ian Kennedy, and set 200 years after the original story, the first story-arc featured the return of Dan Dare's earliest nemesis, The Mekon. IPC were unable to recreate the popularity of the original strip, and in 1989 the original Dan Dare returned to the comic, in a
The Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle or The Maltese Eagle is a solid gold statue of an eagle, which is thought to be the largest solid gold and diamond encrusted statue created. An appraisal by "GLS GEMLAB Ltd", Abbotsford, BC puts the replacement value at $4,110,450. The current market value is put at $6 million. "The Golden Eagle" was originally created as the theme for the book "The World's Greatest Treasure Hunt: Quest for the Golden Eagle", a work by Ron Shore to help raise $25 million to fund research for the prevention, early detection and cure for breast cancer.